Economic News

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Job Growth; Dollar At 5-Week High Against Yen; Job Growth Strong in June

Stocks advanced today, tallying a second straight weekly gain for the S&P 500, after government data indicated that...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Steady Ahead of Independence Day; Yen Gains Despite Egypt’s Tension; Service Sector Growth Slow

Stocks barely budged today in response to the political turmoil affecting Egypt and on tomorrow’s Independence Day.

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Data for Strong Manufacturing Growth; Dollar Drops Against Euro, Yen Falls; Millenials and Student Loan Debt

Stocks climbed today, sending the S&P 500 to rebounding from its first monthly loss since last October, as...

S&P 500 Snaps Winning Streak; U.S. Business Activity Slows; Gold Miners Trade Similar to Junk as Bullion Sinks Below $1,200

Business activity in the U.S. cooled more than projected in June, a regional report showed today.

Daily Data Flow: S&P 500 on Three-Day Hot Streak; Euro Zone Consumer Confidence Rose; U.S. Jobless Claims Fall

Stocks flew today, sending the S&P 500 to its biggest three-day rally since January, on better-than-estimated data and...

Weaker U.S. Q2 Data Gives Far East Stocks a Lift; European Markets Mixed on U.S. & E.U. News; Citibank Goes to Baghdad

Global stocks rose on Thursday on hopes that the Fed’s stimulus program would regain support in the wake...

Gold Dips to 34-Month Low; U.S. Stocks Rise as GDP Report Fuels Fed Stimulus Bets; China’s Central Bank Soothes Markets

Gold fell to a 34-month low, as improving U.S. economic data strengthened the case for the Federal Reserve...

Daily Data Flow: U.S. Stocks Rebound From Nine-Week Low on Economic Data; U.S. Dollar Rallies Against Euro; New Home Sales Hit Greatest Gain Since 2008

Stocks climbed today, as the S&P 500 rebounded from a nine-week low after data showed durable-good orders and...

New Pipelines Opening in Texas; Home Foreclosures Not a Thing of the Past; Longtime Rivals Find Middle Ground on Cloud

The first of seven new oil pipelines came online yesterday, carrying oil from choke points in Oklahoma and...

Waving Bye-Bye to $47.2 Billion in Bond Purchases; 75% of American Families Living Paycheck to Paycheck; Golden Dominos Continue to Fall

It all began a little more than a month ago today, when the minutes of the May 22...