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On Friday morning, the U.S. Department of Labor will release the Employment Situation numbers for the month of October.
The deep recession in Europe was supposed to be over, but the European Commission sharply cut its growth forecasts.
The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) released its Manufacturing Index for October and it showed outstanding growth in the sector.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Monday morning that construction spending in September decreased from August.
Daily spending for U.S. consumers remained relatively flat in October, according to Gallup.
Data for September shows that personal income has been growing, but spending fell slightly on volatile auto sales and lower gas prices.
The Bank of Japan pumped some air under equity markets Friday morning when its board of governors voted to increase its annual asset purchase amount.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development put out a sobering report about the status of homeless people in the United States.
The U.S. Commerce Department has released its first read on real gross domestic product for the third quarter of 2014.
It is not particularly surprising that a major shipping company would disclose that the holiday season will be its busiest.
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday afternoon voted to end its monthly asset purchases -- aka QE3 -- by the end of October.
The Conference Board released some good news Tuesday morning for October’s consumer confidence, unlike the durable goods report earlier in the morning.
The U.S. Department of Commerce released the durable goods report for the month of September on Tuesday morning.
Men, particularly in the United States, have significant advantages over women, at least in terms of their earning power.