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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 21st , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 21st , 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: The LEI increased 0.4 percent in March, its seventh consecutive month recording a gain. Six of the components added to the topline figure, while two subtracted from it. (1) The labor market, which has…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 14th, 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 14th, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: Consumer prices fell in March for the first time in more than a year. The CPI declined 0.3 percent versus expectations that price levels would remain flat. The drop last month brought the year-over-year…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 7th , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending April 7th , 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: The ISM non-manufacturing index signaled economic growth cooled a bit in March. The index fell 2.4 points but, at 55.2, continues to indicate that the economy is expanding at a decent clip, despite expectations…
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Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 31st , 2017
Newsletter: In the Markets – Week-Ending March 31st, 2017 Crystal Brook Advisors We Make Financial Planning Crystal Clear United States: Pending home sales, which are contract signings that lead closings by one to two months, jumped 5.5 percent in February, recouping all of January’s 2.8 percent loss. (1) Strength in contract signings was broad-based,…