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Ten Ways You’ll Know The Recession Is Over

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 6:29 am

When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still ...
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Consumer Spending Craters in September

Posted: October 6, 2011 at 6:21 am

Consumer spending moved down fairly sharply in September. It is not just a sign of slowing. If a new Gallup tracking poll is right, improvements in consumer activity that ...
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As China Rebounds, Who Buys Its Goods?

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 6:34 am

China’s government released PMI numbers for August. The official index number was 50.9, up from an unusually modest 50.7 in July. The question the figure begs is where the manufactured ...
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The 10 Companies That Will Save The American Economy

Posted: March 25, 2011 at 4:31 am

America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before ...
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Japan Quake, Middle East, Oil, Unemployment: The Relentless Rise Of US Stock Markets

Posted: March 14, 2011 at 5:14 am

US stock markets may continue to make an assault on their all-time highs as the year goes along. The DJIA  trades at 12,000 not so far from its 2007 peak ...
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IMF: Global And US Recovery Improve, Maybe

Posted: January 25, 2011 at 5:04 am

The IMF's World Economic Outlook Update says that the rate of the recovery from the worldwide recession has accelerated though nearly all the comments in the document are qualified. Agencies ...
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