Meanings of positive figures in English

The first positive figures would likely show up next summer, he said.

Other German automakers have recently reported positive figures, too.

There is an obvious danger that the almost uniformly positive figures will give rise to complacency.

But much remains to be done and the positive figures tend to disguise ongoing difficulties and inadequacies.

Poland was the only European country with positive figures, showing 516 ordinations to 285 deaths.

He said: These positive figures highlight the significant progress being made in Scotland in terms of getting young people into work.

But figures from credit risk analyst CRIF Vision-net point to more positive figures in June as a potential indicator of recovery.

Wajcman says that the positive figures on childcare are surprising, but warns that measures designed to help can often have the opposite effect.

Oil eased on Wednesday, as weak economic data in Europe hit the demand outlook, countering more positive figures from China and the United States.

The World Health Organisation says that the positive figures are thanks to global as well as regional efforts and a three-fold increase in funding.

In the current economic climate there is always a danger that the stream of very positive figures about the economy will give rise to complacency.

The jump came on the back of positive figures on construction activity from the US, which represents approximately 50 per cent of the company's business.

Greencore was an outperformer, climbing 10 cent to €1.13 on decent levels of business after peer company Bakkavor reported positive figures.

The other two Dublin councils also returned quite positive figures; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has 60 unfinished developments and South Dublin County Council 50.

For 2010, Levy eyed a "slow and gradual recovery" with the first positive figures to be published during the Summer of 2010.

Positive figures from the National Association of Purchasing Managers were not enough to improve Wall Street sentiment.