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Weak Durable Goods Likely Signals Weaker GDP Report for Friday

Posted: April 24, 2013 at 9:00 am

The report on durable goods for the month of March is turning out to not be too durable. This is a highly volatile reading because it involves so many big ...
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Factory Orders Rise in February

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 10:35 am

The United States apparently still manufactures some things, contrary to the reports about us only being a service economy. The Commerce Department showed that factory orders rose by 3.0% in ...
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Why the Awful January Durable Goods Report Was Ignored, GDP Revision Looming

Posted: February 27, 2013 at 10:30 am

The monthly report on durable goods is one of the most volatile reports you can get. The reason is that it involves the big-ticket items that are deemed to be ...
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Durable Goods Rise with Personal Income and Consumer Spending Ahead of Christmas

Posted: December 21, 2012 at 8:58 am

This may be the last big day of economic data before the Christmas break for most investors, but there is not exactly a lack of data. We have seen figures ...
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October Durable Goods Surprise to the Upside

Posted: November 27, 2012 at 8:48 am

The Commerce Department has reported that durable goods were effectively unchanged in the month of October at a seasonally adjusted $216.95 billion. Dow Jones had a consensus expectation of -1.2% ...
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Ahead of FOMC, Many Key Economic Reports Coming

Posted: October 22, 2012 at 11:42 am

This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed ...
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Durable Goods Flies Past Estimates, If You Count Planes

Posted: August 24, 2012 at 8:35 am

The Commerce Department is out with its report on durable goods for the month of July. The report shows that the headline data was up by much more than expected ...
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Aircraft Orders Offer Boost to Durable Goods

Posted: July 26, 2012 at 9:01 am

The report on durable goods came in above expectations for the month of June. The Commerce Department's report showed a gain of 1.6% to a seasonally adjusted $221.63 billion for ...
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Surprise Gains in May Durable Goods

Posted: June 27, 2012 at 8:42 am

Durable Goods in the Month of May managed to somehow come in with upside data at a time when most economic numbers are contracting or offering downside surprises  May's report ...
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The Painful Disappointment of Durable Goods

Posted: February 28, 2012 at 8:54 am

Durable Goods for the month of January is not just a disappointment.  This was a nearly shocking miss when you consider the trends of the prior months and the economic ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (5/25/2011) Durable Goods, California Pizza Kitchen

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 9:04 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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The Ten Industries That Pay Women The Least

Posted: April 11, 2011 at 6:17 am

Women continue to struggle for equal rights in the workplace.  For at least two decades, they have earned 80% of the wages of men doing equivalent jobs. That should be ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (2/24/2011) GM Profit, Initial Job Claims

Posted: February 24, 2011 at 9:03 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Lackluster Economic Data Ahead of The Holiday

Posted: December 23, 2010 at 8:44 am

We have just seen a very mixed bag of economic data this morning ahead of the holiday.  While nothing is atrocious, none of it is exactly showing a gangbuster economy.  ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (9/24/2010) Gold Price, Durable Goods

Posted: September 24, 2010 at 9:00 am

Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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