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KC Fed Manufacturing: Finally Positive After Seven Months of Contraction

Posted: May 23, 2013 at 11:25 am

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is headed by President Esther George, and she is the current policy hawk of 2013, after Richmond's Jeff Lacker had been the big ...
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U.S. Manufacturing Expands in December

Posted: January 2, 2013 at 10:28 am

The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported this morning that its manufacturing survey rose to 50.7% in December, up 1.2% from November’s reading of 49.5%. The rise is only the ...
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US Manufacturing Growth Slowing

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 11:17 am

The monthly manufacturing index from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank fell in April from a March reading of 12.5 to 8.6, substantially worse than a consensus estimate decline to 10.5. ...
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Commodity Watch: Gold Getting Attractive Again, But Not Silver (GLD, GDX, GDXJ, SLV, SIL, NAK, MIDSX)

Posted: June 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm

The failure of the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund to reach an agreement on a second bailout package for Greece, combined with a variety of other poor ...
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