81. NSO administrator Tomas Africa said the new CPI may prompt the government to review its economic targets because the new price indicators point to higher inflation figures. 82. The social indicators point to a high degree of success in the fields of health, nutrition, education and social welfare. 83. Wong said the sector was stable last year but all indicators pointed to a slowdown in performance towards the year-end. 84. However he noted that major indicators were pointing in the right direction. 85. However, IFO said its economic indicators still point down. 86. Industrial production is now on the rise, and all economic indicators are pointing upwards. 87. Analysts said the fallout from the Enron affair has investors on edge about corporate finances, while the economic indicators are pointing upward but with little strength. 88. Bank Negara said indicators pointed to continued domestic-driven growth amid improved capacity utilisation and expectations of a recovery in investments in the second half of the year. 89. But several indicators point to a narrowing in the divide. 90. The latest economic indicators have pointed to a slowdown of the British economy, which makes inflationary pressures less likely. |