The Weekly Economic Update for June 28, 2010
June 28, 2010 by Pete Mitchell
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That is what the final University of Michigan/Reuters survey for June reveals. The index came in at 76.0, an improvement from the final 73.6 reading for May. (For the record, the survey has averaged 84.5 across the past ten years.) The poll’s index of consumer expectations (the “better or worse six months from now?” question) improved 1.0 points to 69.8.1
Weekly Update For May 31st, 2010
May 31, 2010 by Pete Mitchell
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Quote of the week. “Fun is a good thing, but only when it spoils nothing better.” – George Santayana
Monthly Economic Update For April 2010 by Pete Mitchell
April 6, 2010 by Pete Mitchell
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Stocks rocketed north in March. The DJIA, NASDAQ and S&P 500 all advanced between 5.2-7.2% for the month.1 Whispers about a double-dip recession, a possible correction and prolonged malaise in the real estate sector were not loud enough to take the market out of rally mode. Shouts of victory and shouts of anger accompanied the passage of the President’s long-envisioned health care reforms. Economically, slow and reasonably assured growth seemed the order of the day.
Weekly Economic Update For March 29, 2010
March 29, 2010 by Pete Mitchell
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Quote of the week. “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”– Marie Curie