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Once again, it was a week of discouraging economic reports. The index of leading economic indicators fell 0.3% in May. In the same month new-home sales plunged to a 12-month low, despite the best mortgage rates in two decades. One possible reason: the index of consumer confidence sank to its gloomiest reading in eight months. Firms remained wary of hiring: only 13,000 net new jobs were added to payrolls in June, as the unemployment rate nosed...
...Producer Price index showed no increase for May, diminishing inflation fears that were set off by steep increases during March and April. The steadiness of prices should discourage any impulse by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to relieve inflationary pressures...
This good news was somewhat offset by a report that the country's index of leading economic indicators rose a disappointing one-tenth of 1% in April, suggesting that no boom is in the offing. The 11 indicators, which include data on consumer expectations and plant and equipment orders, had dropped dramatically the month before...
Surveys have shown that less than 50 percent of Harvard students have ongoing relationships. Discussions of male-female relationships usually center on sexual harassment and gender inequality. And typing the word "romance" into the HOLLIS library index brings up a list of works on dysfunctional, failed or dangerous love...
Fears of inflation spooked the U.S. bond market and helped gold reach a 17- month high after a report that the Consumer Price Index rose an unexpected 0.4% in April. Prices have increased at a 4.3% annual rate so far this year, up from 2.9% in the first four months...