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StockCharts.comLike clockwork, every time the American stock market makes new highs, some people insist it cannot go higher. A subset of those believe the market will crash. Others even believe it...
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ThinkstockLabor Day is a holiday meant to honor the working man and the working woman. Its roots are more than 100 years old now. The question that comes to mind in today’s age of high unemployment...
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ThinkstockAfter years of recession, and fears that the recession would continue years longer, Europe has moved back into the GDP growth column. The EU research arm said about the growth of gross...
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ThinkstockChina’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) figure for July was weak, or modest, depending on the source, but certainly no cause for optimism about a sharp slowing of the world’s largest...
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ThinkstockTo the naked eye, new data from Spain’s National Statistics Institute appears positive. The unemployment rate in the second quarter was 26.3%, down from 27.2% in the first three months of...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has released its Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) for the month of June. Economic activity is showing a slight improvement on the national...
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ThinkstockIt is a shame that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) can only suggest solutions to the European financial crisis and the devastation of jobs and economic recession that has come in its...
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ThinkstockPurchasing managers index (PMI) data for the eurozone continued to be awful in June, although research firm Markit reported that numbers got slightly better. The improvement was no cause...
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ThinkstockBy way of contrast, during the depths of the U.S. recession, unemployment peaked at 10.1%. Eurostat announced that May unemployment in the euro area hit 12.1% in May, staggering given the...
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ThinkstockGermany did not join the parade of European Union (EU) nations which showed very, very modest improvements in manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI). France, Spain and Italy continue...
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ThinkstockMarkit issued manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers for June for France, Italy and Spain. The figures painted a picture of a region still in recession with some modest...
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ThinkstockIt’s official. The manufacturing sector of China has reached a dead halt. June purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1%, just a tad above the point of contraction. The number is...
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ThinkstockWhere do companies what to invest their money, outside of their own boarders? The United States. It is an odd conclusion, since the economy here has been relatively stagnant, and it even...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has issued its National Activity Index (CFNAI) for the month of May. While the number appears to be an improvement over April, it is unfortunately still...
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ThinkstockThe Federal Reserve has submitted its Household Net Worth report for the first quarter of 2013 and there is good news. Total household net worth reached $70.3 trillion, up about $3 trillion...
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