Five Days: Mostly Good Reports on the Economy, but See Footnotes
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Welcome news about the economy and interest rates touched off a stock market rally that lifted the Dow Jones industrial average to a record.
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Views you can use to get clues on Tuesday's news.
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With a sparse economic calendar and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision a week away, the avalanche of earnings reports may be foremost on tradersâ minds.
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A few highly preliminary observations about the recent turmoil in the financial markets.
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After a Monday off-day, investors will get a slew of reports next week, including a key U.S. inflation reading.
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Key happenings this week in the retail and restaurant sectors.
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Two new papers examine the causes and effects of this Augustâs unwinding in the financial markets.
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Consumers' assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday.
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Consumers&#39; assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday.
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The U.S. economy may be on decent footing, but that might not be enough to save your U.S. portfolio.
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A string of government reports yesterday offered a mixed picture of the US economy. Worker productivity grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the
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Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news.
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EYES ON THE FED The main news of the week will be the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at which the central bankers are widely expected to keep interest rates steady (Wednesday). Last weekÂs news that the Consumer Price Index had risen 0.2 percent in August, down from 0.4 percent in July, looked to some economists like validation that inflation was slowing, a trend that would not tempt the Fed to raise rates. But the Producer Price Index for August also comes out this week, helping to inform any decision (Tuesday). Other reports this week will include the second-quarter current-account deficit (Monday), August housing starts (Tuesday) and leading economic indicators (Thursday).
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Views you can use to get clues on the news.
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Here's a good way to make sure you're in the market on its best days.
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At the risk of repeating ourselves, it is worth bearing in mind that this recovery has been different from other recoveries. While much of the attention paid to the economy has focused on the sluggish jobs