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Jobless Claims Sees a Break in Prior Gains

The U.S. Department of Labor has released its weekly jobless claims for the past week, and we finally saw a drop. The trend of late had been that claims were rising.

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Very Weak Durable Goods Could Cloud GDP Hopes

Those hoping that fourth-quarter gross domestic product is going to look good on Friday are going to have to factor in a really bad durable goods report for the month of December.

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Harvard Endowment Tops $36 Billion

Yale's endowment rose 7% last year but trailed Harvard's by a mile. Harvard's endowment rose slightly to $36.5 billion.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 11 years ago

With Dovish FOMC, Bond Yields Fall

What are investors supposed to make of the January FOMC meeting? The verdict was that the 10-0 unanimous vote by Janet Yellen and her Fed presidents was dovish, with the promise that rate hikes…

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

FOMC Stays Dovish

Janet Yellen and The Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee have done just what the markets formal expected – nothing! The Fed Funds rate was left flat at a target of 0.25% to 0.50%…

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

How to View This Week’s January FOMC Meeting

Tuesday will mark the first day of the two-day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting held at the Federal Reserve. This year started out with most Fed presidents continuing to talk about rate hikes,…

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago