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Fed Lacks Confidence, Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee (FOMC) have decided to keep the markets guessing for even longer. The zero interest rate policy has been left as is and unchanged, with the…

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Drop in Weekly Jobless Claims

The U.S. Labor Department announced that weekly jobless claims fell to 264,000 in the last week.

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Global Economic Growth to Slow: OECD

Another large independent organization has followed the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in a downgrade of global growth this year.

Douglas A. McIntyre · 11 years ago

Mixed Retail Sales Report for August

The August U.S. retail sales report was positive but mixed, when you take the revisions for July into consideration.

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Another Ugly Empire Manufacturing Report

After a very negative August reading, the Empire State Manufacturing report for September was almost as ugly, as well as way short of estimates.

Jon C. Ogg · 11 years ago

Lottery in Illinois Sued for Non-Payment

There are plenty of tales about lottery winners who go broke, but in Illinois there is a new twist. The state lottery commission has delayed payouts.

Paul Ausick · 11 years ago