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Data Round-Up: Despite Oil, Dollar Effects, Core CPI Trend Remains at +2%

FMI’s analyses of today’s December CPI and Housing Starts reports.

Preview of Data Releases: January 18-22, 2016

FMI’s Preview of the handful of data releases in this holiday-shortened week.

Prospects for U.S. Economy, Rate Hikes Still Good for ‘16

FMI’s Commentary on events since the FOMC raised rates in December

TOE Alert: Japan's Nikkei 225 stocks move in line with S&P, DAX and FTSE

We’re no experts on stock markets, but it does occur to us that the gyrations of Japan’s stock prices over the past six months may say less about the fundamentals of Japan’s economy than about the ups and downs of sentiment on all four of the major bourses in rich countries: the Nikkei 225, S&P 500, FTSE (London) and DAX (Frankfurt).

Data Round-Up: Small Biz Still in Doldrums, But Labor Outlook Is Upbeat

FMI’s analyses of today’s December NFIB Small Business Optimism Index and November JOLTS data

Data Round-Up: Small Biz Still in Doldrums, But Labor Outlook Is Upbeat

FMI’s analyses of today’s December NFIB Small Business Optimism Index and November JOLTS data.

FMI Weekly Data Preview: January 11-15

FMI’s complete Preview of this week’s notable data releases.

Data Round-Up: Strong Job Gains Show Solid Fundamentals Heading into 2016

FMI’s analysis of this morning’s December Employment report.

Data Round-Up: Old Year Ends on Soft Notes, New Year Prospects Still Good

FMI’s analyses of the December Chicago Purchasing Managers’ Index (and other Regional Surveys) and the latest Weekly UI Claims & Rail Traffic data.

2016: A New Year, A New-ish Economy

FMI's complete January 2016 Economic & Investment Outlook.

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