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InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 04-04-2001 05:11 PM In testimony to the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan made a broad pitch for free trade, saying protectionism is "unwise and surely self-defeating." The U.S. central bank chairman did not discuss the near-term economic outlook or interest rates. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/04/04/economy/wires/greenspan_wg/
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 04-03-2001 05:47 PM In Brief: - U.S. factory orders for February came in well below expectations. Orders fell by 0.4% compared with forecasts of a 0.2% rise.
InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator	posted 04-02-2001 07:05 PM Consumer spending rose in February in the United States but at a much slower pace than the month before, the government said Friday, a sign that recent gloomy economic news could be affecting Americans' buying habits. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/03/30/economy/spending/
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 04-02-2001 06:43 PM U.S. manufacturing shrank for the eighth straight month in March, a report said Monday, in the first major reading on the economy's performance last month. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/04/02/economy/economy/
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-30-2001 05:48 PM In brief: - Consumers were more frugal in February after a January buying binge but they still spent at a moderate pace. The Commerce Department reported Friday that Americans' spending rose by 0.3 percent last month, following a big 1.0 percent jump in January. - In an indication that U.S. consumer pessimism may have put in a bottom, a key barometer of consumer confidence rose in March, snapping three months of sharp falls, market sources said on Friday. The Unviersity of Michigan's final consumer sentiment index rose to 91.5 from 90.6 in February.
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-29-2001 06:04 PM In brief: - The U.S. economy grew at a 1% rate in the fourth quarter; the weakest performance in more than five years. The reading was a shade weaker than the government's 1.1% growth rate estimated a month ago and Wall Street forecasts for no revision.
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-28-2001 09:19 AM In brief: - The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 117 in March from a revised 109.2 in February, as Americans said the economic outlook had improved and job prospects were better. Analysts had been expecting a reading of 105. - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by 0.2 percent in February, led by a drop in demand for cars, planes and other transportation equipment, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-26-2001 05:57 PM This columnist insists that he's certainly not going to talk about capitulation and market bottoms, leaving that to the technicians and shorter-term oriented. But what he will point to was that Thursday's complete rout of stock prices in the face of no significant or new fundamental developments speaks a lot about short-term volatility, but offers little insight into the longer term outlook for the market. Between lower interest rates, lower energy prices and acceptable housing strength, he thinks the worst seems to be over. (source: MarketWatch) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid={83C544A5-2CB9-4ACE-BEAD-9AD2A1E4D225}
InvestorGuide Weekly Administrator	posted 03-26-2001 11:03 AM Policy changes at the Bank of Japan, and more promises to clean up the banks, seem to have convinced investors that Japan does not, after all, face imminent collapse. But for how long will they remain convinced? (source: The Economist) http://economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=540736
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-22-2001 06:07 PM Wharton researcher Michael Boldin comes to the defense of the Fed chairman in this interview with The Street. (source: The Street) http://www.thestreet.com/funds/dailyinterview/1355498.html In brief: - The Conference Board's index of leading indicators, a key gauge meant to predict the U.S. economy's performance, fell for the fourth time in five months in February, the latest sign of weakness in the world's largest economy.
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-22-2001 09:41 AM Amid Wall Street's gyrations before and after yesterday's Federal Reserve meeting, this article says it has been easy to lose sight of two enduring truths: the stock market is not the economy, and the Fed doesn't control either of them. (source: Washington Post) http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33239-2001Mar20.html In brief: - Increases in clothing and food costs helped push U.S. consumer prices higher in February, the government said Wednesday, with the figures just above forecasts.
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-20-2001 06:19 PM The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate a half-point Tuesday, lowering borrowing costs for businesses and consumers alike. The move was somewhat of a disappointment to Wall Street, where many economists argue deeper rate cuts are needed to revive the stalling economy. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/546534.asp The U.S. trade deficit widened slightly to $33.3 billion in January, the second-highest level on record, reflecting a big jump in imports of foreign cars and energy products. The deficit with China rose sharply but the trade gap with Japan narrowed. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/546939.asp The conventional wisdom is that the Federal Open Market Committee will most likely reduce rates by half a percentage point. But investors have convinced themselves that there's a better than 40 percent chance of a three-quarter point cut. Sivy thinks investors who expect more than half a point are indulging in wishful thinking, but that, either way, the course of monetary policy is set -- and that argues for a substantially higher stock market 18 months from now. (source: Money) http://www.money.com/money/depts/investing/sivy/archive/010319.html
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-19-2001 06:08 PM The Bank of Japan said Monday it would in effect return to a zero-interest-rate monetary policy to try to end two years of falling prices and support the rapidly weakening economy. (source: MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/546373.asp The one thing preventing the economy from entering a full-blown recession appears to be consumer confidence. This feature takes a closer look at one of the major factors influencing Alan Greenspan's decisions. (source: Fortune) http://fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?co_id=&doc_id=200975&channel=artcol.jhtml
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-16-2001 06:00 PM Producer prices were tame in February, rising a tiny 0.1% after shooting up the month before. Lower costs for cars and trucks helped to blunt higher prices for natural gas and other energy products. The small advance in the Producer Price Index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach store shelves, followed a huge 1.1% in January, the Labor Department reported Friday. (source: The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14197-2001Mar16.html OPEC producers agreed on Friday to restrain oil exports for the second time this year, slicing about one million barrels a day � at the upper end of expectations. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is hoping the cutbacks will restore prices for its oil to $25 a barrel, equivalent to about $27 for international benchmark Brent. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/543459.asp
InvestorGuide Daily Administrator	posted 03-15-2001 06:02 PM America�s deficit in the broadest measure of trade surged to an all-time high of $435.4 billion last year as an increase in U.S. exports failed to offset a huge rise in imports of consumer goods and oil. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/544545.asp

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