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Fed's Beige Book: "Economic activity increased slightly to moderately"

Calculated Risk

Fed's Beige Book Economic activity increased slightly to moderately across the twelve Federal Reserve Districts in late November and December. The nonfinancial services sector grew slightly overall, with Districts highlighting growth in leisure and hospitality and transportation, notably air travel. Vehicle sales grew modestly.

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Schedule for Week of February 9, 2025

Calculated Risk

The key reports this week are January CPI and Retail sales. Fed Chair Powell presents the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday. -- Monday, February 10th -- No major economic releases scheduled. -- Tuesday, February 11th -- 6:00 AM: NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for January.

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BEA: Real GDP increased at 4.9% Annualized Rate in Q3

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percent in the third quarter of 2023 , according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Within services, the leading contributors were housing and utilities, health care, financial services and insurance, and food services and accommodations.

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BEA: Real GDP increased at 2.6% Annualized Rate in Q3

Calculated Risk

percent in the third quarter of 2022 , according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Within exports of services, the increase was led by travel and "other" business services (mainly financial services). In the second quarter, real GDP decreased 0.6 percent after decreasing 0.6

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Market Commentary: Another October Low Forming?

Carson Wealth

Retail and food service sales have increased at an 8.6% Economic indicators across consumption, income, industry and the labor market don’t point to a recession. The September retail and food services sales data underlined the economy’s momentum. annualized pace over the last three months. in the third quarter.

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At The Money: Optimizing Personal Health in Finance

The Big Picture

So within those four areas, someone listening to this, whether they’re a trader or a fund manager or, uh, driving a truck or working in a retail store, what do they need to do to generate that performance boost to generate that fitness alpha in those four areas? So those are the four big areas. What sort of advantages accrue to us?

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Market Commentary: S&P 500 Has Best Week of the Year as Recession Fears Fade

Carson Wealth

Recession Narrative Fades on Strong Retail Sales As long as employment is strong, consumer spending will be strong. Those numbers were the underpinning of a large upside surprise in July retail sales. Headline retail sales came in at 1.0% Those numbers were the underpinning of a large upside surprise in July retail sales.

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