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New Home Sales and Post Covid Life

February 24, 2021 by Finance Gourmet

Here is a quick bit of news to inform how you look at investing and personal finance moving into a post-Covid world. New Home Sales Rise New home sales were up 19% annually. That is much more than predicted by analysts. There are few trends pushing the higher home sales …

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Categories Economy Tags economic outlook, economic statistics, economy, home sales, housing, market news, News, US economy
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Fed Says 0% Interest For Years

September 16, 2020 by Finance Gourmet

According to news reports, the Federal Reserve will signal that its interest rate plan will remain unchanged through the end of 2023. These kinds of “leaks” are typically from Fed staffers trying to lessen any shock ahead of the actual Fed meeting. What 0% Interest For Three Years Means For …

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Categories Economy Tags coronavirus, covid, Fed, federal reserve, inflation, interest rates, US economy

Economy Outlook 2010 – Bankruptcy Filings Increase First Half of 2010

July 5, 2010 by Finance Gourmet

On the heals of recent negative job numbers reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, comes news that bankruptcy filings increased by 14 percent during the first half of 2010. Does this bode well for the economy or is this one of the signals of a recession coming back to …

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Categories Economy Tags banks, economic outlook, economic statistics, stock market, US economy

Economy Outlook 2010 2nd Half – June Job Losses

July 2, 2010 by Finance Gourmet

Recent new that payrolls fell in June here in the U.S. is bad news for the economy, but maybe not as bad as it is being made out by the headlines. Let’s start with what the numbers are and move on to what they mean. As with all economic statistics, …

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Categories News Tags economic statistics, employment numbers, financial news, jobless, Jobs, US economy

Google Posts Higher Than Expected 3rd Quarter Numbers – Is The Recession Over

October 16, 2009 by Finance Gourmet

To hear many of the newspapers and other media outlets tell it, Google’s blowout third quarter is the official signal that the recession is over and that businesses are spending again, because customers are spending again, and everything is fine again. The logic goes something like this. Google is not …

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Categories News Tags Google, stock market, US economy

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