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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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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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Gasoline Prices Fall Rapidly

Posted: November 5, 2012 at 6:43 am

Despite concerns that Hurricane Sandy might have hurt gasoline supplies and closed some refineries, gas prices continue to fall, and fall rapidly. According to AAA Fuel Gauge data, the national ...
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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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Q1-2012 GDP Not Strong But No Recession Fears

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 8:47 am

The Commerce Department has released its first quarter's initial projection of Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2012.  The results are weaker than expected but they will put ...
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GDP Debunks Double Dip Recession Fears

Posted: January 27, 2012 at 8:38 am

The U.S. is still growing despite all of the world's troubles and despite the currency fluctuations.  The Commerce Department's  preliminary reading on Gross Domestic Product showed to have growth of  ...
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Q4 GDP Lacks Major Recovery

Posted: January 28, 2011 at 8:47 am

The Commerce Department has released the fourth quarter of 2010 figures for Gross Domestic Product, or Gross National Product as it used to be called.  GDP came in on a ...
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