Gold futures extended their earlier losses on Friday, slumping to the lowest price in three months as investors shed the precious metal amid hopes for a debt deal in Washington. The most actively traded contract, for December delivery, ...
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U.S. crude-oil futures settled 1% lower Friday after the International Energy Agency warned that the U.S. fiscal crisis could harm demand and said supplies are rising faster than previously thought. Light, sweet crude oil for November ...
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Trucking conditions in the US improved in August, but they could begin to deteriorate in the fall as the effects of the new hours-of-service take hold. The FTR Trucking Conditions Index reached a reading of 9.52 in August, one full point ...
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"What's the one thing that you need to be really, really worried about over the next two weeks," Eric Starks, president of FTR Associates, asked attendees at the 27th Annual Conference on Transportation Innovation and Technology yesterday. ...
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Oil prices declined Wednesday as a government report showed US crude supplies grew last year by the most in a year. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) said US crude supplies increased by 6.8 million barrels to 370.5 million ...
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Investment in equipment and software is expected to grow 3.3% in 2013, according to the Q4 update to the 2013 Equipment Leasing & Finance U.S. Economic Outlook released by the Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation. Equipment and software ...
ICE Cotton traded firmer with an improving technical picture and climbing open interest throughout most of the week, settling at 87.18. The market’s move higher, China’s holiday, continued uncertainty about cotton quality, and ...
The US economy is at risk of getting seriously dented due to the US budget dispute. Admittedly, the direct economic consequences of the government shutdown will probably be next to negligible. "However, the strain on the economy should be ...
NRF expects sales in the months of November and December to marginally increase 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion, over 2012’s actual 3.5 percent holiday season sales growth. The forecast is higher than the 10-year average holiday sales ...
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Final numbers are in and August was a good month for Classes 5-8 truck orders, ACT Research reports. However, the industry forecaster said a lack of sustained economic growth is proving to be a drag on Class 8 demand, and build ...
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The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) showed more acceleration in the growth of design activity nationally. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between ...
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The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) remained positive again in June after the first decline in ten months in April. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lag time ...
High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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The US economy is unlikely to fall back into a recession, despite the March 1 sequester, because a revival in the private sector is likely to offset the fiscal drag of public spending cuts, according to EFIC's latest issue of World Risk ...
The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (EFIC) says caution is still warranted on the global economic outlook . In the latest issue of its World Risk Developments report, EFIC cites risks in the US and the euro area as “a ...