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US factory activity barely grows in August

US factory activity barely grows in August

US manufacturing activity in August fell to its lowest point in more than two years, but another indicator was more optimistic. The Institute for Supply Management’s national factory activity gauge registered 51.1, barely above the break-even point due to lagging […]
US factory activity barely grows in August

US factory activity barely grows in August

US manufacturing activity in August fell to its lowest point in more than two years, but another indicator was more optimistic. The Institute for Supply Management’s national factory activity gauge registered 51.1, barely above the break-even point due to lagging […]
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US stock markets continue to rally

US stock markets continue to rally

A rally that swept through Wall Street drove the Dow Jones industrial average, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and the Nasdaq up more than 2% Thursday, handing equity investors their largest two-day gain since 2009. Traders got back their […]
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US stock markets make a big comeback

US stock markets make a big comeback

Share prices on Wall Street posted the biggest single-day advance in nearly four years Wednesday. The Nasdaq spiked 4.2%, the Dow Jones industrial average shot up almost 4% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 3.9%.
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Fed given more reasons to wait to increase rates

Fed given more reasons to wait to increase rates

Central bankers are loath to acknowledge mistakes, but all 15 of the central banks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that have raised rates since 2008 have backtracked. Also, the recent volatility in the equity markets could persuade […]
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U.S. housing sales robust in July

U.S. housing sales robust in July

The Federal Reserve got evidence of a rising economy in a July housing report that reveals the highest rate of existing-home sales since the financial crisis. A report from the Philadelphia Fed shows a sharp jump in regional manufacturing activity […]
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Fed closer to raising interest rates, minutes show

Fed closer to raising interest rates, minutes show

Members of the Federal Open Market Committee said economic conditions in the U.S. that would support an interest-rate hike were getting stronger but weren’t quite there yet. “Most judged that the conditions for policy firming had not yet been achieved, […]
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