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The July report on durable goods orders came in lower than an already weak projection to the biggest month-over-month dip in nearly three years.
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As Category 3 Hurricane Harvey moves toward the Texas Coast, estimates of damage have been put as high as $40 billion in the cost of residential reconstruction.
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The Arctic ice has become uneven enough, and thin enough, that a tanker has crossed over the area without the help of an ice cutter or other ships.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has released its view on weekly jobless claims with another incredibly low number.
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Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before it makes landfall late Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast, sending gasoline prices higher and causing airlines to prepare for...
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Fitch Ratings has warned that the U.S. AAA debt rating is in jeopardy if the debt ceiling is not raised before it reaches its upper limit, now expected sometime in early October.
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The level of well-being of American women from the baby boom generation has risen, but that momentum has not carried over into subsequent generations, according to a new report.
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Late on Friday came word that Fitch Ratings raised the credit rating for Greece to B- from CCC and that its view is Outlook Positive.
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The Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) was recently released for the month of July. Consensus estimates were calling for a reading of +0.22 in the expected range of -0.13 to +0.25, but the...
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The University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey jumped more than expected in August, but the results do not include much data collected following the incident last weekend in Charlottesville,...
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The terrorist attack in Barcelona comes during the high season for tourism in Spain, the third-most visited country in the world, and it could dissuade tourists from visiting the Mediterranean nation.
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The current economic expansion, one of the nation’s longest, has increased personal income in all states above pre-recession levels, according to a recent report from Pew Charitable Trusts....
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Thursday brought five different major views that measure broad economic activity, and the results look mixed. Jobs data looked strong, but other economic activity seems to be less robust than seen in...
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A trade war is brewing between the United States and China, but U.S. companies operating in China do not seem to have much to say about the whole matter.
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