Primavera P6 - Earned Value/Financial Periods

I am using a weekly financial period to record earned value and actuals (units) in P6 v7.0 and then reporting on a monthly (made up of whole weeks) period the earned value and actual cost, but am experioencing some odd numbers within my reports.
For example, on the completion of a task, my reports are generating the following:
Week 1 Period Earned Value Cost = $2,050
Week 2 Period Earned Value Cost = ($2,050)
This doesn't relate to any change in the % complete that would result in a negative earned value - particularly one that is of the same magnitude as the previous week.
I'm also finding that the financial period data is not consistent over time. For example, if I generate a report for two months, the data within the weekly periods is not consistent with that generated in previous months:
Previous report:
Prior Period Earned Value Cost = $26,000
Month 1 Period Earned Value Cost = $62,000
New report:
Prior Period Earned Value Cost = $26,000
Month 1 Period Earned Value Cost = $52,000 (which should be $62,000)
Month 2 Period Earned Value Cost = $25,000 (which shoud lbe $15,000)
So far, I've been unable to identify the cause of this, but it appears that we're getting some sort of carry over effect between financial periods.
Does anyone have any ideas what is causing this and how to fix it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi,
Thank you very much for your quick reply..
Unfortunately there is no data in the suggested tables (ACTIVITYSPREAD, PROJECTSPREAD) though the values have been posted already (Budgeted values and Earned values) against the projects.
I request you please suggest, are there any other tables available to search the above data ..? if there please suggest.
Regards,
Srikanth.

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