Orders for electronic equipment fell 9.9percentt, mainly reflecting reduced demand for electronic components.
Transportation climbed 0.7percentt in December and 5.4percentt for 1999, mainly reflecting the surge in fuel prices.
Inflation has declined, mainly reflecting lower prices of crude oil and gasoline, and longer-term inflation expectations have remained stable.
At the Federal Reserve, officials have viewed the higher rates as mainly reflecting positive forces in the economy.
Revenue dropped 30percentto to $443.6 million from $636.3 million, mainly reflecting the sale of its Dow Jones Markets financial information service in May.
Output rose 0.2percentt last month, mainly reflecting increased production of cars and replacement tires for the Explorer sport utility vehicles, made by the Ford Motor Company.
In the rat fetus, a 2- to 3-fold increase of noradrenaline turnover has been demonstrated in the newborn rat brain, probably mainly reflecting the activation of the locus coeruleus at birth (60).
Resort to this system of "administrative" as opposed to "criminal" detention has actually increased over the last decade of general improvements of the legal code -- mainly reflecting the government's efforts to fight rising crime and drug abuse.
"Cautious views about the economy have become widespread in many regions, mainly reflecting setbacks in production following the earthquake," the Bank of Japan said in the quarterly report, issued after a meeting of the bank's branch managers.
Our forecast of 2.4% growth of GDP in the third quarter includes a 1.1% increase in monthly GDP in July, mainly reflecting an assumed reversal of the weakness in net exports in June.They're still forecasting growth in the third quarter.
Celeste Georkakis, an analyst with Cargill Investor Servicers Inc., said further selling was prompted by a Florida Department of Citrus report estimating a 10percentt decline in United States demand for orange juice, mainly reflecting a drop in consumption of frozen concentrate.
