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Turkey: When a Coup Doesn’t Destroy a Market

When told of a failed coup and a round of thousands of arrests of military, government and civilian people, most investors might just assume that the local stock market would be crushed.

Jon C. Ogg · 10 years ago

When Wholesale Inflation Rises, Maybe

Not all that long ago, the investing community was being led to believe that the United States never would have to worry about inflation.

Jon C. Ogg · 10 years ago

Zika Virus Sufferers Concentrated In New York, Florida

According to the CDC there were 1,133 confirmed Zika cases between the start of 2015 and early this month. Almost 40% of those cases were reported in Florida and New York. The breakout: US…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 10 years ago

Small Business Optimism Rises in June

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Tuesday morning released its latest small business optimism index.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

Impact of Digital Economy Varies Widely Throughout the World

A country's ability to take advantage of information and communications technology in order to increase its competitiveness and well-being depends on its readiness quickly to implement and adopt new technologies as they appear.

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago

ADP Report Adds Support for Better BLS Payrolls for June

ADP has released its National Employment Report for the month of June. This is viewed as a key directional indicator each month for the key unemployment and payrolls report from the U.S. Department of…

Jon C. Ogg · 10 years ago

Eurozone PMI Weakest Since 2014

Brexit will make matters worse among the economies of the old European Union. In the meantime, they are bad enough.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 10 years ago

New Construction Spending Slips Nearly 1% in May

The U.S. Census Bureau reported this morning that construction spending in May dipped by 0.8% to an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of about $1.143 trillion from the upwardly revised estimate of nearly $1.152…

Paul Ausick · 10 years ago