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Service sector accelerates in June, ISM survey finds

  • July 6, 2017
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The Institute for Supply Management’s nonmanufacturing index rose to 57.4% in June from 56.9% in May, topping the economist consensus for a reading of 56.5%.

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Fed might start balance-sheet drawdown in September, FOMC minutes hint

  • July 5, 2017
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The Federal Reserve could trigger a long-awaited move to reduce its massive $4.5 trillion in debt holdings by September, a summary of the central bank’s last meeting suggest.

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Home-price growth sizzles in May, driving a wedge in the market

  • July 5, 2017
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Nationally, prices rose 6.6% compared to a year ago, according to a home price index released Wednesday from data provider Core Logic. Prices rose 1.2% from April to May, the company also said. While that’s helping current owners, “for renters and potential first-time home buyers, it is not such a pretty picture

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Home-price growth sizzles in May, driving a wedge in the market

  • July 5, 2017
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Nationally, prices rose 6.6% compared to a year ago, according to a home price index released Wednesday from data provider CoreLogic. Prices rose 1.2% from April to May, the company also said. While that’s helping current owners, “for renters and potential first-time homebuyers, it is not such a pretty picture.

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Fed might start balance-sheet drawdown in September, FOMC minutes hint

  • July 5, 2017
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The Federal Reserve could trigger a long-awaited move to reduce its massive $4.5 trillion in debt holdings by September, a summary of the central bank’s last meeting suggest.

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Treasury yields fall ahead of ISM manufacturing survey data

  • July 3, 2017
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June ISM Manufacturing 57.8 vs. estimates of 55.2. Treasury yields ticked lower, but market activity was muted overall, as the July 4th weekend left trading desks lightly staffed. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends bond markets to close early at 2 PM Eastern on Monday.

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Treasury yields fall ahead of ISM manufacturing survey data

  • July 3, 2017
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June ISM Manufacturing 57.8 vs. estimates of 55.2. Treasury yields ticked lower, but market activity was muted overall, as the July 4th weekend left trading desks lightly staffed. The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends bond markets to close early at 2 PM Eastern on Monday.

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Consumer spending is weak in May, but so is inflation

  • June 30, 2017
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Americans barely increased spending in May and choose to save more money instead even as decelerating inflation gave them more bang for the buck. Consumer spending rose 0.1% last month after back-to-back 0.4% gains in April and March, the Commerce Department reported Friday. That matched the Market watch forecast of economists.

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More on the Feds favorite gauge of inflation

  • June 30, 2017
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The meager increase in spending took place against a backdrop of slowing inflation. The PCE index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, fell 0.1% to mark the second decline in three months. What’s more, the 12-month rate of inflation tapered off to 1.4% in May from 1.7% in the prior month and a five-year high

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Chicago June PMI at 65.7 vs 58.0

  • June 30, 2017
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The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index was at 65.7 in the month, blowing past economists’ estimates. Economists polled had expected a reading of 58.0, down from the 59.4 reading reported a month earlier. A reading above 50.0 indicates expansion in the economy.

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