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ThinkstockWednesday morning, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the number for the U.S. trade deficit for the month of June. This was an unexpected turn from what was expected, partially due to...
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The Institute for Supply Management has released its non-manufacturing report on for July. The index rose to 58.7%, from 56% in June.
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ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management reported last Friday that its purchasing managers index (PMI) for the month of July showed a stronger-then-expected gain in its manufacturing index. The...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board Employment Trends Index, the so-called ETI, has been released for the month of July. It looks a tad better than Friday’s unemployment and payrolls report. July’s...
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ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management reported its purchasing managers index (PMI) for the month of July showing a handy gain. The index rose 1.8 points to 57.1% from the 55.3% reported a...
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ThinkstockWith the Labor Department reporting unemployment and payrolls for July, the report on personal income and spending for June may seem like a bit of an afterthought. Fortunately, this report...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Labor Department managed to release its July unemployment and payrolls report without spooking the markets into a panic that rate hikes and the end of stimulus...
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ThinkstockIt was just last week that we pondered whether the awful housing news would drive the homebuilder stocks to 52-week lows. It was not meant to be rhetorical, but it was not exactly a crystal...
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ThinkstockWe have yet another economic report this Thursday. This was a report from the National Association of Credit Managers (NACM). You can guess what they track — credit availability,...
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ThinkstockThe public, market watchers, investors and traders of all walks will be watching Friday’s payrolls and unemployment reports from the U.S. Department Labor. 24/7 Wall St. wanted to...
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ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management (ISM) and Market News International (MNI) have released the Chicago Business Barometer, and the number was an absolute dud for the month of July....
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ThinkstockThe markets have been digesting much employment data ahead of Friday’s unemployment report, but now the market will have to deal with some wage inflation. A Labor Department report on...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department is out with its report on weekly jobless claims, and the major score from the prior week was not followed. Weekly jobless claims rose by...
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Jon OggJanet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have released their statement for the July 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. As expected, we got more tapering of the monthly bond buying and we had no formal change...
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ThinkstockThis week is a very busy week for employment data. We are still awaiting the Friday unemployment and payrolls report from the Labor Department, but we now have two preliminary views that...
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