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April Import and Export Prices Bring Bull-Bear Tug of War

Posted: May 14, 2013 at 9:15 am

Import and export prices were tame in the month of April. The Labor Department's reading of import and export prices showed that import prices rose by 0.5%, right in line ...
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J.P. Morgan Now Projects Stronger Q2 GDP

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 11:05 am

This morning's report from the Commerce Department on retail sales in April was strong enough that we expected it to underpin a stronger climate for gross domestic product in the ...
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April Retail Sales Much Better Than Expected; Could GDP Be Better?

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

Retail sales rose more than expected in the month of April. The Commerce Department reported that overall sales rose by 0.1%, and ex-autos they fell by 0.1%. Bloomberg was calling ...
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Sell in May and Go Away 2013, Earnings Season Scorecard

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 12:22 pm

The first-quarter earnings season is peaking this week, as far as the number of companies on a normal calendar. Corporate earnings have been weaker than expected in a manner of ...
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Dallas Fed Joins in with Very Weak Regional Economic Report for April

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 11:00 am

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is out with its report on manufacturing activity for the month of April. We have seen continued regional weakness for reports covering March and ...
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Personal Income and Spending Fail to Ignite in March

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 8:45 am

Personal income and consumer spending managed to post very moderate growth in the month of March. The Commerce Department projected that personal income rose by 0.2% and spending also rose ...
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Odds Are Stacking Up Against Good U.S. GDP Report for First Quarter

Posted: April 25, 2013 at 7:45 am

The Commerce Department is set to report the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) at 8:30 a.m. EST on Friday morning. Odds are lining up against the economy, and the sentiment ...
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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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GDP Revision Now Expected to Head Even Higher

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 10:25 am

On Thursday at 8:30 a.m. EST, we will get the second revision to the fourth-quarter 2012 gross domestic product (GDP). This is considered the final revision, and Wall St. economists are ...
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Q4 GDP Revised to Growth from Contraction, Barely

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 8:50 am

The first revision to the first-quarter gross domestic product is out. The revision put fourth-quarter GDP up in positive territory, but only at 0.1%. The prior look was in the red ...
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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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Bernanke and FOMC Stand Firm as GDP Goes Negative

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 2:29 pm

Today was far from a normal Fed-day as the FOMC announcement followed a GDP release that was negative for the first time in 13 consecutive quarters. Some things are the ...
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Q4 GDP Turned Negative After 13 Quarters of Expansion, Recession Talk Resumes

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 9:04 am

The Commerce Department is confirming the worst fears of the economic worrywarts. Gross domestic product for the fourth quarter of 2012 came in negative rather than positive. This headline news ...
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UBS Sees Growth Outshining the American Taxpayer Relief Act

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 9:13 am

With a down to the wire timing that has become a tradition in Washington D.C., the House and the Senate approved what is being called the The American Taxpayer Relief ...
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Q3 GDP Tops Estimates on Huge Spike in Government Spending

Posted: October 26, 2012 at 8:38 am

Friday brought the first preliminary reading of the gross domestic product for the third quarter of 2012. The Commerce Department reported that GDP rose by 2.0% in the third quarter. ...
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