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posted 05-01-2001 06:42 PM
 
Manufacturing in the United States continued to shrink in April, the nation's purchasing managers said Tuesday, but at a slightly slower pace, offering a mixed diagnosis of the health of the world's largest economy. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/05/01/economy/economy/ In brief: |
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posted 04-30-2001 06:59 PM
Oil prices marched higher on Monday, dragged up by benchmark U.S. gasoline futures, which struck a new all-time record amid persistent worries of a summer supply crunch in the United States. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/564959.asp |
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posted 04-30-2001 10:21 AM
It looked like a recession, and smelled like a recession, but according to figures released last week, it wasn't a recession. GDP grew faster during the first quarter than it did during the fourth quarter, meaning that thus far we have dodged a bullet. This columnist looks at what helped keep the economy afloat. (source: MarketWatch) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B13E9650D%2D1C82%2D477D%2D83E4%2D8062A984F550%7D |
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posted 04-27-2001 05:54 PM
The Commerce Department said on Friday that gross domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of the nation's economy, grew at an annual rate of 2 percent in the first quarter of this year, up from 1 percent in the fourth quarter of last year. Economists had been expecting only a 0.9 percent growth rate. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/04/27/economy/economy/ Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan predicted Friday that the United States is likely to see large budget surpluses for some time, enabling it ultimately to pay off the publicly held portion of the national debt. He did not mention the near-term outlook for the U.S. economy, except to note that the current slowdown in growth probably would cause a weak spell for productivity growth - but he said the remarkable improvement in American workers' productivity in recent years is likely to continue despite the slowdown in the economy. (source: The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11127-2001Apr27.html |
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posted 04-26-2001 06:30 PM
In Brief: - Americans’ wages and benefits in the first quarter took their biggest leap in a year, suggesting the slowing economy isn’t hurting workers who still have jobs. However, new claims for state unemployment insurance last week hit a five-year high. |
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posted 04-25-2001 06:29 PM
Don't talk to realtors or homebuilders about a recession; they are coming off the best sales month ever in March. Sales of new homes blew past the old record, while sales of existing homes fell just shy of the old mark, two reports released Wednesday show. (source: Marketwatch) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B0B5614A5%2D6DD2%2D4407%2D9426%2D7A28E8A6908A%7D Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped by 3 percent in March, but all the strength came from strong demand for ships, cars and other transportation equipment. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/564207.asp |
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posted 04-24-2001 06:16 PM
Consumer confidence tumbled in April, following a brief rebound the previous month, as Americans grew more doubtful about the economy and job prospects. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/563754.asp |
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posted 04-24-2001 10:17 AM
The Economist takes a look at whether the Fed's aggressive strategy will be successful, and what the long-term consequences may be. (source: The Economist) http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=585122">More</a> Fortune takes a look at what sort of impact of rising debt and bankruptcies on the economy as a whole. (source: Fortune) http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?doc_id=201740&channel=artcol.jhtml&_DARGS=%2Ffragments%2Ffrg_morestories.jhtml.1_A&_DAV=artcol.jhtml |
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posted 04-19-2001 05:45 PM
With its surprise rate cut yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board implicitly acknowledged that the collapse in corporate investment and rising unemployment could leave the U.S. economy stuck in neutral for the next year, or even tip it into recession. But a number of positive developments have led some analysts to conclude that the economy is beginning to turn back up again. (source: Washington Post) http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33912-2001Apr18.html |
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posted 04-18-2001 06:15 PM
In a widely-unexpected move, the Federal Bank cut the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.5%. In a statement, Greenspan and Co. said the severe slowdown in capital spending by big corporations "threatens to keep the pace of economic activity unacceptably weak." (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2001/04/18/economy/fed/ The U.S. trade gap shrunk to $27 billion in February, its narrowest point in 14 months, as exports expanded at the same time a slower U.S. economy crimped demand for overseas products, including crude oil. (source: The Washington Post) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BBE533520%2D2D27%2D467B%2DB230%2D90824DD77D8B%7D |
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posted 04-17-2001 09:12 AM
Don't think the economy is going to recover? The bond market would disagree with you (and you might want to listen). (source: The Street) http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/1387665.html |
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posted 04-12-2001 05:59 PM
In brief: - Wholesale prices as measured by the Producer Price Index fell by 0.1 percent in March as a record drop in the price of natural gas used in homes and sharp declines in other energy costs outweighed rising food prices. - Retail sales fell a bit more than expected in March. Sales fell 0.2% last month. Excluding auto, sales dipped 0.1% compared to February activity. - The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell to 87.8 in early April from 91.5 in March, indicating that American consumer confidence is faltering as workers are becoming increasingly worried about their job prospects. |
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posted 04-09-2001 05:05 PM
One of the more vexing axioms of Wall Street is that bad news for the economy often is good news for the stock market, bringing the promise of low inflation and falling interest rates. But with the economy balancing on the knife edge of a recession, bad news on Main Street increasingly is being viewed as bad news on Wall Street as well. (source: MoneyCentral) http://moneycentral.msn.com/articles/invest/msnbc/6755.asp |
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posted 04-06-2001 06:03 PM
The U.S. unemployment rate rose 4.3% in March, its highest level since June and July of 1999, as job growth stalled - the latest signs of a severe slowdown in the world's largest economy. Businesses cut 86,000 jobs outside the farm sector, falling way short of expectations of an 70,000 job increase, and down from a 140,000 job increase in February. The reduction in payrolls was the largest since the end of 1991. (source: The Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49708-2001Apr6.html |
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posted 04-06-2001 09:55 AM
March job cut announcements at U.S. companies hit their highest level in eight years and exceeded 100,000 for the fourth consecutive month, according to a report released Thursday. (source: MarketWatch) http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BC3F15CA3%2DD0A0%2D444F%2DAC0E%2D0B587E1AF269%7D Is Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan becoming a marginalized voice in the economy? On Wall Street, at least, that indeed seems to be what is happening, as economic activity continues fitfully to weaken while the stock market continues to slide. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/554671.asp In Brief: |
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