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Economic release by the Federal Reserve, outside of the formal FOMC interest rate changes, may be boring on the surface. The flip-side to that is that the Fed’s economic reports are also very...
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Four years after some parts of the United States were hit by the worst drought levels in over 1,000 years, America is almost entirely drought-free, with levels at a two-decade low. The new data show...
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The time American workers will spend discussing the current and final season of the immensely popular HBO sword-and-sorcery epic series “Game of Thrones,” which has won the second most Emmys wins...
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The U.S. market reaction to tweets from President Donald Trump on Sunday was muted compared to what was seen in Asia. Here are some reactions from Wall Street research firms.
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President Trump's current stance of tariffs and trade could badly cripple the two largest economies in the world and throw a relatively strong and stable global economy into recession.
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The OECD's new economic survey of Mexico suggests the country's overall macroeconomic future is sound, but there are problems that need to be addressed.
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This has been a confusing and somewhat puzzling year. After so much negativity and caution heading into the start of the year, the economy managed to eke out a gain of 3.2% gross domestic product in...
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What the market is going to want here is a solid jobs number that is also "not too solid" because the market does not want Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and other members of the Fed to return...
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Children are the poorest age group in the United States. Approximately one in every five or 13.3 million children across the country are poor, with child poverty rates varying considerably between...
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The Institute for Supply Management has released its Manufacturing ISM Report on Business, showing that economic activity expanded in the manufacturing sector in April.
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In another sign of the cooling of China's economy, its April PMI fell. It is unclear how much this drop had to do with U.S. trade sanctions.
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The total value of bonds and notes in Europe with negative interest rates is back on the rise as its economy continues to trickle lower, and that is a problem.
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The University of Michigan has released its revised consumer sentiment report for the month of April. This should help to quell some of those "recession is imminent" fears that the media keeps...
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There are some caveats to this GDP report that have helped to boost the numbers, but the report also creates some serious confusion for bulls and bears alike.
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New research from Gallup shows that around the world, people have not been sadder or worried more in over a decade.
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