1.   Also Thursday, the National Association of Purchasing Management releases its latest reading on manufacturing.

2.   By the latest readings, Hong Kong has apparently regained its nerve and intends to hold the line.

3.   Companion indexes made up of components that tend to move at the same time as the overall economy or after it both moved higher at the latest reading.

4.   Here are the latest readings on six of the most important fall races, three for the Senate and three for governor.

5.   Later today, the Johnson Redbook Service releases its latest reading on retailing.

6.   Only a few economists dismissed the latest reading on consumer buying as implausible.

7.   On Tuesday, the Commerce Department releases its report on construction spending in June while the National Association of Purchasing Management issues its latest reading on manufacturing production.

8.   That sounds good, but if history is any guide the latest readings from the Conference Board survey may be a bad omen for both stocks and President Clinton.

9.   The government will release tomorrow its latest reading on inflation, the so-called producer price index.

10.   The government will release tomorrow its latest reading on inflation.