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Wholesale trade figures for the month of August were released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Thursday morning.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has released the numbers on factory orders for August, one of the lowest readings for factories on record.
The U.S. Commerce Department has released its report on personal income and spending for the month of August.
Investors have been taught that the Commerce Department's reading on durable goods each month is perhaps the most volatile of all major economic readings.
ThinkstockThe U.S. Department of Commerce is set to come out with the gross domestic product (GDP) reading Friday morning before the market opens. This will be the final revision for the second...
Durable goods are showing a record drop for the month of August, but that is on the heels of a record gain in the month of July.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has released an encouraging retail sales report for the month of August.
The U.S. Census Bureau has released the numbers for the monthly wholesale report for July 2014.
ThinkstockConsumer borrowing picked up in July. The total outstanding consumer credit, excluding real estate secured loans, increased to $3.238 trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 9.7%...
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that the international trade gap narrowed in July, reflecting a higher demand for U.S. goods overseas.
The Commerce Department's report on factory orders for July was released on Wednesday, and the headline gain was a whopping 10.5%.
The first revision to real GDP for the second quarter of 2014 will be reported Thursday morning.
Durable goods orders for July were reported Tuesday morning, but do not let the headline number fool you.
The Commerce Department reported on Wednesday that Business Inventories were up by 0.4% for the month of June. The consensus estimate of economists polled by Bloomberg was spot on at 0.4%, and the...
ThinkstockAs we enter mid-August, the economic calendar still has some important reports on deck for the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. has created a brief preview for the top economic events on deck this...