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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the Producer Price Index (PPI) for the month of August.
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the import and export prices for the month of August.
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department gave us the formal inflation reading for the month of July on Tuesday morning. The good news is that inflation concerns have abated. July’s Consumer Price Index...
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Jon OggThe U.S. Labor Department Friday morning released the Producer Price Index (PPI) for July, which effectively measures wholesale inflation. As a reminder, this is PPI reading now measures final...
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ThinkstockIs there inflation or not? That is just one of the million-dollar questions out there right now? We will find out on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time when the U.S. Labor Department...
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ThinkstockAs we enter mid-August, the economic calendar still has some important reports on deck for the week ahead. 24/7 Wall St. has created a brief preview for the top economic events on deck this...
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ThinkstockEconomists and market watchers want to know if labor costs are truly rising or not. After all, there has been very mixed data. Now a report on second quarter non-farm productivity and unit...
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ThinkstockFriday morning will bring the quarterly report on nonfarm productivity and unit labor costs. With the Employment Cost Index from last week having shown a pop much higher for the second...
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ThinkstockThe markets have been digesting much employment data ahead of Friday’s unemployment report, but now the market will have to deal with some wage inflation. A Labor Department report on...
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ThinkstockWhile all eyes will be on the upcoming July unemployment and payrolls on Friday, August 1, the other big economic report during the week will of course be second-quarter gross domestic...
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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department gave us the formal inflation reading for the month of June on Tuesday morning. Most investors are more concerned about major earnings reports and economic recovery...
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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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ThinkstockThe U.S. Labor Department released its Producer Price Index (PPI) for final demand for the month of June on Wednesday morning. We were worried that wholesale inflation would be stronger...
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ThinkstockOn Wednesday morning the markets will have to deal with yet another reading on inflation — albeit at the wholesale level. The US Labor Department will report its reading for the Producer...
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ThinkstockInflation in international trade will be nothing to scare the Federal Reserve into a major inflationary panic. June’s import and export prices were more than just tame. Export prices were...
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