Four combinations of the aforementioned structural changes were evaluated in duplicate and two tanks were left unchanged as controls.
The European Central Bank said that its key interest rates were left unchanged after a meeting of its governing council.
Besides, inequality in Britain went on growing during the 20 years during which Nigel Lawson's tax rates were left unchanged.
Two senior positions were left unchanged in the shuffle, with Ralph Goodale continuing as finance minister and Anne McLellan as deputy prime minister.
As the investigation revealed, statistics, graphs and diagrams cited by Orlova in her research of sweets and chocolate were left unchanged in Igoshin's "study" of beef and pork.
In an initial report last year, the commission arrived at a bleak diagnosis of the outlook for pensioners in the 2020s if the system were left unchanged.
The share prices has also plummeted at Mizuho Holdings, another big banking group, but its credit rating and those of eight other banks were left unchanged, although they have negative outlooks.
Analysts saw in Mr. Duisenberg's remarks a suggestion that while short-term interest rates were left unchanged by the bank today, a cut of half a percentage point might be coming within weeks.
Other crucial posts, like the ministers of finance and foreign affairs, were left unchanged in the new cabinet, which was formally installed with a ceremony on Friday night presided over by Emperor Akihito.
Two members of the Bank's nine-strong monetary policy committee called yesterday for an immediate increase from 0.5percentto0.75percentr cent and, although rates were left unchanged after the majority of members voted to hold steady, the others agreed that further "tightening would be appropriate".
Second-quarter overall economic growth figures were left unchanged at a hefty 0.9%, while first-quarter growth was revised up to 0.8% from 0.6%, confirming the European Central Bank view that there is plenty of momentum in the eurozone economic recovery.
