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US retail sales are expected to rise 0.2% in Wednesday’s December report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator’s median point forecast for several econometric...

China’s total value of exports and imports for 2014 with Japan remained almost flat from the previous year, while that with the whole world increased 3.4 percent, official data showed...

Last week I described the story of my New Year’s Eve shenanigans where I conducted a very “informal” poll. If you recall, my goal for the evening was to slip the phrase “when...

Contradictions exist in our less than sane financial world.Is it sensible to pay insolvent banks to hold your currency? Negative interest rates are now common. Is it sensible to lend your savings to...

With all the hype and noise built in to daily and weekly market management, sometimes it is worthwhile to dial out, calm things down and touch base with markets on the big picture. Here are views on...

UK CPI inflation in December 2014 came out lower than expected at 0.0% m/m and 0.5 % y/y. Inflation is now at the lowest rate since May 2000.The lower inflation is caused by lower oil prices and the...

Market Drivers For January 13, 2015 UK CPI lowest since 2000 Chinese Trade data shows export strength Nikkei -0.64% Europe 0.78% Oil $44/bbl Gold $1239/oz. Europe and Asia:CNY: Chinese Trade...

Brent oil is off another 3% today, taking its decline since the end of last year to 20%. This is overshadowing other macro-economic forces. With the Federal Reserve among the least likely central...

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Market movers today The crude oil price and lower inflation are expected to be the main focus. In the UK headline inflation is expected to have eased further in November to 0.7% y/y from 1.0% y/y,...

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Oil continued its slide, with West Texas Crude closing at 46.07, down a whopping 4.44% for the day. With earnings season about to take center stage and the ongoing plunge in oil, the S&P 500...

Note from dshort: This commentary has been updated to include the January Nonfarm Employment for December. Official recession calls are the responsibility of the NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee,...

What are the long-term trends for multiple jobholders in the US? The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two decades of historical data to enlighten us on that topic, courtesy of Table A-16 in the monthly...