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Following healthy half-point gains on major market indexes Friday, pre-market futures are positive and climbing at this hour. Hopefulness prevails that Q3 earnings season will continue posting strong ...
At the risk of mixing metaphors, we continue to wait for Godot’s other shoe to drop. Whether it is the long-anticipated recession, more bank failures (or something else in the financial system ...
The Conference Board’s index of leading indicators, which gauges the economic outlook for the next three to six months, fell 0.7% in July. The New York-based Conference Board also revised the June ...
China needs a bolder spending package to mend the finances of households and companies, according to a central bank adviser, ...
Most economic indicators are retrospective, meaning they look backward. This includes GDP, unemployment, retail sales and so on. It is for that reason that I pay very close attention to leading ...
Learn how GDP measures economic performance and influences financial decisions for economists and investors. Discover its impact on the economy and investment strategies.
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This initiative tracks 14 data-driven financial indicators organized in four classes: For the farm economy overall, on a ...
Pre-market futures are flat following a sixth-straight up-day on the S&P 500. Market sentiment — likely due to partiality toward positive trade deals in the works with global trading partners of the U ...
The Iowa Department of Revenue has released a summary of its latest Iowa Leading Indicators Index, which is an analysis of ...
In our last article, we explored the broader framework that underpins our process for tracking the Business Cycle — the EPB Four Economy Framework. (Click here to read the previous post) In that ...