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The United States got some good news for the economic yardstick measurement for growth. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was revised higher for the third quarter. The Department of Commerce and Bureau of...
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Despite the increased volatility and uncertainty seen in the markets in 2015, the United States is actually on track to do something it hasn’t done in a decade.
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The world's third largest economy has fallen into recession as the government announced a second quarter of contraction.
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Moody's expects slack growth in the world's economy for the next two years, which leaves it vulnerable to "shocks" such as those that could cause another financial crisis or recession.
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Globally, health care spending has increased dramatically since 1980. However, while health care spending increased faster than the economic growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it slowed with...
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Does the trade deficit even matter anymore? That is a legitimate question. The last time an actual trade surplus was seen was too long ago to even try to guess.
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If you were among the minority group of investors expecting a rate hike from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, Thursday's initial report on GDP for the third quarter may explain things.
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Durable goods came in with a negative reading for the month of September and may portend a bad report later this week on GDP.
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This week we have the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting and a gross domestic product (GDP) report due.
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ThinkstockNot only do people the world over rely on their jobs for their livelihood, but economic growth is the result of people working in one occupation or another. Professional lives vary...
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When Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund spoke last week, it had all the hallmarks of a precursor to a downgrade of the the agency's global growth targets.
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Has Christine Lagarde just made a pre-downgrade announcement to avoid making any waves when the IMF downgrades global growth next week?
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Echoing others before it, a fresh report from Fitch Ratings has lowered its global economic outlook for 2015.
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The Institute for Supply Management has released its September report of the Chicago Business Barometer, and it is ugly.
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Thinkstock U.S. economic output grew by 2.2% in 2014 to $15.77 trillion. Some sectors — such as the manufacturing and mining industries — grew. Others — including agriculture and government —...
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