Most Asian stock markets closed lower yesterday, with the key index in Tokyo falling for a fifth straight session.
A key index measuring growth in the service economy dropped in July for the second month in a row to its lowest level since January, the report showed.
The Labor Department said its key index for finished goods was unchanged in July, because of a drop in energy costs.
The call rate, which is the interest paid when one financial institution borrows money from another, is a key index for short-term interest rates.
At Southwest, the time it takes to get a plane that has just landed ready for takeoff — a key index of productivity — is, on average, twenty minutes, and requires a ground crew of four, and two people at the gate.
The key index on the Markit/Cips UK manufacturing PMI (pdf) rose to 55.4 from 53.4 in August, beating forecasts for 52.1 in a Reuters poll of economists and the highest since June 2014.
Over in the States, a key index measuring sub-prime risks fell to a new low, while investors were awaiting an expected update from Bear Stearns on its exposure to the problem.
The key index in Japan jumped 1.3 percent, and the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong added 1 percent, picking up steam after the deal in Washington was announced by President Obama.
The effort has failed to stanch a wave of foreclosures and a decline in home prices, which have fallen for six consecutive months and are now just barely above their recession low, according to a key index updated on Tuesday.
The mess may be the nail in the coffin for Mr Aso, who was already labouring under a 9.7% approval rating.And a key index of manufacturing activity in New York plummeted in February.
