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The Chicago Federal Reserve bank has released its National Activity Index showing a better reading for October versus September. The report was still negative at -0.08, but this is better than the...
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24/7 Wall St. wanted to give investors, business owners, and consumers a heads up for what to expect in the weeks ahead. The presidential election is over, the Federal Reserve wants to raise interest...
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It is time to get ready, or even more ready perhaps, for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike at the December 14 FOMC meeting. A litany of economic data released on Thursday was stronger than...
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This week is chock full of members of the Federal Reserve system speaking. Unfortunately, that means a whole host of dovish versus hawkish comments about interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has released its Empire State Manufacturing Survey for the month of November. It managed to show a small gain, as opposed to a prior loss and expectations for a...
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The presidential election on Tuesday will be more important than any single economic reading this week, though the stock market has now fallen for nine straight days.
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With a presidential election that is just about over and with economic data coming out so mixed, there are a lot of things that can sway the Federal Reserve's appetite to raise interest rates in...
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If you read through the FOMC statement on its decision not to hike interest rates on November 2, 2016, the use of ‘moderate’ and ‘modest’ was used less than before and the Federal...
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With the 2016 presidential election just days away, it was widely expected that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve were not going to announce an interest rate hike at the November 2 two-day FOMC...
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Friday’s report showing 2.9% growth in third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) may have gotten everyone’s mood off to a good start for the fourth quarter. The problem isn’t that the...
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It’s finally out, and it’s better than expected! The Bureau of Economic Analysis in the U.S. Department of Commerce has released its preliminary look at third-quarter gross domestic product (GDP)...
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Another day, another Fed president speaking. St. Louis Federal Rserve President James Bullard deconstructed a Taylor-type rule to help explain the current monetary policy debate.
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The Chicago Fed National Activity Index reading for September rose but remains in the red for the second straight month.
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The all-in economic readings are not quite signaling that the next economic mudslide is imminent. even if the economic recovery remains exceptionally dull.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released its October 2016 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey results, what the rest of us call the "Philly Fed Manufacturing Report."
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