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Know Your Numbers: Leading Economic Indicators By looking at the LEI index, you can make appropriate investment decisions and predict how prevailing economic trends are likely to affect you.   |
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The Crystal Ball That Could Make You Rich The recent bounce in the stock market has everyone looking for more signs of a stabilizing economy. To predict exactly when the economy may start recovering, however, you have to look beyond rising stock prices. |
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After Yesterday's Rally, What's Next for the Dow? All signs point to a busy trading day on Friday. |
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November 24, 2003
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U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Kiss It Good-Bye More demand and smaller productivity gains will boost payrolls. |
Job Journal
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Career Pros: Are Jobless Recoveries the New Norm? The job market's slow recovery from the Great Recession reflects a new reality in the American economy. |
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Career Pros: Job Market Recovery is Stronger Than Many Think Compared to previous recessions, the job market is recovering quickly. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2009
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Investing in a High Unemployment Era If we're going to be muddling through an extended period of persistently high unemployment, investors may need to alter their game plan a bit. |
BusinessWeek
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U.S.: The Job Market Is Stronger Than It Looks Growth in other employment measures belies the weak payroll numbers |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
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U.S.: Job Growth That is Just Good Enough Despite a weak November, the labor market is giving a boost to the economy. November's hiring gains, while soft, were widespread across the economy. |
HRO Today
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Employment Edges toward "R" Regional numbers vary sharply as Charlotte and Texas post job gains in spite of a broader weakening of the economy. |
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U.S.: Business Takes A Turn At Powering The Recovery It's fueling growth by buying new equipment and rebuilding inventories. |
InternetNews
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Holiday Season Saw Slight e-Commerce Rebound Capping off a year of flat growth, holiday online shopping showed modest improvement over disastrous 2008 season, according to new data from Web metrics firm comScore. |
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March 2010
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A Long, Slow Slog For the first time in 50 years, consumers and businesses are shrinking their debt. Unemployment is higher than ever, and the jobs recovery will take years. So is the economic rebound sustainable? |
BusinessWeek
July 21, 2003
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U.S.: The Jobless Recovery: Deja Vu All over Again But unlike the early '90s, hiring now will take longer to turn around |
The Motley Fool
April 15, 2009
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History Says Buy Now If you spend too much time looking for signs, you'll miss the best returns. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2008
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4 Key Recession Indicators Learn to spot a recession before it hits your portfolio. |
BusinessWeek
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So Where Are The Jobs? They're On The Way Are things really as bad as the latest employment data imply? Probably not. The fact is, the recent payroll data are giving the wrong impression of the strength of the labor markets. It has happened before, especially during the early stages of the recovery from the 1990-91 recession. |
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Read the Economy Financial advisors know that forecasting economic growth (or lack thereof) is always tricky. Understanding how the major economic indicators work can help improve your chances. |
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The Competitive Edge -- How to Spot the Coming Recovery A reversal of the credit crunch and an increase in the inventory/sales ratio will be early indicators that the economy is getting back on track. |
The Motley Fool
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Burnt-Out Workers Could Save the Economy What the fall in labor productivity means for our recovery. |
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Unemployment, by the Numbers Surprising news from the unemployment line. |
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Mark Zandi: My Favorite Indicator Unemployment insurance is an accurate and timely barometer for the economy. |
Knowledge@Wharton
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The Economic News is Good, Unless You're Looking for a Job The stock market has jumped and the economy shows signs of perking up, but Americans continue to lose jobs. What's in store for the rest of the year and the year to come? |
The Motley Fool
January 23, 2009
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Look for Unconventional Clues Seek information from sources other than the obvious ones to get a better picture of the market big picture. |
CFO
March 1, 2010
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The Shape of Things to Come L, V, or W? Perhaps a check mark, or something with a wiggly tail? Top economists debate what the recovery will look like. |
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September 2010
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Back to Basics: What Constitutes Unemployment? Earlier this year, the International Labor Office announced that global unemployment last year reached the highest level on record. More than 200 million people, 7 percent of the global workforce, were looking for jobs in 2009. |
The Motley Fool
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Don't Worry About the Unemployment Rate The unemployment rate is an easy-to-understand statistic, but how helpful is it for investors? |
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How to Prepare for the Next Market Crash Don't panic. Be ready to buy. |
HRO Today
May 2008
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Employment Remains Buoyant Healthcare leads the economy in job growth as manufacturing and construction continue to bleed. |
The Motley Fool
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Can the Market Survive the Economy? The economy may be recovering, but the market may not continue to blaze ahead. |
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Letters to the Editor: Will American Unemployment Ever Start Falling? Letters to the Editor: "Surviving the Third Wave" |
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December 2010
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The Tragedy of Unemployment Governments can do more to alleviate joblessness and its human costs. |
BusinessWeek
May 27, 2010
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The Recovery: Why Deflation Remains a Threat Economic growth isn't strong enough yet to keep deflation at bay -- and turmoil in Europe and market jitters amplify the risk |
BusinessWeek
May 24, 2004
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The Power Of Productivity: Why This Recovery Will Roll On The economy is in a sweet spot that should keep inflation at bay for some time. |
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May 14, 2009
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Business Outlook: Some Glimmers in the Profits Outlook The stock market has lurched upward on signs that recovery could come sooner and stronger than thought. But the rally's sustainability will depend on earnings. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2009
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Expert Summit: Is the Recession Over? Top financial pros weigh in on whether the recession is over. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
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Jobs: The Turning Point Is Here It will take many months for the Great American Job Machine to fully crank up. But robust demand has oiled the gears, and the hum you hear is getting louder. |
The Motley Fool
January 21, 2011
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It's So Much Better (Or Worse) Than You Think Most of the economy isn't doing that bad. A small group is pulling the averages down. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2010
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A Nation of Permatemps Is this the beginning of the recovery ... or the end? |
CFO
February 1, 2010
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What Was and What Will Be A look back and a look ahead in business. |
Job Journal
December 13, 2009 |
Jobwire Expect High Jobless Rate to Linger... Quarter of Workforce Could Become Temps... Holiday Hiring Increase Brings Joy... California has Green Thumb for Green Jobs... On the Job Front... Hirings and Firings... |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2009
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A Pessimistic Economic Prediction Fool readers weighed in on the U.S. economy and the results were surprising. Surprisingly pessimistic, that is. |
BusinessWeek
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U.S.: A Jobs Recovery, Yes. A Hiring Boom, No. Intense cost pressures and weak pricing will keep payrolls from surging |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2011
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Manufacturing Kept Right On Expanding in October Chicago's Institute for Supply Management released its purchasing managers' report for October, and the numbers were short of expectations but were still in positive territory. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2009
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Economic Recovery Begins in Your Pants What can underwear tell you about the health of the economy? |
BusinessWeek
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Ready to Say "Help Wanted"? Surging demand should spur a second-half spike in hiring. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Somnath Basu |
Will The Economy Double-Dip? Other than the stock market, most indicators reflect a trough, not the early stages of a growth cycle. Here's what advisors should watch for. |
Inc.
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Joseph H. Ellis |
Understanding the Economy People worry that a recession is coming. But by the time one arrives, most economic harm has already happened. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2011
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Where All The Jobs Went Here's a sobering statistic: All nine recessions between 1948 and 1990 saw employment return to pre-recession levels within 31 months. Today, 42 months after our recession began, we've only regained about a fifth of lost jobs. |
