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Chicago Fed: Tariff-Related Panic Buying Could Precede Economic Slump
Chicago Fed: Tariff-Related Panic Buying Could Precede Economic Slump
April 20, 2025  |  Economy

“Panic buying” in the U.S. could create an “artificially high” level of economic activity. That’s according to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee,...

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Business Inventories Rose in January Amid Expected Slowdown in Sales
Business Inventories Rose in January Amid Expected Slowdown in Sales
March 17, 2025  |  Economy

Business inventories increased in January, ending the month 0.3% higher than a month earlier and 2.3% higher than a year earlier. The 0.3% gain seen...

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US Retail Inventories Climb in February
US Retail Inventories Climb in February
April 15, 2024  |  Retail

Retail inventories climbed in February after being flat the prior month. According to the Commerce Department’s Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services report released Monday (April...

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Bad Sign For Retail? US Inventories Jumped In December
Bad Sign For Retail? US Inventories Jumped In December
March 11, 2019  |  Economy

Inventories at companies in the U.S jumped in the last month of 2018 as sales plummeted the most in three years. According to a report...

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H&M Continues Downfall As It Closes More Stores
H&M Continues Downfall As It Closes More Stores
December 15, 2017  |  Retail

A bad quarter has sent fashion retailer H&M scrambling to adjust its strategy. The Swedish group said that strategy now includes closing more stores and...

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Slowing GDP, But Markets Rally On Cloudy Rate Hike Picture
Slowing GDP, But Markets Rally On Cloudy Rate Hike Picture
July 29, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The euphoria that greeted strong jobs numbers recently might be tempered a bit by Friday (July 29) GDP numbers that showed that the U.S. economy...

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Consumer Spending Fuels GDP Growth
Consumer Spending Fuels GDP Growth
March 28, 2016  |  Consumer Insights

The United States economy managed to eke out a gain that was faster than estimated in preliminary results, with the consumer, yet again, acting as...

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