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Manufacturing activity in Texas is holding up better than many business watchers may have feared with lower and lower oil prices.
The Chicago Federal Reserve's National Activity Index (CFNAI) rose in September.
ThinkstockIncome inequality has grown so severe in recent years that Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen described it as a source of great concern. In a speech earlier this month Yellen said,...
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia has released its Business Outlook Survey for the month of October, suggesting continued expansion of the region's manufacturing sector.
The Federal Reserve reported Wednesday morning that U.S. industrial production rose 1% in September.
Whatever is to blame, the timeline for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike cycle keeps getting pushed out further and further.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released the Empire State Manufacturing Survey for the month of October on Wednesday morning.
The common belief for years has been that interest rates would rise when the Federal Reserve ends its bond buying and starts to raise interest rates.
Investors have decided that the U.S. government should only have to pay 3.074% to borrow money for its 30-year bonds in the latest long bond auction.
ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released the minutes from the September 16 to 17 FOMC meeting. While the market was not looking for any massive step up on the time that Janet Yellen and team...
The official unemployment rate fell to 5.9%. The Fed hawks could have a better argument for sooner-than-expected rate hikes.
The Dallas Federal Reserve has issued its report signaling that manufacturing activity increased again in September in Texas.
The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) offered its September 2014 Outlook Survey report. The numbers were not rosy.
Looking toward the end of 2014, Oppenheimer believes that equities are, in fact, still well positioned to climb.
The flash PMI and the Richmond Fed released their numbers on Tuesday morning, giving off mixed economic readings.