He also said the Commerce data does a better job of removing nonrecurring items.

The reasons for the differences, he said, include different methods of depreciation and the inclusion of more companies in the Commerce data.

The problem for large companies is that electronic commerce data like product lists, customer files and accounting information are tied up in the mainframe.

Mr. Dahlberg has mined the Commerce data repeatedly and profitably.

But Department of Commerce data do not support your assertion that "sullen economic times have treated few industries as meanly."

This is understandable, Congressional aides say, since the Commerce data that are eventually released form an aggregate without specifying individual foreign companaies.

Reaction to Commerce Data The nervous tone in the credit markets was compounded after the Commerce Department released revised economic data for the second quarter.

The U.S. traditionally has been the Philippines' largest foreign investor, with about $6.6 billion in estimated investment as of end-2005 (U.S. Department of Commerce data).

According to US Department of Commerce data the vast majority, 67% of housing units in the United States were owner occupied, had three or fewer bedrooms with one or less occupant per room (including kitchen, dining room, living room, etc..

Commerce Data Due A sudden drop in the overnight rate for bank loans in the Federal funds market on Friday, to well below the 6.75 percent rate that is seen as the Fed's target, prompted some analysts to wonder if the Fed had not sent a signal that it had eased policy again.