21.   Economists polled by Bloomberg Business News projected that spending would be unchanged from a year earlier.

22.   Estimates of soybean exports and inventories were unchanged from a month ago.

23.   Economists polled by Bloomberg Business News predicted industrial production figures for September would be unchanged from the month before.

24.   Excluding fresh foods, the Tokyo CPI was unchanged from a year ago for the third month running.

25.   Excluding food and energy, prices were unchanged from a month earlier.

26.   Excluding fresh foods, the Tokyo consumer price index was unchanged from a year ago for the third month.

27.   Excluding fresh foods, the Tokyo CPI was unchanged from a year ago for the third month.

28.   Excluding fresh foods, which tend to fluctuate because of weather conditions, Tokyo CPI was unchanged from a year ago.

29.   Film sales in the U.S. were unchanged from a year ago.

30.   Film sales in the U.S. were unchanged from a year ago, Kodak said.