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September 21, 2009
Following the end of the summer, the final stretch of 2009 offers a good opportunity to take stock of the events that roiled the economy this year and assess the tone ...
September 21, 2009
by BusinessWeek Staff Is the bull showing signs of fatigue? Investors might begin to wonder, especially after the big-cap benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index ...
September 17, 2009
The main event for the markets this week will be the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, beginning on Tuesday and concluding with the Fed’s always ...
September 16, 2009
By BW Staff Will the Federal Reserve stick to its policy of ultra-low interest rates "for the foreseeable future" at its Sept. 22-23 policy meeting? Or could Ben ...
September 10, 2009
The economy is showing more signs that the rebound from the recession is starting out much stronger than anyone had anticipated only a few months ago. In recent weeks,...
September 3, 2009
The coming week’s reports will continue to give economists a better idea of how the recovery is shaping up in its early going. So far almost all of the economic data ...
September 2, 2009
We expect the U.S. employment report for August, scheduled for release on Sept. 4, to show a decline of 200,000 in nonfarm payrolls—vs. economists' median forecast of ...
September 2, 2009
By BusinessWeek staff The Federal Reserve's policy-setting arm, the Federal Open Market Committee, released the minutes from its Aug. 11-12 meeting on Sept. 2. Wall ...
August 27, 2009
The last item on Wall Street's agenda for the coming week, before everyone heads out for the long Labor Day weekend, will be the government's August employment report....
August 26, 2009
By BusinessWeek staff Data from the housing sector continue to provide pleasant surprises for Wall Street and Main Street. An Aug. 26 report showing a jump in U.S. ...
August 24, 2009
By BusinessWeek Staff BusinessWeek compiled comments from Wall Street economists and strategists on the economy and markets on Aug. 24: Kim Rupert, Action Economics ...
August 21, 2009
By BusinessWeek staff Once a year, central bankers head west for their annual August jamboree, a symposium at Jackson Hole, Wyo., sponsored by the Kansas City Fed. It ...
August 20, 2009
Reports of the demise of the U.S. dollar may be premature. But when some of the world's most powerful investors are warning of the currency's decline, investors take ...
August 20, 2009
While a key labor-market gauge disappointed the market on Aug. 20, broader measures of the economy provided some measure of cheer. The Labor Dept's report on weekly ...
August 19, 2009
Corporations are deleveraging their balance sheets—whether by choice or because of circumstances. A number of obvious factors are behind this, one being investor ...
August 16, 2009
Some of the best news for U.S. companies and investors has been coming from overseas. At home, the news remains bleak. In July, for example, U.S. retail sales slipped ...
August 14, 2009
By BusinessWeek staff Investors' optimism about the pace of a U.S. economic recovery appeared to dim somewhat on Aug. 14, as reports on industrial production and ...
August 13, 2009
The main focus of this week's economic reports will be housing. The recent news from this key sector has been almost uniformly positive. Sales of both new and existing...
August 12, 2009
The battered U.S. banking system is showing signs of a turnaround. That's welcome news around the globe, and certainly here in Canada, where we rely heavily on our ...
August 11, 2009
By BusinessWeek Staff Economic data released on Aug. 11—along with comments on the financial sector from influential banking analyst Richard Bove of Rochdale ...
August 10, 2009
Will the U.S. return to the inflationary days of the 1970s? One can never say never, but a lot of things would have to go wrong at the same time. In his July ...
August 10, 2009
By BusinessWeek Staff If the U.S. economy is on the highway to recovery, does it follow that Ben Bernanke & Co. are starting to look for Exit Zero? Markets are ...
August 7, 2009
Stocks finished sharply higher Friday following the better than expected employment report. The data sparked hopes for the end of the recession, but fanned debate over...
August 6, 2009
It’s a busy week for economic reports, and the markets will have a lot to digest, including the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting. The two-day confab will conclude on ...
August 6, 2009
Stocks finished lower Thursday amid weak July sales reports from retailers and a gloomy revenue forecast from Cisco Systems (CSCO). Investors cashed in on recent gains...
