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Global Macro: Central Banks Fail to Create Demand
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The global picture indicates that central banks across the world have yet to create sufficient demand, despite aggressive monetary efforts. Precious and industrial metals, as well as oil, have all tanked, although the U.S. equity indexes have yet to follow Continue reading
Gasoline, food prices subdue consumer inflation
Consumer prices fell in March for the first time in four months as the cost of gasoline tumbled, providing scope for the Federal Reserve to maintain its monetary stimulus to speed up economic growth. The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index slipped 0.2 percent, unwinding some of the 0.7 percent increase in February. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a flat reading last month Continue reading
Thatcher’s Ironclad Funeral Plans Revealed
Baroness Thatcher planned her funeral right down to the hymns and advised that the current prime minister do a Bible reading. Continue reading
Service sector growth weakest in seven months
The pace of growth in the vast U.S. services sector slowed in March to the lowest level in seven months as new orders and employment measures pulled back, an industry report showed on Wednesday Continue reading
Manufacturing sector expansion slows in March
The pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector unexpectedly slowed in March, according to an industry report released on Monday. Continue reading
Rising hopes about jobs propel consumer sentiment in March
Consumer sentiment jumped in the second half of March by a record amount as Americans discounted the effects of government spending cuts and saw more healing in the labor market, a survey released on Friday showed. Continue reading
MARKET COMMENT: S&P/ASX 200 Remains Down 0.5% After China PMI
0125 GMT [Dow Jones] Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 remains down 0.5% at 5078 after China’s official manufacturing PMI for February came in at 50.1, below the 50.4 reading for January, yet near enough to the 50.5 level expected by the market. Continue reading
New Support Centres Opened For Rape Victims
Support centres will open in Reading, Avon and Somerset, Lincolnshire and central Lancashire to provide help to victims of rape. Continue reading
Home prices surge despite distress
The latest reading for November shows a 7.4 percent jump from a year ago, the largest year-over-year jump since 2006 when we were at the height of the housing boom. Continue reading
