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ThinkstockIf you have watched the stock market, bond market and the economy in general for the past five years or…
ThinkstockThe ISM Non-Manufacturing Index rose to 56.3 in May from 55.2 in April. The gain might not look like that…
ThinkstockEvery month traders await the new payrolls and unemployment report from the U.S. Labor Department. This is generally the most…
ThinkstockThe so-called U.S. trade balance, what the rest of us have referred to for years as the trade deficit, came…
ThinkstockADP’s report on private sector payroll growth in May may have just dashed some of the expectations for Friday’s key…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The 500 largest corporations in the United States posted profits of more than $1 trillion last…
Thinkstock ISM has reportedly been an error and the numbers are being updated to show more growth rather than lower…
ThinkstockWhile unemployment remains more than 20% in some of America’s metro areas where the recession still lingers, cities within states…
ThinkstockU.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2013 totaled $16.8 trillion dollars, but how much more could it have been if…
ThinkstockWhen the United Kingdom reports its gross domestic product (GDP) for 2014 in September, the figure for the first time…
ThinkstockChicago Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) is showing a much stronger read than anticipated for the month of May. After weak…
ThinkstockPersonal income and spending data do not exactly give the brightest picture for the month of April. Friday’s report from…
ThinkstockSince reporting Q1 earnings last month, less-than-truckload weight (LTL) trucker Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ: ODFL) shares have stomped the…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department has some good news, particularly in light of the Commerce Department revising first-quarter GDP to -1.0%.…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s revision for first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) was even worse than the prior report, and even worse…
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