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Not everyone is a fan of fracking, but what has been hard to deny is that fracking has helped boost gross domestic product in multiple pockets in the United States.
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The National Association of Business Economists released the results of its August survey Monday. Recession concerns have been pushed further out, but worry over federal fiscal policy has diminished.
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When economies struggle, the classic textbook move to stabilize and help a recovery is for a nation's central bank to cut interest rates. Three more central banks now have lowered their rates.
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As expected, the Fed's open market committee on Wednesday raised the Fed funds rate by a quarter-point while leaving open the possibility of future cuts if needed to sustain the U.S. economic...
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Economists and investors see it as a certainty that the Federal Reserve will lower the key borrowing rate at its policy meeting. However, the market is always forward looking, and it’s very...
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The Chicago Federal Reserve Bank released its June national activity report Monday morning. The U.S. economy has moved to within a hair's breadth of the long-term trend, strengthening the case for a...
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While the markets have yet to see national manufacturing data, there has been an improvement in two of the regional reports showing some live indications for the month of July.
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With the economic data having been far less robust and with growth slowing here and abroad, the financial markets have been a bit impatient and anxious about when exactly the next Fed interest rate...
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Here are four great picks from the Merrill Lynch High Quality and Dividend Yield research database for investors to consider moving to now that actually should do well regardless of the rate decision...
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Deutsche Bank could be seeking to lower its minimum capital ratio requirements. The move may create a bad precedent, but it could allow for it to more easily contend with regulators if and when it...
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These 10 top banks have been approved to repurchase almost $125 billion worth of their own stock in the next year, or more than 9% of the outstanding common shares.
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The 2019 CCAR Federal Reserve stress tests have been released. Big dividend hikes and/or share buybacks are being approved for Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, BofA, JPMorgan Chase, and even for...
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Oil and gas producers and oilfield services companies in the Dallas Federal Reserve district are preparing for a second half of the year that looks increasingly gloomy.
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The Federal Reserve just issued its measure of the health of America’s major banks. The research is meant to show whether these 18 major bank holding companies can take a shock like the ones they...
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The strong economy has finally started to show some weakness around slower global growth and trade tensions. After a very weak Empire Manufacturing report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,...
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