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Business inventories might not matter much, but it may be a different story when you pair this economic reading off against monthly retail sales.
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Wholesale inventories rose more than expected in September, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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ThinkstockInvestors are looking for any clue and any hint that they can get about the economic expansion right now. Is there expansion, or are global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures starting to...
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The latest report on U.S. business inventories showed a slight rise in the month of July, right in line with expectations.
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The August U.S. retail sales report was positive but mixed, when you take the revisions for July into consideration.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce gave a muted reading on wholesale trade for the month of July.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce reported its factory orders reading on Wednesday morning, but this is for the month of July.
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The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday morning that construction spending in July increased less than economists predicted.
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Thursday's economic numbers brought a revision to the second quarter gross domestic product (GDP). While the number was expected to increase, it rose even more than anticipated.
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Market skeptics are likely to keep maintaining that the annualized GDP recovery from the recession has been the weakest post-recession recovery since before World War II.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has reported that durable goods orders were rather durable in July.
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The U.S. trade balance, what the rest of us have grown used to calling the trade deficit, widened out to -$43.8 billion in June.
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and Department of Commerce have released their monthly reading on international trade. Most economists and investors refer to this as the trade deficit,...
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The higher the second-quarter GDP comes in, the more likely we are to see calls for the Federal Reserve to begin hiking interest rates sooner than expected.
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Durable goods proved not to be all that durable for the U.S. economy in the month of May.
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