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What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Monday closed up +0.30%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IU ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.55%. Stock indexes Monday closed moderately higher on hopes that...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.24%. The dollar on Monday retreated from a 5-week high and posted moderate losses as stocks moved higher, curbing liquidity demand for the dollar. The dollar was also under pressure after the U.S. May Empire manufacturing index fell more than expected...

Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic thinks high consumer spending and strong labor market could continue to push prices higher.

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.03%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.05%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.05%. U.S. stocks this morning gave up an early advance...

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Tuesday closed up +0.09%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.03%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.03%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes Tuesday settled...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Tuesday fell by -0.36% as T-note yields declined. Also, strength in the Chinese yuan Tuesday undercut the dollar after China's Q1 GDP expanded more than forecast. Hawkish comments Tuesday from St. Louis Fed President Bullard and Atlanta Fed President Bostic provided underlying support for...

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic has acknowledged that many of his financial trades and investments violated the central bank's ethics rules

Susan Collins, the new president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said says that a higher unemployment rate will be needed to bring down inflation from unusually high levels, but suggested any economic downturn would likely be modest

More and more it looks like recession is here. This includes a dramatic decline for ISM Manufacturing discovered this morning. As you likely know, most economist call manufacturing the "canary in the coal mine" for the US economy as it often shows weakness before other areas. In fact, GDP Now…

Bulls and bears have been squabbling over the direction of the stock market (SPY) since the start of the year. Right now the bears are winning. But the bulls have not lost hope because the economy seems to be in fine shape. That may all change Thursday morning, April 28th…

ATLANTA — Atlanta police have identified a man suspected of setting a small fire outside of the Federal Reserve building in Midtown on Tuesday.