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For years Texas was one of the stronger driving forces of the U.S. economy. It turns out the persistent weakness in energy has continued to pressure the economy now.
Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank may have dashed some of the ambitions of investors who have been hoping for the endless quantitative easing money that they have grown so used to.
The Federal Reserve has released its Beige Book for September of 2016. With so many economists, investors and market watchers being concerned about an imminent interest rate hike, this Beige Book...
While the move up in the bank stocks has been solid during the summer months, strong job growth and a rising rate environment could really help push shares higher in the fall.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's latest speech continues to point more toward a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate hike. The real question is when.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released its August Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey, showing that growth in the Fed district was rather weak for the manufacturing sector.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes from its July meeting were released Wednesday and provide little new information about where the Fed might be headed with interest rates for the rest...
One Federal Reserve president, who is not an FOMC voting member, has indicated that one rate hike in 2016 might be appropriate as the economic fundamentals remain strong enough.
The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has decided to leave interest rates unchanged at its two-day June meeting. This should hardly be a surprise to any economist or to any...
Durable goods matter because they sum up what is happening in the big-ticket items that help make up U.S. gross domestic product.
Maybe the U.S. economy is truly thinking "So What About Brexit!" if the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is to be believed.
This year the money supply has recovered almost two whole months early, which means we could be heading for an exceptionally strong fourth quarter for stocks.
Wednesday, July 13 brought yet another view from the Federal Reserve. The Fed’s Beige Book is a summary of commentary on current economic conditions. It was prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of...
It may come as a shock, but out of the 10 largest investment banks by assets, only one of them has outperformed the S&P 500 since bear market bottom on March 6, 2009.
The Federal Reserve has released its minutes from the June 14 to June 15 FOMC meeting. Many exceptions have been made here, but the reality is that you are still seeing a Federal Reserve that is not...