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The gurus have been sounding the warning for months now, pounding the table about an imminent end to a now seven-year bull market.
Personal income rose 0.4% in March, beating Bloomberg’s estimates, but personal spending rose just 0.1%, falling short of expectations.
The Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index came in at −4 for April. This may represent contraction, but is less negative than the reading seen in March.
Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have voted to keep interest rates flat. This was exactly what the market was expecting, but the overall Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) tone remained a bit...
This week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting is likely to produce no hike for the federal funds rate.
The pace of activity in the region’s nonmanufacturing sectors remained positive in April, according to the Philly Fed's Nonmanufacturing Business Outlook Survey.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opens its April meeting on Tuesday and on Wednesday will announce its decision on the policy interest rate.
For the second month in a row, overall Texas factory activity increased in the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released its Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey, a live reading for the month of April.
The Chicago Fed National Activity Index ticked down to a reading of –0.44 in March from a –0.38 reading in February.
The New York Federal Reserve Bank has released its 2016 economic outlook for April, and it corroborates other reports for a weak level of growth expectations in 2016.
Friday's deluge of economic reports included a rather grim view on both industrial production and capacity utilization in the month of March.
Following an unexpectedly negative Producer Price Index for March, the Consumer Price Index also showed that consumer inflation was weaker than expected for the month.
With everyone so scared about the Federal Reserve and Janet Yellen wanting to raise interest rates, the Federal Reserve’s each and every move and statement is watched closely by the public....
Perhaps the increase in China's exports sounds good for the global growth story, but there is more direct observation in U.S. economic data showing why Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are being...