Last year, after the flood of upbeat reports, the European Central Bank sent out hawkish signals about interest rates.
In the last two years, the Obama administration has issued a steady stream of upbeat reports showing a big expansion of coverage and a sharp reduction in the number of uninsured.
The official figures add to mounting cheer over the UK recovery after a raft of upbeat reports from key sectors and boost hopes of rebalancing the economy away from imports and towards exports.
Britain's industrial output fell in August and the trade deficit widened, according to official figures that break a run of upbeat reports on the UK's post-referendum economy.
Intel raises already strong guidance for both revenues and profit margins, following a handful of upbeat reports from smaller chip makers noting a steady flow of expedited order from customers seeking to catch up with rising demand and lengthened lead times as chips become more difficult to secure and, clinching the deal, rising prices.
team found signs of a coverup -- for instance, disturbing charts buried at the back of an upbeat report.
Because a robust economy is generally more prone to inflation than a weak one, in the convoluted logic of Wall Street, the upbeat report was evidently perceived as a threat because it suggested that the central bank would tighten short-term rates for some time to come.
The US and Britain's drive to gain international backing for a war with Iraq was in deep trouble last night in the face of unexpectedly upbeat reports by United Nations weapons inspectors.
Janet Yellen, the Federal Reserve chairwoman, highlighted continued strength of job growth in an upbeat report to Congress today.
News of the missile test followed an upbeat report from Seoul on Sunday that North Korea, in negotiations with the United States in New York, had said it may allow an inspection of a huge underground construction site at which U.S. intelligence sources fear that an underground nuclear facility is being built.
