Others said it would be prudent to wait until the second-quarter gross national product figures are released tomorrow.

But will the second-quarter gross national product figure show an increasingly stronger economy?

Despite the day's first dose of data - the final revision to the second- quarter gross domestic product figures - bond prices held up well.

He added that the second-quarter gross domestic product figures were not so weak as they appeared on the surface.

The gross domestic product figure was a revision of the 1.9 percent growth estimated by the government two weeks ago.

The first revision of second-quarter gross domestic product figures will be released.

Next Thursday the Government is to report gross national product figures for the first quarter.

This week, investors will be closely watching reports on home sales and second-quarter gross domestic product figures.

In Mexico, gross domestic product figures are compared against the quarter a year earlier.

And the benefits of, say, cleaner air are not measured in conventional gross national product figures.