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ThinkstockThe dual report on industrial production and capacity utilization for the month of July was released on Friday. While these were basically inline with estimates, there are some points worth...
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ThinkstockThe New York Federal Reserve released the Empire State Manufacturing survey on Friday. The survey showed that business conditions continued to improve for New York district manufacturers,...
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In its new Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households, the Federal Reserve Board provides insight into numerous topics of current relevance to household finances. These topics include...
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ThinkstockThe European Central Bank (ECB) may not have liked to see that Italy has swung back down into recession territory, and it sure as hell doesn’t like to see Europe weakness tied to...
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Jon OggJanet Yellen and the Federal Reserve have released their statement for the July 29 to 30 FOMC meeting. As expected, we got more tapering of the monthly bond buying and we had no formal change...
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Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. wanted to make an update for its readers about the dual importance of economic reports. It is unemployment that rules the roost in most months, but this week will be an...
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ThinkstockTuesday marks the beginning of the July Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of the Federal Reserve. This is a two-day meeting and the FOMC meeting announcement is slated for around...
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Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe U.S. Labor Department’s report on weekly jobless claims blew the doors off the hinges. After last week’s reading was revised to 303,000 from 302,000, the number...
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ThinkstockAfter a 2.9% drop in gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2014, all eyes have been on June economic readings. After all, June marks the end of the second quarter. Now we...
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Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. covers many economic readings throughout each week, month and year. Many economic reports are trumped up in their value by the financial media and by short-term traders, but...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has released its latest installment of the so-called Beige Book. The Fed is getting yet another chance to move the market with data that should have already been known....
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ThinkstockFed Chair Janet Yellen offered a bit of a surprise in her semiannual Monetary Policy Report in front of Congress on Tuesday. It may seem like a bit like Alan Greenspan’s moment regarding...
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ThinkstockFed Chair Janet Yellen is delivering her semiannual Monetary Policy Report in front of Congress on Tuesday. The testimony is before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve released the minutes of the June meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday afternoon. The minutes indicate that the FOMC plans to end its monthly...
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ThinkstockWith all the quantitative easing in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and elsewhere, you would think that trajectory for the global recovery and global growth is well on track. It...
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