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US Leading Economic Index: January 2015
Suggesting a positive short-term outlook, the Conference Board released a report Thursday showing a modest increase by its index of leading US economic indicators in the month of January. The Conference Board said the leading economic index edged up by 0.2 per cent in January following a downwardly revised 0.4 per cent increase in December.…
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US ISM Manufacturing Index : Dec 2014
Economic activity in the US manufacturing sector expanded in December for the 19th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 67th consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the Manufacturing ISM Report On Business January 6. Manufacturing expanded in December as the PMI registered 55.5 percent, a decrease of 3.2 percentage points…
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Trade Deficit, US
Total July exports of US$198 billion and imports of US$238.6 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of US$40.5 billion, down from US$40.8 billion in June, revised, the US Department of Commerce reported Tuesday. July exports were US$1.8 billion more than June exports of US$196.2 billion. July imports were US$1.6 billion more than June…
