Personal Income and Spending: Both personal income and spending remained strong in November, rising 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. But worries persist about whether
Consumer Confidence: Continued high unemployment pulled The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index down to 52.5 in December from 54.3 in November, tempering growing optimism about
Empire State Manufacturing: After dropping sharply into negative territory in November, the monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State conducted by the Federal Reserve
Wholesale Inventories: U.S. wholesale inventories, a key driver of the economy’s recovery, increased 1.9 percent in October more than twice as much as
Five Stock Market Changers to Watch This Week GDP: GDP increased minimally in the third quarter 2 percent which is still way below
Taxes and Lame Ducks Following the election on November 2, 2010, Congress will reconvene in a lame duck session on November 15th. A prime topic
Five Stock Market Changers to Watch This Week – November 1 2010 Fed decision: In what will likely be an event covered in financial history
Five Stock Market Changers This Week – October 23 2010 Growth factor: The Fed’s early, anecdotal look at the economy in the Beige Book last
Factory output: Is the recovery for real? Critics complain that the bounce earlier in the year was mostly restocking, stimulus, and breaks like the homebuyer
Home sales: Can housing shake off the slow-motion foreclosure disaster as mortgage rates dip to record lows? As a leading indicator, pending home sales (Monday
