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Sep 25, 2009
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ARLINGTON, VA — The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advance seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.1% in August, matching July’s increase of the same magnitude. The latest gain raised the SA (Read More)
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Manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region expanded for the fifth straight month in September, according to the Richmond Fed’s latest survey. All broad indicators—shipments, new orders and employment—landed in posi (Read More)
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WSJ -- The IMF expects the global economy to expand at slightly less than 3% in 2010, said Jörg Decressin, a senior IMF economist, higher than the IMF's July estimate of 2.5%.The chart above plots IMF data for real World GDP (Read More)
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Update: In early March the odds for positive U.S. real GDP growth in the third quarter were only 25%, based on contracts trading at Intrade.com, the "Prediction Market." As the economy has improved and as economic indicators (Read More)
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Sep 01, 2009
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US News Health Day -- Walk-in retail clinics staffed by nurse practitioners provide high-quality care for routine illnesses, a new study has found.Writing in the Sept. 1 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, study author (Read More)
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(Tempe, Arizona) -- Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in August, following 18 consecutive months of contraction, and the overall economy grew for the fourth consecutive month, say the nation's supply exec (Read More)
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PRINCETON, NJ -- Consistent with Gallup's Consumer Confidence measure and the continued strong performance of the equity market, the Gallup Index of Investor Optimism -- a broad measure of investor perceptions -- in August hi (Read More)
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Historian Margaret MacMillan has just published Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History, July's HNN Book of the Month. In it she examines the ways in which history is used to shore up arguments, make territorial claim (Read More)
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The Chicago Fed National Activity Index was –0.74 in July, up from –1.82 in June. All four broad categories of indicators improved in July, while three of the four continued to make negative contributions to the index. Produ (Read More)
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LONDON (Reuters) – Visitors to London always have to be on the look out for pickpockets, but now there's another, more positive phenomenon on the loose -- putpockets. Aware that people are suffering in the economic crisis, 20 (Read More)
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The iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction ETF seeks investment results that tracks Dow Jones U.S. Select Home Construction index. Among the main holdings are Centex, KB Home, Pulte, Toll Brothers and other home builders. (Read More)
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As I reported several days ago that manufacturing employment had fallen below 12 million jobs for the first time since 1941, and that manufacturing jobs as a percent of total employment fell below 9% (see chart above), the l (Read More)
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PHILADELPHIA FED -- The region's manufacturing sector is showing some signs of stabilizing, according to firms polled for this month's Business Outlook Survey. Indexes for general activity, new orders, and shipments all regi (Read More)
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NEW YORK FED - In August, after more than a year of negative readings, the Empire State general business conditions index rose into positive territory and reached its highest level since November 2007 - a clear indication th (Read More)
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Aug 08, 2009
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Back in early March, the Intrade odds of positive economic growth in the U.S. for the third quarter was only 25%. Those odds of positive real GDP growth in Q3 have recently risen to 90%, as many economic indicators now point (Read More)
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The chart above (click to enlarge) shows returns over the last six months for the iShares Dow Jones US Home Construction Index (ITB) vs. the Dow Jones Industrial Average (source). Compared to the overall market return (DJIA) (Read More)
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From only 25% in early March, the Intrade odds for positive U.S. real GDP growth in the third quarter 2009 is now at 73% (see chart above, click to enlarge). (Read More)
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Jul 28, 2009
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LOS ANGELES (July 27) -- June home sales increased 20.1% in California compared with the same period a year ago, while the median price of an existing home declined 26.4%, the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) repor (Read More)
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President Barack Obama threw out the first pitch at Major League Baseball’s All Star Game after flying to the game accompanied by Hall of Famer Willie Mays, and visiting the players in the clubhouse before the game. He also (Read More)
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From today's Census Bureau report on New Residential Construction: HOUSING STARTS: Privately-owned housing starts in June were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 582,000. This is 3.6% above the revised May estimate of 5 (Read More)
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