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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-13-2015 In a fairly light week for the economic calendar, data was highlighted by a decent ISM services survey, good JOLTs employment data, but higher claims. The Greece situation remained as the primary global headline, while Chinese stock meltdown and pourover concerns took … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-06-2015 Economic results for the week were again mixed, with some manufacturing data showing up better than expected, housing results decent, confidence higher and a mediocre employment situation report at the end of the week. Most attention was outside … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-29-2015 Economic data for the week was dominated by slightly worse-than-expected durable goods orders, while several pieces of housing data surprised on the upside and the first quarter GDP figure was revised higher to just under zero. Both … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-22-2015 Economic data for the week was somewhat mixed in both the industrial and housing areas; this fell along the same theme leading to inaction by the Fed following the week’s FOMC meeting. Equity markets rose in the U.S., while … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-15-2015 Economic data from last week looked a bit stronger, with some positive surprises from retail sales and a few sentiment surveys; the JOLTs and jobless claims reports, however, disappointed. Despite some day-to-day volatility in equity markets and recent trends … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-08-2015 Economic data last week was mixed to decent, with the headline ISM manufacturing figures, construction spending and vehicle sales coming in better than expected. The employment situation report was also stronger than anticipated. Equities experienced a more difficult … Continue reading
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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 5-12-2015 Economic reports last week were led by a decent ISM non-manufacturing report, low levels of jobless claims and a decent but unexceptional employment situation release—uninspiring enough to keep markets hoping for continued easy Fed policy beyond June. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-06-2015 Despite being a shortened holiday week, it was busy due to a number of economic data releases. Good news came from upside surprises in factory orders, firmer housing data and a better consumer confidence reading; bad news … Continue reading
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Tagged bps, China, Commodities, consumer confidence, Crude oil, economic data releases, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, equity markets, factory orders, GDP, Government, housing data, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, job reports, LSA, manufacturing survey, oil prices, Oppenheimer Funds, S&P 500, S&P500, stocks, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-10-2014 The headline-worthy ISM manufacturing survey came in better than expected, while other releases were mixed. The employment situation report was also decent, but not overwhelming. The mid-term election that resulted in a Republican takeover of the Senate … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
(+/0) The advance GDP figure for the third quarter came in at +2.8%, which dramatically surpassed consensus expectations of +2.0% or so. However, much of the positive impact (0.8% of that 2.8%) came from larger inventory accumulation coupled with a … Continue reading
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