Are You Better Off This Thanksgiving Than You Were Last Thanksgiving?
Article By:
Michael Snyder
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Friday, November 21, 2014 5:48 PM EDT
Are you in better shape financially than you were last Thanksgiving? If so, you should consider yourself to be very fortunate because most Americans are not.
Top-Down Approach Is Not Working… Go Bottom-Up
Article By:
Angry Bear
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Friday, November 21, 2014 3:42 PM EDT
Economics is full of ideas for fiscal & monetary policies. But these policies are Top-down approaches. They work through investment and the financial system.
Senator Levin: Fed Enabled Banks To Elbow Way Into Commodities, Manipulate Prices
Article By:
Jesses-Cafe-Americain
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Friday, November 21, 2014 2:16 PM EDT
Apparently Senator Levin is not expecting many $250,000 speaking engagements from Wall Street after he leaves the Senate.
The Consequences Of Imposing Negative Interest Rates
Article By:
Acting-Man
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Friday, November 21, 2014 2:11 PM EDT
Ever since the ECB has introduced negative interest rates on its deposit facility, people have been waiting for commercial banks to react.
Kansas City Fed: Manufacturing Growth Strengthens In November 2014
Article By:
Steven Hansen
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Friday, November 21, 2014 1:58 PM EDT
Of the three regional manufacturing surveys released to date for November, all show manufacturing expansion.
Chicago Fed Nat’l Activity Index: Oct 2014 Preview
Article By:
James Picerno
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Friday, November 21, 2014 12:49 PM EDT
The three-month average of the Chicago Fed National Activity Index is expected to decelerate to a +0.11 reading in the October update that’s scheduled for release on Monday (Nov. 24), based on The Capital Spectator’s median econometric point forecast for several econometric estimates.
5 Things To Ponder: Rising Risk
Article By:
Lance Roberts
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Friday, November 21, 2014 10:40 AM EDT
Output growth has now fallen for three straight months, taking the pace of expansion down to its lowest since the start of the year.
Draghi Speaks The Truth
Article By:
Gary Tanashian
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Friday, November 21, 2014 9:33 AM EDT
Draghi says ECB will ‘do what it must’ on asset buying to lift inflation.
ASA And Gallup Indicate Continued Jobs Gains
Article By:
Todd Sullivan
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Friday, November 21, 2014 9:22 AM EDT
The ASA temp staffing index hit 105.1 last week just short of an alltime high of 105.2.
In this article: SPY
Vehicle Miles Traveled: A Structural Change In Our Behavior
Article By:
Doug Short
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Friday, November 21, 2014 9:10 AM EDT
The less volatile 12-month moving average is up 0.19% month-over-month.
Failing Despite The Best Monthly Dividend Payers
Article By:
Manny Backus
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Friday, November 21, 2014 8:50 AM EDT
Three most common reasons why income traders fail.
Free Money Friday – Draghi And The PBOC Add Fuel To The Fire
Article By:
Phil Davis
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Friday, November 21, 2014 8:38 AM EDT
Europe is up 2% with no signs of slowing at lunch as Mario Draghi kicks it up a notch, saying the ECB is ready to "step up the pressure".
In this article: FXE
Europe's New Scariest Chart
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Friday, November 21, 2014 8:27 AM EDT
Italy's Beppe Grillo recently exclaimed, "we will leave the Euro and bring down this system of bankers, of scum."
This Week’s Sizemore Insights: Hunting For Global Value
Article By:
Charles Sizemore
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Friday, November 21, 2014 7:49 AM EDT
Expensive markets are supposed to correct, and cheap markets are supposed to rally as both revert to their long-term averages.
Draghi Talks Euro Lower, Aso Lifts Yen
Article By:
Marc Chandler
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Friday, November 21, 2014 7:34 AM EDT
In the European morning, at a banking conference in Frankfurt, the ECB's Draghi expressed a sense of urgency that heightens the risk of fresh action as early as next month.
The Poster Boy For Liberal Economics Discovers The Tax Factor
Article By:
James Picerno
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Friday, November 21, 2014 7:24 AM EDT
It’s not every day that we learn that an influential economist who leads the charge for left-of-center policy in his day job has embraced the virtues of lesser taxes.