His pleas fell on deaf ears and for that reason alone he has to fall marginally in this year's chart.
On a day when cable company stocks fell marginally, in Nasdaq trading Comcast's A shares were off by $0.156 a share, to $18.125.
Stockmarkets fell marginally.
Imports of other consumer and intermediate goods both fell marginally.
American currency brokers said that little economic news was available to influence the dollar's behavior, so the currency rose or fell marginally based on short-term trading strategies.
But the technology-laden Nasdaq fell marginally on declines in Dell and Microsoft.
Gold prices fell marginally after rising in Europe and falling in Asia.
The dollar was little changed, falling marginally in Europe but rising in New York.
Despite the slight rise over the month, the community's annual inflation rate fell marginally to 3.2 percent, from 3.3 percent in April.
Bill Rates Off Slightly Rates on short-term Treasury bills fell marginally.