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Fortune
Stephen Pastis

Apple and Amazon will deliver the real barometer of the economy

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We’ve heard from the Fed, the Commerce Department, and an army of economists. Now it's time to hear from two of the other key pillars of the U.S. economy: Apple and Amazon.

The twin tech giants, which collectively account for more than $4 trillion of market cap as well as billions of dollars of consumer and business spending, are due to report quarterly earnings after Thursday's market close.

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