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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 10-27-2014 The economic data of the week was focused on housing, which showed existing and new home sales outperforming expectations somewhat. Inflation came in just higher than flat, and tempered on a year-over-year basis, but the index of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Crude oil, Dilma Rousseff, economic data, Economic Indicators, healthcare, Inflation, Italy, Moody’s, Morgan Stanley, oil prices, Russia
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 9-15-2014 In a slower week for economic data, results came in tempered to positive (retail sales being a more important release), but included no major surprises. Geopolitically, the highlight originated from a developed market this time, as polls … Continue reading
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Tagged economic data, Fed, fixed income, FOMC, interest rate, interest rates, U.S. dollar, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 9-8-2014 Economic data for the week came in fairly strong, highlighted by the ISM manufacturing report, which is closely watched by markets. However, the August employment situation report for August was a bit disappointing. S. stocks gained … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic data points from the week were quite good, and showed a continued rebound of conditions. Inflation, as measured by CPI at least, rose at a tempered pace we’ve come to expect. Equities and other risk assets were higher, with … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic data reports for the week were relatively good, led by ISM non-manufacturing, factory orders and the Fed’s Senior Loan Officer Survey showing positive results. Stocks experienced a more volatile week as events in the Ukraine raised anxiety again, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of Japan, China, ECB, economic data, equities, Erdogan, performance, Poland’s Prime Minister, the Bank of England, Ukraine, VIX
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Weekly Economic Update
A jam-packed week of economic data releases boosted by a faster Q2 real GDP growth rate, a stronger ISM manufacturing reading in July and upbeat consumer confidence levels. Weaker housing sales data in June, and in-line results for July’s payroll … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Plosser, economic data, GDP, ISM manufacturing
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update Economic data was mixed to positive on the week, with solid results in some portions of retail sales, as well as the Empire and Philly Fed surveys; while other data, such as housing starts and sentiment, lagged a … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update It was a light week for economic data domestically, and little new geopolitical news. Equity markets sold off on the week, helped in no way by the troubles of the second largest bank in Portugal, which was having … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Banco Espirito Santo, Bloomberg Commodities Index, Brazil, Dow Jones-UBS, economic data, Europe, Portugal
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update: Featured by an unusual correction in the manufacturing ISM, economic data for the week was decent. The more dramatic news came from Europe, where the ECB provided additional easing and elected a new ‘negative interest rate’ policy, the … Continue reading
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
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update: U.S. economic data – including manufacturing, new orders for durable goods, and consumer confidence – were strong, exceeding consensus expectation. Housing sales and initial jobless claims came in weaker than consensus expectation. Conflict between Russia and Ukraine … Continue reading
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Tagged bps, consumer confidence, economic data, government bonds, HSBC China, MSCI Europe, MSCI Pacific, Russia, Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update: It was a light week for economic data. The few releases that did appear were positive on the employment front; however, a few showed some imported inflation. Equity markets struggled with momentum stocks (those that led the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alcoa, Commodity, DJIA, economic data, Eurozone, MBS, Momentum stocks, MSCI-EAFE, MSCI-EM, Q1 earnings, Russell 2000, S&P 500, U.S. Treasury Yields, utilities
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