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ThinkstockWere prior reports on durable goods kept lower due to weather? It seems so. The March durable goods report from the Department of Commerce came in at a headline reading of 2.6%. Bloomberg...
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ThinkstockThe Commerce Department’s reading on durable goods is one of the most volatile economic reports issued each month. Then there is the notion that weather in much of the Midwest and...
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ThinkstockTuesday’s top economic report was the durable goods report for December, and unfortunately it is a very ugly number. The headline durable goods report from the Commerce Department was...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsA veritable blizzard of economic data is set for release Wednesday, just in time to give everyone something to chew over before the Thanksgiving holiday. First out are...
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ThinkstockThe report on durable goods can be the most volatile of all major economic reports. It is reported each month, covering the big-ticket items that consumers and businesses buy to work for...
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ThinkstockThe recent decision from Ben Bernanke and the FOMC to not start tapering bond purchases was supposedly due to the economic strength simply not being on solid enough ground to justify and...
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Courtesy EADS/AirbusWhen you see a blowout in durable goods, you usually have to get the reminder that the number is one of the most volatile of all economic releases and can be wildly up or down,...
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Courtesy EADS/AirbusDurable goods figures are one of the most volatile economic releases issued each month. The Commerce Department report for May shows a very positive surprise of 3.6% to a...
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ThinkstockThe durable goods report for April is turning out to look incredibly durable at 3.3% for the month. Bloomberg had the consensus estimate of 1.1% and Dow Jones had the consensus at 1.3%....
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ThinkstockThe report on durable goods for the month of March is turning out to not be too durable. This is a highly volatile reading because it involves so many big ticket items from airlines to...
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ThinkstockThe United States apparently still manufactures some things, contrary to the reports about us only being a service economy. The Commerce Department showed that factory orders rose by 3.0%...
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courtesy Boeing Co.The monthly report on durable goods is one of the most volatile reports you can get. The reason is that it involves the big-ticket items that are deemed to be long-lived rather...
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ThinkstockThis may be the last big day of economic data before the Christmas break for most investors, but there is not exactly a lack of data. We have seen figures for durable goods, as well as...
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ThinkstockThe Commerce Department has reported that durable goods were effectively unchanged in the month of October at a seasonally adjusted $216.95 billion. Dow Jones had a consensus expectation of...
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This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed guidance will come at...
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