Bill Pugliano / Getty Images The BEA released the final Q1 2007 GDP growth rate, which was .7%. This was a slight revision upwards from ... Read More

Matt Cardy/Getty Images Building on last month's hopeful trend, this month's Durable Goods Orders Report adds another note of optimism. Today, the Commerce Department reported ... Read More

Americans' confidence in the economy dropped in June, according to the Consumer Confidence Index released today by the Conference Board. The Index now stands at 103.9, down from 108.5 in ... Read More

A friend of mine in Germany emailed me this story a little while ago. Even though it is from 2006, it is eerily prescient about what has been happening with ... Read More

China has now replaced the United Kingdom as the second largest foreign holder of U.S. long-term securities. In the Treasury Department report released May 31, 2007, China holds $699 billion ... Read More

David McNew /Getty Images The National Association of Realtors (NAR) forecast that home sales are projected to total 6.18 million in 2007 and 6.41 million ... Read More

Fed Chair Bernanke working hard to combat inflation Photo:Chip Somodevilla /Getty Images The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for ... Read More

Federal Reserve The bond market revived after the Federal Reserve reported "moderate" growth in the U.S. economy for April/May as released in its Beige Book ... Read More

Getty Images A reader recently asked a very good question: It seems to me that the current trend in bonds is not following the general ... Read More

The latest retirement survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) reported that women are driving a higher rate of employment participation among those aged 55-64. For this age group, ... Read More

Last week, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note reached 5.25%, the highest in 11 months. Since mortgage interest rates usually rise and fall with Treasury note yields, this means ... Read More

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported that the Pending Home Sales Index showed that home sales contracts signed in April are down 10.2% from last year. This continues ... Read More

As I mentioned yesterday, the latest BLS jobs report says that the unemployment rate in May 2007 is 4.5%, better than the rate of 4.6% in May of last year. Or ... Read More

Tim Boyle /Getty Images In May, 157,000 new jobs were created, according to the employment report, released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). ... Read More

Yesterday, the BEA reported that U.S. GDP growth for Q1 2007 was a moribund .6% This was a revision downwards from the advance GDP forecast of 1.3% released a month ... Read More