10.2% Unemployment In The USA !
Nov 6, 2009 Markets
U/E moves higher to 10.2%
The initial reaction to the jobs number was negative. This is the problem that won’t go away. 70% of the GDP is the consumer and 10.2% of them are n...
Tags: Gdp, Initial Reaction, Jobs, Unemployment In The Usa
Treasurys slide after strong GDP report
Oct 29, 2009 Bonds
Treasury prices fell Thursday after a report showed the world's biggest economy expanded last quarter and the government sold $31 billion in 7-year notes.Tags: Economy, Gdp, Gdp Report, Last Quarter, Treasury Prices, Treasurys
IMF expects Baltic economies to fall by 3.7 pct in 2010
Oct 1, 2009 Baltics
IMF writes in its fresh world economic outlook that Baltic GDP will fall by 3.7 pct next year.Tags: Baltic Economies, Gdp, Imf, Pct, World Economic Outlook
Stock News Briefs: CIT Still Struggling; Bank Of America Exec Takes Over Hartford Financial
Oct 1, 2009 Markets
IMF Lowers Global Writedown Estimate; CIT Still Struggling; $1.6 Billion Hong Kong IPO for Wynn Macau; Wal-Mart, Kmart Gunning For Holiday Toy Sales; Toyota Announces Record Recall; BofA Exec ...
Tags: Asterisk, Bank Of America, Bofa, Citi, Financial Institutions, Gdp, Hartford Financial, Holiday Toy, Hong Kong Ipo, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund Imf, Kmart, News Briefs, Stock News, Toy Sales, Trillion, Ups, Ups Russia, Wal Mart, Wynn Macau
A Somber G-20
Sep 30, 2009 Markets
As a part-time member of the press corps, I had the good fortune to attend many of the public sessions at last week’s G-20 meeting in Pittsburgh. As impressive as it was to closely witness...
Tags: European Central Bank, Gdp, Good Fortune, Governors, Imf, Part Time, Public Sessions, Time Member, World Bank
U.S. GDP Revised Up, But Economic Growth Is Unlikely To Gain Momentum
Sep 30, 2009 Markets
After contracting by 6.4% in the first three months of the year, the U.S. economy shrank just 0.7% in the April-June period. But while many analysts believe growth resumed in the third quarter...
Tags: April, Commerce Department, Contraction, Decline, Decreases, Economic Growth, Economy, First Three Months, Gdp, Gdp Growth, Gross Domestic Product, Momentum, Months Of The Year, S Commerce, Second Quarter, Unemployment Department
US GDP Is Irrelevant To Stock Investors
Sep 30, 2009 Markets
The American economy contracted only 0.7% in the second quarter, the government finalized today. That’s down from its previous projection of 1% and practically seals the deal for a posit...
Tags: American Economy, Gdp, Losing Streak, Pullback, Second Quarter, Stock Investors, Uncle Sam
ISM Contraction Creates US Dollar Chaos
Sep 30, 2009 Markets
A mid-morning report showing an unexpected reversion to economic contraction in the Chicago-area had the same impact on currency values today as the butterfly that flapped its wings in the Amazo...
Tags: Amazonian Jungle, Butterfly, Chaos Theory, Chicago Area, Currency Market, Currency Values, Decline, Dollar, Economic Contraction, Forex, Gdp, Investors, Ism, Mid Morning, Pace, Reversion, Rollercoaster, Slowdown, Wings, World Chaos
Stock Futures Point to Higher Open
Sep 30, 2009 Economy, International
US stock futures point to higher open after updates on GDP, employment dataTags: Employment Data, Gdp, Stock Futures
U.S. Q2 GDP down 0.7% vs 1.0 prev est
Sep 30, 2009 Economy
U.S. real gross domestic product for the second quarter was revised to a decline of 0.7% annualized from the earlier estimate of a 1.0% drop, the Commerce Department said Wednesday. The improvement...Tags: Commerce Department, Decline, Economists, Gdp, Gross Domestic Product, Q2 Gdp, Quarter Growth, Second Quarter
