Economic News
Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall on Stimulus Reactions; Economists Foresee Consumer Spending Rise; Yen Ascends on Official’s Comments
Stocks fell today, due mainly to investors weighed corporate deals alongside how the central banks' stimulus efforts have...
Daily Data Flow: Unemployment Falls in 43 States; Dollar Beats Euro, Yen; Consumer Sentiment Rebounds; GM Shares Break $33 IPO Level
Unemployment rates have dropped in 43 out of the 50 states from last year, as well as in...
Daily Data Flow: Economic Growth Slows; Jobless Claims Rise; Strategist: S&P Won’t Peak Until 2017
More Americans than expected applied for unemployment benefits last week, marking the highest count of applications in six...
Daily Data Flow: S&P and DOW Hit All-Time Highs Again, Optimism Remains; Treasury 10-Year Yields Fall from Two-Month High; 2013 Graduating Class Entering Weakened Economy
The S&P and DOW hit all-time highs earlier today as stocks edged up, continuing the market’s recent upward...
Investors Have Reason for Caution but Not Panic
The economic numbers reported around the world during the last few weeks have given investors reason for caution...
Daily Data Flow: S&P, Nasdaq Rise; Jobs Picture Brightens for Baby Boomers; U.S. Posts Largest Budget Surplus in Five Years
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose modestly earlier today following Thursday’s losses, as the indexes were on track...
When Government Acts, Citizens React
You would think that during the past 237 years, those who run the U.S. government would have learned...
Daily Data Flow: Earnings to Raise S&P 500 to Inflation-Adjusted High; Jobless Claims Lowest in More Than Five Years; Dollar Hits 100-Yen Level
Corporate earnings are likely to rise high enough to send the S&P 500 Index to a "real" record...
Positive Economic News Sweeps the Globe; Germany Seeks to Start Summer Stronger; China’s Inflation Grows
After months of false starts, it looks like positive economic news is finally sweeping across the globe.
Daily Data Flow: Earnings Keep Dow over 15,000; Colleges Attracting Rich Students, Shortchanging Poor; Euro Rises on German Data
Earnings Keep Dow over 15,000 (Bloomberg) After passing 15,000 points yesterday, today's earnings kept the Dow above that...