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Among the slew of economic reports on Tuesday was the ISM-Chicago's Chicago Business Barometer for the month of May. This index fell 1.1 points to 49.3, a signal of slight overall contraction.
First-quarter GDP growth saw a revision, and it raised to 0.8% from the prior 0.5%. This report was incredibly slow, and it was also under the expectations.
Fitch Ratings has issued its latest Global Economic Outlook. Unfortunately, that outlook is calling weaker growth in gross domestic product (GDP) for the United States in 2016.
It would not take many factors to push growth down to zero or even below. Several things have happened in the past month that should lead to the conclusion that the U.S. economy is not growing.
Germany may be the envy of the developed world, for the time being. Its first-quarter GDP rose.
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that factory orders rose by around 1% in the month of March.
Personal income rose 0.4% in March, beating Bloomberg’s estimates, but personal spending rose just 0.1%, falling short of expectations.
First-quarter GDP gives the bears some argument that the economy isn't chugging along just fine, but it is still growth at the end of the day.
Thursday will mark a crucial day for just how much, or how little, the U.S. economy is growing. The initial first-quarter GDP estimate from the U.S. Department of Commerce will be released.
The international trade deficit did not come in anywhere as high as expected in March, implying that perhaps that pesky dollar strength's trend abatement might be in the works is showing up in the...
The absence of a decision to freeze oil production at a meeting of some of the world's largest oil-producing nations has scuttled the most promising chance to push crude prices higher.
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.
Fannie Mae has released its April 2016 Economic & Housing Outlook, which sees little change for 2016, despite a slow first-quarter scenario.
Despite low unemployment, low gasoline prices and strong markers like car sales, a malaise continues dog impressions about the health of the U.S. economy.