- The ECB Pulls the Rate-Hike Trigger
- By BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff Unlike the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank has one policy mandate: maintaining price stability. And the ECB put its money where its mouth is on July 3, raising its benchmark...
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- Vital Signs: Economic Growth Forecasts Rise
- Economists are putting the final touches on their expectations for second-quarter growth in real gross domestic product, due later this month, and this week’s reports will help to shape those projections. On balance, the numbers are looking a lot h...
- Author:James CooperDate:07/07/08Click:5 Full Story...
- A Chilly June for the U.S. Job Market
- Will the U.S. economy continue to shed jobs in June? Most available labor market data are hovering near "weak" levels that imply more losses for the June employment report, scheduled for release July 3. We at Action Economics expect a de...
- Author:Rick MacDonaldDate:07/07/08Click:2 Full Story...
- Bonds: Smarter Plays for Darker Days
- With equity markets reeling lately—and the Dow Jones industrial average delivering its biggest first-half percentage decline in 38 years—investors have fled stocks for the perceived safety of U.S. Treasury bonds. There's little incenti...
- Author:David BogoslawDate:07/07/08Click:3 Full Story...
- Vital Signs: Economy, Sink or Stay Afloat?
- The main focus of this holiday-shortened week will be the first major economic reports for June: the readings on manufacturing and nonmanufacturing activity from the Institute for Supply Management and the employment report from the Labor Dept. Both...
- Author:James CooperDate:07/07/08Click:3 Full Story...
- The U.S. Consumer: Darkness in June
- Talk about the summertime blues: The U.S. consumer's mood appears to have shifted from wariness to unbridled pessimism in June. That's the takeaway from the Conference Board's U.S. consumer confidence report for the month issued June 24, which provi...
- Author:Michael EnglundDate:07/07/08Click:1 Full Story...
- The Fed: What the Pros Are Saying
- The Federal Reserve finds itself at a critical juncture as Ben Bernanke & Co. approach the June 24-25 Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Despite 300 basis points in rate cuts since last August, the U.S. economy continues to show signs of wea...
- Author:Date:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Vital Signs: What Will the Fed Say Now?
- The Fed will command center stage this week, as the markets await the central bank’s policy statement on Wednesday at 2:15 p.m. Fed-watchers are unanimous in expecting no change in the Fed’s 2% target rate, but Wall Street is somewhat anxious abou...
- Author:James CooperDate:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Inflation: No Scares on Friday the 13th
- By BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff At least this Friday the 13th wasn't unlucky for inflation watchers. After a barrage of speeches from Federal Reserve officials reminding the market of the central bank's worries that...
- Author:Date:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Good Growth News, Bad Inflation Tidings
- by BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff Reports on May retail sales and April business inventories released on June 12 point to stronger second-quarter U.S. economic growth, while an update on trade prices in May points...
- Author:Date:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Vital Signs: Bernanke Vows to Fight Inflation
- In the past few days, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has managed to put a new slant on data watching. His suddenly hawkish tone on inflation (BusinessWeek, 6/11/08) has whipsawed Wall Street and left investors scratching their heads wondering...
- Author:James CooperDate:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Beware of Higher Interest Rates
- Evidence is mounting that investors should prepare themselves for higher interest rates. Surging oil and commodity prices are sparking inflation, pushing the Federal Reserve to warn that rate hikes could be coming soon. At least that was how markets...
- Author:Ben StevermanDate:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Don't Fear the Bubble
- Want to silence a group of colleagues at work or friends at dinner? Heap praise on speculators—and the market bubbles they help create. Yes, you read that right. Bubbles may be anathema to many financial commentators and ordinary investors....
- Author:Chris FarrellDate:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Inflation: A Not-So-Merry May
- Inflation has elbowed its way to the center of the economic debate—witness the blizzard of comments on the topic from Federal Reserve officials in recent weeks—including some hawkish talk from the central bank's chairman, Ben Bernanke, o...
- Author:Michael Englund and Rick MacDoDate:07/07/08Click:0 Full Story...
- Jobless Rate Jumps in May
- By BusinessWeek, Standard & Poor's, and Action Economics staff While Wall Street economists were forecasting that the U.S. economy would post a modest number of job losses in May, they didn't expect an upward spike in the unemployment rate. Ye...
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