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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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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, Update, Yahoo!
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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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Tagged 1st Quarter GDP, bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, health care, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, oil prices, Real Estate, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, Taper, Ukraine, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-04-2015 The economic picture last week was colored by a poor U.S. GDP release for the first quarter, as well as acknowledgment by the FOMC of slowed conditions. However, other data, such as the ISM and Chicago PMI came in mixed … Continue reading
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Tagged Commodities, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, Employment, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, GDP, Inflation, interest rate, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, oil prices, Real Estate, S&P500, unemployment rate
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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 3-23-2015 In a somewhat light week for economic reports, the FOMC meeting was the highlight—in which no action occurred, other than a subtle language change that stemmed the persistent rise in the dollar. Several housing reports showed lackluster … Continue reading
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Tagged commodity prices, economic growth, Europe, export, FOMC meeting, health care, interest rates, Japan, S&P 500, U.S. dollar index
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-17-2014 Economic figures last week were a bit better than expected, highlighted by a slight positive surprise in retail sales and decent sentiment surveys, which continued to post readings at high levels. Equity markets were just slightly higher … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 11-4-2014 It was a headline week, but not necessarily dramatic, as the conclusion of the FOMC meeting resulted in the taper ending as planned, and results of 3rd quarter GDP showed that economic growth was a bit better … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd quarter GDP, Bank of Japan, global equities, Goldman Sachs, Japan, traditional bonds, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update In a slow week for economic data, stats like retail sales were weaker, but PPI also came in flat, which appeared to temper core inflation concerns from prior weeks. Equity markets were largely off, due to increased concerns … Continue reading
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Tagged China, crude oil prices, Europe, Hillshire Brands, inflation concerns, Iraq, Japan, Merck, oil prices, PPI, Priceline, Retail Sales, Tyson Foods, World Cup
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