US economy
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U.S. manufacturing sector expanding, but risks remain
EghtesadOnline: U.S. factory activity increased for a second straight month in October amid a pickup in production and hiring, supporting views that the embattled manufacturing sector would regain…
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U.S. Economic Growth Rebounds on Inventory, Export Boost
EghtesadOnline: U.S. economic growth picked up in the third quarter after an uninspiring first half of the year as a build in inventories and a soybean-related jump in exports helped cushion…
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U.S. labor costs increase 0.6 percent in third quarter
EghtesadOnline: U.S. labor costs maintained a steady pace of increase in the third quarter, showing little signs of a significant pickup in wage inflation.
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Weak utilities demand restrains U.S. industrial production
EghtesadOnline: U.S. industrial production barely rose in September as a rebound in manufacturing and mining output was offset by surprisingly weak demand for utilities, pointing to a moderate…
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Boston Fed's Rosengren maps case for a dove's rate hike
EghtesadOnline: By the middle of next year, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren says he expects unemployment to fall to 4.7 percent and inflation to beat the Fed's 2 percent…
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Earnings season begins as White House race heats up
EghtesadOnline: The roughly month-long corporate earnings announcement season that kicks off on Wall Street next week coincides with the final, most intense stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign.
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U.S. apartment vacancy rate stays flat in third quarter
EghtesadOnline: U.S. apartment vacancy rate was unchanged at 4.4 percent in the third quarter from the second, while rent growth decelerated in a period that generally sees the strongest increase,…
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Drop in U.S. consumer spending clouds Fed rate hike outlook
EghtesadOnline: U.S. consumer spending fell in August for the first time in seven months while inflation showed signs of accelerating, mixed signals that could keep the Federal Reserve cautious…
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Fed's primal divide: Is economy overheating or stuck in a rut?
EghtesadOnline: Investors may be expecting a U.S. interest rate increase in December, but Federal Reserve policymakers remain divided over whether the economy is mired in a rut, strong enough…
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U.S. household income posts record surge in 2015, poverty falls
EghtesadOnline: U.S. household income posted a record increase in 2015 after years of stagnation, suggesting the recovery from the Great Recession was finally lifting ordinary citizens who had…
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Bank rally on shaky legs as traders assess rate hike odds
EghtesadOnline: A rare run of outperformance by U.S. bank shares appears to have hit a wall as a spate of soft readings on the economy have tempered bets that the Federal Reserve might raise…
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Stigltiz Says Trump Presidency a Nightmare
EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump would be a “nightmare” as US president, making relations with other countries “extraordinarily difficult” and placing the US economy in jeopardy, Joseph Stiglitz…