The latest data tempered hopes in Europe and the United States for a rapid recovery that did not depend on large doses of government support.
The jobs data was tempered by a second report on Thursday that hinted at weaker American and global demand.
Stocks fell yesterday as investors took a cautious stand before the corporate earnings season starts next month and digested mixed economic data that tempered optimism about a strong recovery.
Fortunately, we now have data that may temper the drive for fusion surgery.
However, interpretation of the current progressive ratio data must be tempered by the fact that only a single concentration of ETOH was used during progressive ratio testing.
Quantitative data on chocolate temper index (slope) were obtained for products with varying particle size distribution (PSD) (D90 of 18, 25, 35 and 50 μm) and fat (30% and 35%) content.
The yield on the Treasury's 10-year note has surged half a percentage point, to 4.34percentt, since the jobs report came out on April 2. The new data may have tempered investor enthusiasm for strong earnings, even as the reporting season moved into full swing in the last two weeks and some companies trotted out sparkling numbers.
The disparate data continued to temper optimism that the Chinese economy is "bottoming out," though various analysts still conclude that it is stabilizing.
The data may have tempered some of the unrest sparked by Fannie Mae, after the government-sponsored mortgage firm said it lost $2.3 billion, or $2.54 a share, in its latest quarter.
And even after seeing the data, I will temper my conclusion with the adage "if you torture the data long enough, it will tell you what you want to hear!" Think how the neo-cons and George W. Bush manipulated the "evidence" to "prove" that Iraq had WMDs! 12.
The application of our score to external data sets may temper this limitation, but it is not a formal validation.
