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Posts Tagged ‘ Economic Reports ’

Inflation May Show It’s Ugly Head, Big Week for Bank Earnings

Jul 13th, 2009 | By Christian Hill | Category: Financial News

Earnings Announcements: Novellus (NVLS)

Tuesday
Economic Reports: Core PPI, PPI, Retail Sales

Will this be the month that we finally see inflation take hold? If expectations come true, it very well could be. PPI is anticipated to show an increase of nearly 1%. Core PPI (which excludes food and energy costs) is expected to show an increase of 0.10%. Retail Sales are expected to post a surprising increase. Most reports I have seen show that retailers are still struggling. I don’t expect this report to beat expectations.

Earnings Announcements: Goldman Sachs (GS), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), Yum Brands (YUM)



A Big Week for Retailers, Will Inflation Be Held In Check?

May 11th, 2009 | By Christian Hill | Category: Financial News

This is the first major report coming out this week, and could have a real impact on the markets. Expectations are for a decline in sales since last month, albeit at a slower rate than previous months.



Employment Numbers Are About To Get Historically Bad

May 4th, 2009 | By Christian Hill | Category: Financial News

This could get ugly. Another month, another 600k+ jobs expected to be lost. This would mark the 16th straight month of job losses, just one month short of the longest streak in history.



Inflation, Retail, and Housing Reports; Earnings Go Full Bore

Apr 13th, 2009 | By Christian Hill | Category: Financial News

This promises to be a very busy week with a full calendar of economic reports and earnings announcements, so let’s dive right in and highlight some of the more important ones.



Jobs Were Added?

Apr 2nd, 2008 | By Charles Delvalle | Category: Politics & Economics

It struck me as particularly strange that ADP payroll numbers showed a small 9,000 job gain in March. Really, a gain?  Now I’m really interested to see what the next job report says. I don’t like the fact that we’re adding jobs.