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MFR Inc

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Name: MFR Inc

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Case-Shiller: Home prices in 20 cities rise at fastest rate since 2006

Home prices increased by 9.3 percent, their largest annual margin in nearly seven years. But experts warn that a backlog in some markets could keep home prices low for the foreseeable future. By Schuyler Velasco posted April 30, 2013 at 1:28 pm EDT The ... [Published Christian Science Monitor - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Rising Prices, Foreclosure, Phoenix (Arizona, United States)

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 3 reports

Labor Department Warns on Data Error

WASHINGTON--The U.S. Labor Department said that an error in measuring benefits for sales and office workers could cause the previous three quarters of employment compensation data to be inaccurate.The Labor Department issued its first quarter employment ... [Published Nasdaq - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Joshua Shapiro, Labor, MFR Inc

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Reserve System

U.S. Growth Is Less Than Forecast

The American economy sped up in the first quarter of this year, with output expanding at an annualized pace of 2.5 percent, according to a Commerce Department report released Friday.But economists were not terribly excited, and not only because the number ... [Published New York Times - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Paul Dales, Sequester, United States, Federal Reserve System, Recession

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Hiring activities in US taper off as economy fails to gain speed

Hiring activities in US taper off as economy fails to gain speed Catherine Rampell, April 24, 2013 The New York Times It looks as if the spring swoon is back. American employers added an estimated 88,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, compared with ... [Published Deccan Herald - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Joshua Shapiro, Workers, MFR Inc, Alan B. Krueger, Unemployment Rate

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 2 reports

MarketWatch Inc

Consumer inflation falls 0.2 percent in March

Search for DealsSearch local inventory, coupons and morePowered byBy GREG ROBB — MarketWatchWASHINGTON -- Consumer inflation pressures eased in March as gasoline prices dropped, which could add to fears of renewed deflationary pressure in the economy ... [Published Bradenton Herald - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Inflation, MarketWatch Inc, MFR Inc

First reported Apr 01 2013 - Updated Apr 02 2013 - 1 reports

Manufacturing

Survey: US Manufacturing Grew More Slowly in March

WASHINGTON — A survey shows U.S. manufacturing activity expanded more slowly in March than February, held back by weaker growth in production and new orders. But factories hired at the fastest pace in nine months, an encouraging sign ahead of Friday’s ... [Published The Curious Capitalist - Apr 01 2013]

Entities: US Manufacturing Corporation, Manufacturing, MFR Inc, Joshua Shapiro

First reported Feb 01 2013 - Updated Feb 02 2013 - 1 reports

Another Ho-Hum Jobs Report

Going in the release of today’s January jobs report, the consensus was that we’d see another fair to middling report, with job growth somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 net jobs created. As it turns out that’s exactly what we got: American ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - Feb 01 2013]

Entities: Recession, Dave Schuler, MFR Inc, Joshua Shapiro

First reported Jan 30 2013 - Updated Jan 30 2013 - 1 reports

Tax increase hits consumer confidence hard

WASHINGTON U.S. consumer confidence plunged in January to its lowest level in more than a year, reflecting higher Social Security taxes that left Americans with less take-home pay.The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped ... [Published South Carolina State - Jan 30 2013]

Entities: Consumer Confidence, Joshua Shapiro, Lynn Franco, Taxes

First reported Jan 17 2013 - Updated Jan 17 2013 - 1 reports

Consumer prices steady in December January 17, 2013

Year’s 1.7 percent reading followed 2011’s 3 percentPPI declinesThe producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, fell for the third straight month in December.WASHINGTON – Lower gas costs offset more expensive food ... [Published Spokesman-Review.com - Jan 17 2013]

Entities: Inflation, Federal Reserve System, Wholesale

First reported Dec 13 2012 - Updated Dec 14 2012 - 1 reports

Cheaper Gas Drives Down U.S. Wholesale Price Index

(WASHINGTON) — Cheaper gas drove down a measure of wholesale prices in November for the second straight month, a sign inflation remains mild. The producer price index fell 0.8 percent last month, the steepest drop since May, the Labor Department said ... [Published The Curious Capitalist - Dec 13 2012]

Entities: Wholesale, MFR Inc, Joshua Shapiro

Quotes

"Even if recent data get revised up a bit when the results are corrected, the ECI shows labor cost increases remaining pretty stable" Mr. Shapiro said

Labor Department Warns on Data Error [Published Nasdaq - Apr 30 2013]

"It remains our view that core inflation has peaked on a year-over-year basis and will be stable to slightly lower in coming quarters as soft global growth weighs on pricing power" said Josh Shapiro, U S economist at MFR Inc

Consumer inflation falls 0.2 percent in March [Published Bradenton Herald - Apr 17 2013]

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Labor Department: Error Could Make 3 Quarters o... [Published Nasdaq - Apr 30 2013]
U.S. Growth Is Less Than Forecast [Published New York Times - Apr 26 2013]
Hiring activities in US taper off as economy f... [Published Deccan Herald - Apr 23 2013]
Consumer inflation falls 0.2 percent in March [Published Bradenton Herald - Apr 17 2013]
UPDATE 2: Consumer inflation falls 0.2% in March [Published TD Ameritrade - Apr 16 2013]
Survey: US Manufacturing Grew More Slowly in March [Published The Curious Capitalist - Apr 01 2013]
Another Ho-Hum Jobs Report [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Feb 01 2013]
Tax increase hits consumer confidence hard [Published South Carolina State - Jan 30 2013]
Consumer prices steady in December January 17, ... [Published Spokesman-Review.com - Jan 17 2013]
Cheaper Gas Drives Down U.S. Wholesale Price Index [Published The Curious Capitalist - Dec 13 2012]

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Macro Factors and Their Impact on Monetary Poli... [Published The Big Picture Blog - May 02 2013] Sooner or later most car drivers have this experience. You’re driving on the freeway, listening to some good music, the sun is shining, and you decide to switch lanes. You check the rear view mirror, note everything looks clear, turn on your right blinker, ...
Survey: US Manufacturing Grew More Slowly in March [Published The Curious Capitalist - Apr 01 2013] WASHINGTON — A survey shows U.S. manufacturing activity expanded more slowly in March than February, held back by weaker growth in production and new orders. But factories hired at the fastest pace in nine months, an encouraging sign ahead of Friday’s ...
Another Ho-Hum Jobs Report [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Feb 01 2013] Going in the release of today’s January jobs report, the consensus was that we’d see another fair to middling report, with job growth somewhere in the neighborhood of 150,000 net jobs created. As it turns out that’s exactly what we got: American ...
Cheaper Gas Drives Down U.S. Wholesale Price Index [Published The Curious Capitalist - Dec 13 2012] (WASHINGTON) — Cheaper gas drove down a measure of wholesale prices in November for the second straight month, a sign inflation remains mild. The producer price index fell 0.8 percent last month, the steepest drop since May, the Labor Department said ...