51.  Government reports on economic statistics scheduled for release this week will not be available because of the partial shutdown of the federal government stemming from the budget stalemate.

52.  He expects the central bank to examine economic statistics for the first half of the year, such as loan growth, before deciding whether to raise interest rates.

53.  He added that revising reports is normal with forecasting and that the Department of Commerce, among others, often changes its economic statistics.

54.  In a private conversation in a television studio, broadcast around the nation by accident, Ricupero implied that the government manipulated economic statistics to favor the Cardoso candidacy.

55.  In financial markets, U.S. Treasury bonds fell after the claims report and other economic statistics suggested the economy continues to expand at a vibrant pace.

56.  In recent months, economic statistics indicate that the area has felt the first warm breath of the upturn that has tentatively begun in Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

57.  Increased revenue projections from improving economic statistics led him to modify that to nine years later in the summer.

58.  Instead, almost every fresh economic statistic has been a cause for celebration.

59.  Investors face a barrage of speeches from Fed officials and economic statistics this week that may hold further clues about the outlook for rates.

60.  In trading today, government bond prices fell as investors mulled the latest economic statistics.