US Economy: Leading Indicators Fall for 5th Straight Month
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A barometer of future US economic activity fell for a fifth month in October, the longest decline since 1995, signaling that the world&#39;s largest economy may slow in coming months.
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Investors&#39; confidence in the U.S.  economy fell in September for a fourth straight month to its  lowest level in 13 months on continued concerns about the  housing market and elevated energy costs, a survey showed on  Monday.
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Wall Street stocks finished the trading session lower on Monday after a report said sales of existing homes in the US had dropped in July for a fifth consecutive month.
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A leading index of the U.S. economy dipped in the latest week, and a continued lack of growth in the data shows no end in sight to the current slowdown, a report showed on Friday.
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US retail sales fell last month, official figures show, the latest indication that the economy is under pressure.
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U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on  Tuesday for the fifth day in a row as the market traded in a  narrow range before the monthly employment report due at the  end of the week.
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US 10-year Treasury notes fell, heading for a fifth week of declines, on concern foreign central banks may cut their holdings of the securities as the dollar slides.
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The number of people claiming jobless benefits fell for the fifth month in a row in February, official data showed on Wednesday.
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The U.S. economy this month has fallen into a recession, which should last for the next four to five months, Bill Gross, chief investment officer of the world's largest bond fund manager, told the Financial Times.
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The Index of Leading Economic Indicators, a widely watched barometer of future economic activity, edged lower in September for the fourth month in a row, indicating a slowing in economic growth, a private research group reported Thursday.
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Oil futures prices dropped nearly 5 percent Wednesday, in the biggest decline in five months, after an Energy Department report showed that the nation&#39;s crude supply rose more than expected.
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The Conference Board said Thursday that the US leading economic index fell for the fourth straight month. The Conference Board, a New York-based research group, reportedthat
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A gauge of future economic activity that had declined for five-straight months reversed course in November, signaling that the nation&#39;s financial engine is still gaining power even though the growth rate has slowed.
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Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar dropped against the euro after a fall in manufacturing growth in the Philadelphia region and US leading indicators added to evidence that a slowdown in the economy may have extended into this month.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute's Weekly Leading Index, fell to 139.7 in the week ended Oct. 19 from 140.1 the prior week. Falling stock prices and the housing slump were to blame. The annualized growth rate fell to -0.5% from the prior week's -0.3%. "While economic growth will indeed slow, a recession is not likely," ECRI Managing Director Lakshman Achuthan told Reuters.
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The U S housing market continued to stumble in June, cooling the economy and contributing to the smallest increase in consumer prices in five months.
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The double whammy of a worsening housing slump and a credit crunch is punching the economy in its gut. That's likely to mean a period of slower activity in the months ahead.