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ThinkstockMarkit issued manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) numbers for June for France, Italy and Spain. The figures painted a picture…
ThinkstockIt’s official. The manufacturing sector of China has reached a dead halt. June purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.1%, just…
ThinkstockThe preliminary June reading on the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading came in at 82.7. Today’s final June…
ThinkstockThe Institute for Supply Management – Chicago reported that its purchasing managers’ index (PMI) reading for June fell to 51.6.…
ThinkstockAs the Federal Reserve moves down the path of asset purchases intended to produce “substantial improvement” in employment while keeping…
ThinkstockFrance’s stat operation INSEE reported that French consumer confidence cratered in June. The region’s second largest economy may not be…
ThinkstockThe signs that the German economy is in a recovery instead of a period of stagnation have continued to grow.…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Treasury Department auctioned $29 billion in 7-year notes today at a high yield of 1.932%, the highest yield…
ThinkstockThe manufacturing survey from the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank posted a reading of -5 in June, down from 2…
ThinkstockIf you are between the ages of 18 and 29, you think you have more job security today than you…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsWe have two key pieces of employment data for Thursday’s key economic reports. Weekly jobless claims…
courtesy Boeing Co.For the first time since 1998, global military spending is down. This coincides with a major decline in…
ThinkstockAn increasingly long list of private economists, credit firms and investment banks have downgraded China’s growth prospects. The latest comes…
ThinkstockThere is a debate, based on official government figures, private assessments and forecasts, about whether Germany is one of the…
ThinkstockThe Commerce Department has released its second and (supposedly) final reading of the first-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for 2013.…
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