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There is yet another disappointment on the inflation front, one weak enough that it may be one more thorn in the side of the Federal Reserve and Chair Janet Yellen in their ambition to raise...
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Some fresh economic readings show why the Federal Reserve may be less robust in its tightening efforts. The consumer price index and retail sales in June were both weak.
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24/7 Wall St. has tried to consider companies and industries that are likely immune to the endless growth ambitions of Amazon. Some ideas have been promoted by Wall Street and some are original views.
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A new report details the extent of Americans’ drug consumption, which are the narcotics of choice, which states' residents spend the most to get the drugs and what some people are willing to do to...
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The National Retail Federation expects the 219 million Americans who will celebrate the 4th of July holiday weekend to spend a total of about $7 billion.
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While the economy has been recovering and while things feel better on the business front, there are some very troubling internal metrics when it comes to debt levels and delinquency rates.
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Although its lags behind the big year-end holidays, Easter is a boom time for many retailers. Consumers will spend a record amount on the holiday this year.
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24/7 Wall St. has decided to look at the economic impact that will be felt from St. Patrick's Day this year.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data has released its reading for the level of household debt for the fourth quarter of 2016.
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Fresh economic data from Friday, January 13, 2017 might be signaling that the recent gains made in the reflationary pressure are already peaking — or at least stalling.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported Thursday morning that personal income increased month over month by less than 0.1% in November, after rising 0.5% in...
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Often people say they have a friend or relative who is “hard to buy for” as the holidays approach. A subset of that is “people who already have everything they need.” It turns out a lot of...
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A blast of cold Arctic air swept across much of the northern part of the country last week, and an even colder shot is due in the next few days.
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The first of two polar vortex events was a few days ago. The next will hit this weekend, at the peak of the late shopping season.
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Early this year, the price of a gallon of regular gasoline dropped below 99 cents in some parts of the country. But gas at 99 cents is gone and will not be back, at least for an unimaginably long...
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