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Investors should remember that election cycle hyperbole and rhetoric is nothing new, and this could just be more of the same.
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In January and February the recession risks for the United States were picking up. Now it looks as though the biggest risks for the U.S. falling back into recession in 2016 have all but vanished.
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve released the results of supervisory stress tests on Thursday. What stands out first and foremost is that the largest bank holding companies based in the United States...
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What does a massive round of quantitative easing in Europe, an environment of deflationary pressures and a testing of negative interest rates tell you?
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Whether or not it is by economists' measures, Japan has slipped into a recession.
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Business executives around the world have started to exhibit so much anxiety that another recession may be just around the corner.
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Is it possible that a recession in one of the world's largest economies can help another? Yes, at least in part.
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Whatever is to blame, the timeline for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike cycle keeps getting pushed out further and further.
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ThinkstockIt may be that economists are wrong so often that their forecasts about growth and the odds for or against future recessions are of little value. Nevertheless, the National Association of...
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Abercrombie and Fitch is making over its Hollister brand in an attempt to bring back the cool young shoppers it chased away. The retailer is ditching the dark nightclub feel in favor of a brighter,...
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Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhen Treasury yields fall, it generally means that investors around the planet are looking for a flight to safety. Or in the extreme cases, it signals that the...
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ThinkStockThe Markit Flash U.S. Services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) jumped 6.2% to 58.4 for May, according to a Markit report released today, showing its fastest rate of growth in 26 months....
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ThinkstockSeventy-four percent of Americans believe that the nation is still in a recession, which may be a sign that the lower and middle classes are still anxious about unemployment, the value of...
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ThinkstockKmart and Sears, the two major divisions of Sears Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ: SHLD) will join the group of large retailers that hope to move the start of the holiday season closer and closer to...
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ThinkstockFive top European Union officials responsible for economic policy recently said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Our response to the crisis, which is based on an integrated approach by...
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