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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-26-2015 Economic results were again mixed, with some improvement in housing, tempered overall but higher core CPI inflation readings and stronger jobless claim data. U.S. equity markets on average were slightly higher, while foreign equities ended up negative … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-18-2015 Economic data for the week was mixed, with weaker-than-expected retail sales numbers, decent employment metrics and conflicting sentiment data from consumers and small businesses. Global equities gained on the week, with international stocks outperforming U.S. names—due to … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 4-20-2015 Economic results on the week were in keeping with the recent lackluster trend, with weaker-than-expected retail sales and manufacturing.  Inflation came in a bit stronger, but remains flat to slightly negative on a year-over-year basis when energy price … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update: Economic data was mixed, but survey responses showed stronger positive sentiment and housing appears to show some improvement.  The final 1st Quarter GDP release was amended downward, but this was largely blamed on weather effects and appears to be … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

It was a busy week for economic data, with several key releases including 1st Quarter GDP—which disappointed.  The Friday release of job growth, however, was strong. The Russia/Ukraine situation continues to simmer, but not yet boiling over, despite regional incidents … Continue reading

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