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ThinkstockBusiness inventories rose by 0.6% in the month of April. While this report from the Department of Commerce is reported…
ThinkstockAre we supposed to be worrying about inflationary pressures or deflationary pressure in the months ahead? That answer is one…
ThinkstockRetail sales in May rose by only 0.3% on the headline data, short of the Dow Jones target of 0.7%…
The U.S. Labor Department is out with yet another weekly jobless claims report. Claims rose by 4,000 to 317,000 in…
ThinkstockNow the World Bank is blaming the weather. In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, the forecast calls for the…
ThinkstockTuesday’s economic readings are not exactly market moving numbers because they both cover April data. This was the wholesale trade…
ThinkstockThe National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning reported that its small business optimism index for May rose 1.4…
ThinkstockJames Bullard, President of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, spoke on Monday in front of a group at the Tennessee…
ThinkstockGraduate from college with a major in business or computer science and the odds are strong there will be a…
ThinkstockStandard & Poor’s has affirmed its AA+ rating on the United States of America for its sovereign credit. On top…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department issued its Employment Situation Report for the month of May on Friday…
ThinkStockThe standard of living in the United States reached its highest level since 2008, just before the recession caught hold,…
The U.S. Labor Department has released its final set of data prior to Friday’s key unemployment rate and payrolls figures.…
ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) has now done something most of have never seen before. It has adopted its own…
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has issued its latest Beige Book, summarizing the comments received from businesses and other contacts outside the…
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