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The numbers: The Philadelphia Fed said Thursday its gauge of regional business activity inched up to negative 10.6 in January from negative 12.8 in the prior month. Any reading below zero indicates deteriorating conditions. This is the fifth straight month in negative territory and the 18th in the past 20 months.
Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal expected a negative 8 reading in January.
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