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Consumer prices declined in October by a record level, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is the most watched government inflation barometer, retreated to 3.7% during the previous twelve months and follows a decline of 4.7% in September.

The broadest barometer of the nation’s economic health, gross domestic product, shrank at a 0.3 percent annual rate in the July-September quarter, the government said Thursday.

A key barometer of corporate capital spending in Japan plunged in August to its lowest level in more than five years, the government said Thursday, as business investment retreated sharply amid fears of a broader global slowdown.

A key barometer of corporate capital spending in Japan fell for the second consecutive month in July, suggesting that manufacturers are bracing for slower demand in the months ahead.

Americans felt better about the economy in August, as a barometer of sentiment posted the biggest boost in two years amid falling gas prices.

A key barometer of corporate capital spending fell for the first time in three months in June indicating Japanese businesses are feeling the pinch of a sputtering global economy.

Japanese machinery orders — a key barometer of capital spending — rebounded in April after falling for two straight months, but the boost did little to alleviate concerns over the outlook for the world's second-largest economy.