Broader stock indicators showed slightly larger declines.
Seven of the 10 indicators showed weakness in August.
Broader stock indicators showed smaller moves and finished mixed.
Sentiment indicators showed that investors disliked bonds more than at any time since 1987.
Two economic indicators showed that China's economy maintained its strong momentum through July.
And a handful of Asian indicators showed deterioration.
Europe's research and innovation shortfall is primarily in the private sector, its indicators showed.
Mr. Rumsfeld said his latest review of "all the intelligence indicators" showed the situation on the ground between the two militaries had neither deteriorated nor improved".
The employment minister, Mark Hoban, conceded there had been a "disappointing increase" in the headline rate of unemployment, but said other indicators showed the government was making progress.
But Professor Frankel said that many other economic indicators showed that the yuan was undervalued and should be allowed to rise.
Thursday's drop came as a spate of new indicators showed how badly the economy was faring amid fears about the health of the financial system.
