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Posts Tagged ‘November’

All eyes will be on this week’s key release, the March US Employment Report. The report is expected to deliver the first sizeable increase in US payrolls since November 2007. After declining by 36k last month, partly due to bad weather, payrolls are forecast to have recovered by around 200k…

The stock market eked out a gain as investors took glum economic news in stride. The small gains still left stocks with a loss for the week but the Dow and S&P 500 logged their best month since November.









Gross domestic product – Business – Economy – Government – Investing

After having increased by a total of 3% in October and November, retail sales dropped by 0.3% mom in December, as car sales fell slightly despite industry reports of another rise. However, in January, the announced drop in domestic vehicle sales could actually translate into higher car sales in the…

Leading indicators went up sharply by 0.9% mom in November – the eighth consecutive increase. We expect leading indicators to have risen markedly again in December, by about 0.7% mom. The steeper yield curve will have been the main contributor to the rise, followed by the drop in jobless claims….

Americans borrowed less for a 10th consecutive month in November with total credit and borrowing on credit cards falling by the largest amounts on records going back nearly seven decades.









Credit card – Business – Financial services – Personal Finance – Banking Services

Inventories held by wholesalers posted an unexpectedly strong gain in November while sales shot up by the largest amount in 10 months.







Business – Wholesale – Wholesale Trade – Salesmanship – Marketing and Advertising