Carmakers are expecting a sharp falloff when they report October sales on Friday, and some analysts fear that a second consecutive month of slumping results could indicate an end to boom times for auto sales.
But the latest survey from Standard & Poor's, a rating agency, indicates that a boom is yet to materialise: in real terms, capital expenditure fell 1% in 2013, and is expected to decline again this year.Perhaps surprisingly, capex is falling in emerging markets, generally seen as the engine of the global economy.
A less serious society By this reckoning, the comedy boom indicates a wider shift, towards a less serious society.
B1 An Urban Housing Boom New York City is in the midst of a housing boom that extends across much of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, indicating a new wave of interest and investment in middle-class neighborhoods outside Manhattan.
In past boom times, graduating without some kind of future plan might have indicated a lack of ambition.
Each infrasound signal indicates a characteristic of an N-wave, while the seismic signals indicate inverse-N signatures, showing clearly that the observed signals are the sonic booms accompanying the reentry of Hayabusa.
The Halifax said its figures fitted in with Bank of England data this week, but they contradict a spate of other surveys that indicate the housing boom is accelerating, not slowing.
But the numbers indicate that the boom may have bypassed many others, particularly those in the state's largest urban areas.
Official statistics, which the government tends to smooth so as not to indicate big booms or busts, show that the economy expanded 8.5percentt last year, despite the fact that growth came to a virtual halt during the second quarter because of an outbreak of SARS.
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