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The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced its reading on industrial production and capacity utilization for the month of August.
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After a very negative August reading, the Empire State Manufacturing report for September was almost as ugly, as well as way short of estimates.
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ThinkstockTuesday will be one of the last Federal Reserve reports that the FOMC gets to digest ahead of its decision on interest rates. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York will release its Empire...
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ThinkstockThis week will bring yet another FOMC meeting where the U.S. Federal Reserve will release its decision on interest rates for Fed Funds. Whether or not that new announcement comes with a...
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Everyone is still talking about whether the Federal Reserve will raise the fed funds rate in the next week.
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Given the market uneasiness, now is the time to stick with the large cap leaders, especially when they are expected to fare well in the coming rising rate environment.
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ThinkstockThe American consumer base is taking on more debt. While nowhere near a concern, the Federal Reserve released its July 2015 Consumer Credit report showing that credit rose by 6.7% on an...
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In the view of Jeffrey Lacker, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the most compelling reasons to lift the interest rate are related to household expenditures.
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ThinkstockU.S. economic activity expanded in all 12 Federal Reserve districts according to the latest version of the Beige Book released Wednesday afternoon. Six Fed districts characterized growth as...
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The main point of Bill Gross's outlook in September is rather simple: Get the Fed to raise rates, but just once and then go away for some time.
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Eric Rosengren, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, sees the future trajectory of interest rate increases, at least by his own views, as a more gradual...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas releases all sorts of regional data, but the one reading that the energy sector and the economists are paying attention to is what is happening with manufacturing...
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ThinkstockThe markets are getting a new look at “just one more” view from the Federal Reserve on the timing of the interest rate hike cycle. Stanley Fischer, Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve,...
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City August Manufacturing Survey said manufacturing activity continued to decline moderately in the Fed's 10th district.
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The whipsawing volatility in equities since last week is unprecedented, and not just in the United States.
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