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- Fed staff see first half economic 'contraction'
- WASHINGTON AFP — Federal Reserve staff predict the US economy will contract in the first half of 2008 amid worsening housing market and credit woes, minutes from a central bank meeting revealed Tuesday. Such a downturn would be defined as a recession by most economists. Moreover, some policymakers at...
- Research articles 2008-04-08
- Remembering 'The Forgotten Man'
- Amity Shlaes says in her interview ("Remembering 'The Forgotten Man,'" January) a lot that should be said. But she also says some things that shouldn't be said, especially about the Federal Reserve. Shlaes adopts Milton Friedman's thesis that the Fed failed in its duty by contracting the quantity of money...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- No clear answers.(FINANCIAL VIEWS)(Company overview)
- Commentary Going into 2008, there were some questions whether the U.S. economy was in danger of slipping into a recession. Until recently, some observers argued things were not as bad as they seemed, but many believed we were in the early stage of what...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Unemployment claims rising
- NEW YORK -- A rise in jobless claims and a drop in a key forecasting gauge provided the latest evidence that the U.S. economy is faltering and may be slipping into recession. The Conference Board, a business-backed research group, said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators...
- Research articles 2008-03-21
- United States
- Highlights and Key Issues * Recent economic indicators continue to indicate deteriorating economic conditions. Consumer demand has been hit by declining payroll employment, rising energy prices, record levels of mortgage delinquency and falling wealth. Both ISM indexes are showing mild contraction, and orders have been disappointing. And there is still...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Tough choices
- MAKE A GUESS. WILL THE US FEDERAL RESERVE Bank Fed continue to slash its policy rate during the rest of 2008 or just stop at the current level of 3%? Normally, analysts would start scrambling for data and historical speeches by central bankers. Not this time, though. Such...
- Research articles 2008-02-16
- US stocks tumble after weak manufacturing data
- NEW YORK AFP — US stocks switched into negative territory Wednesday after a disappointing manufacturing report rattled investors on tenterhooks ahead of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 103.15 points (0.78 percent) to 13,161.67 around 1542 GMT and the tech-heavy Nasdaq...
- Research articles 2008-01-02
- The U.S. Federal Reserve cut the rate at which it makes direct loans to banks, sending a signal to Wall Street that it is aware of the credit contraction that has hit global financial markets
- The U.S. Federal Reserve cut the rate at which it makes direct loans to banks, sending a signal to Wall Street that it is aware of the credit contraction that has hit global financial markets. At the same time, the Fed wisely refrained from lowering its target federal-funds rate, through...
- Research articles 2007-09-10
- US manufacturing activity rebounds: ISM
- WASHINGTON AFP — US industrial activity rebounded in December following a surprise contraction in the prior month, a survey by the Institute of Supply Management showed. The ISM index of national industrial activity rose to a better-than-expected 51.4 percent in December from 49.5 percent in November. Most Wall Street analysts...
- Research articles 2007-01-03
- Housing market hurting business
- Despite strong national retail data for January 2006 and expectations for significant real GDP growth during this year's first quarter, the prospects for outdoor power equipment will be dampened by the housing contraction that started in the fall 2005, according the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute's OPEI industry forecast (see charts...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Liquidity dries out.
- Byline: Gerry Van Wyngen Jun 01, 2006 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The recent fall in world stock markets appears to have come as a surprise to many market observers. However, the reasons for the fall are quite obvious. Just as...
- Research articles 2006-06-01
- Woodgate injury compounds Real misery
- MADRID AFP — Injury-prone Jonathan Woodgate received some small comfort when it emerged he had not torn his hamstring in Real Madrid's Champions League defeat to Arsenal at the Bernabeu. The injury-prone England defender, kept out of the limelight for an entire year following his 2004 move from Newcastle,...
- Research articles 2006-02-22
- ISM index shows slight cooling of factory sector
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US factory sector cooled slightly in November but activity remained robust, the Institute for Supply Management said. The ISM manufacturing index dipped to 58.1 percent from 59.1 percent in October. But the figure was slightly better than the 58.0 percent expected on Wall Street,...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- 10-year T-note tanks.(Brief Article)
- There are two main issues that could affect 10-year T-note futures in November: inflation and economic contraction, says Robert Fuhrmann, account executive at My Futures Online. Currently, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan appears more concerned about inflation. "The market's pricing in an additional quarter point...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- 10-Year T-note tanks
- There are two main issues that could affect 10-year T-note futures in November: inflation and economic contraction, says Robert Fuhrmann, account executive at My Futures Online. Currently, Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Alan Greenspan appears more concerned about inflation. "The market's pricing in an additional quarter point rate hike from whore...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Pregnant Spanish princess briefly hospitalised
- MADRID AFP — Princess Letizia, the pregnant wife of Spanish heir Prince Felipe de Bourbon, was hospitalised here briefly overnight after experiencing contractions, the royal palace said. The prince and princess arrived at a Madrid clinic shortly after midnight and walked out of the hospital a few hours later...
- Research articles 2005-10-17
- Pregnant Danish princess leaves hospital after early contractions
- COPENHAGEN AFP — Danish Crown Princess Mary left a Copenhagen hospital with a clean bill of health after experiencing contractions six weeks before she is due to give birth to her first child. "The princess, who is doing well, has returned home to the Fredensborg castle. She has been...
- Research articles 2005-09-15
- US economy's service sector accelerates: ISM
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US service sector revved up in June, in a strong sign for a major component of the economy, the Institute for Supply Management said, while highlighting concerns about rising energy costs. The ISM non-manufacturing index rose to 62.2 percent in June from 58.5 percent in...
- Research articles 2005-07-06
- German couple blame British health service for baby's death
- LONDON AFP — A German couple living in Britain blamed the British health service for the death of their baby in a moving testimony carried by several newspapers. Christoph Schwennicke, 39, a journalist for the German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and his wife Ulrika Weidner, 38, initially felt that their...
- Research articles 2005-03-17
- Japan's GDP grows 0.1 pct in three months to December: revised data
- TOKYO AFP — Japan's gross domestic product grew 0.1 percent in the three months to December from the previous quarter, according to revised data, up from an original estimate of a 0.1 percent contraction. On an annualized basis, the world's second-largest economy grew by 0.5 percent, compared to the...
- Research articles 2005-03-13
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