Month: February 2017
Financial News for the Week of February 24, 2017
FINANCIAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK The outlook for economic growth got a bit rosier this week with the release of the preliminary February survey results of purchasing managers that showed economic momentum continuing to build at the start of…
Financial News for the Week of February 17, 2017
FINANCIAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Despite heightened political uncertainty it was another good week in equity markets, with the three U.S. benchmarks reaching peaks mid-week before retracing somewhat ahead of the weekend. U.S. data came in well…
Financial News for the Week of February 10, 2017
FINANCIAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK After last week’s start-of-month data dump and the prior week’s executive order deluge, this week has been fairly quiet for U.S. investors. International trade data was the only top-tier release, highlighting…
Financial News for the Week of February 03, 2017
FINANCIAL NEWS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK Political events and communiqués from the new administration, continued to dominate the headlines – taking some of the attention away from what was a week of upbeat economic data. The FOMC held rates steady…