They'll show another strong rise and provoke more crowing from the coalition.
Yet it is also true that the strong rise in ethanol production has helped.
Even so, the Canadian dollar's strong rise over the past two years has put pressure on companies to boost productivity.
But the most recent Arbitron trends, which are far from official, appear to predict a strong rise for WBAB.
"There was a strong rise [on Thursday], with 1,600 books going out of our stocks," said Folio's David Ducreux.
Fairtrade is confident that this year will see another strong rise in sales, especially in the chocolate category.
Housebuilders were also helped by an unexpectedly strong rise in house prices in August, as reported by Nationwide building society.
That is a result of new technology, he said, and of the strong rise in capital investment.
Economists said the strong rise in wholesale prices last month was unlikely to translate into a sustained increase in prices at the supermarket and shopping mall.
Figures out yesterday from Halifax, the big mortgage lender, showed a strong rise in house prices in June, keeping the annual rate of property inflation above 10%.
The sports fashion division posted an operating profit before one-off items of £162.9m, a rise of 49% as the strong rise in underlying sales offset fixed costs.
