Economy
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Economic Snapshot: Pending home sales mark fifth consecutive month of year-over-year gains
Pending home sales are seeing record-breaking increases this month, which indicates a strong year of home sales for 2015. And…
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Economic Snapshot: Existing-home sales reach lowest rate in nine months, increase year-over-year
While existing-home sales declined in January, we are still seeing year-over-year sales and price gains. The most important numbers to…
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Economic Snapshot: Housing starts and builder confidence up year-over-year
Housing dipped a bit this month, which is no surprise entering the winter months. However, it is encouraging to see…
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Economic Snapshot: The dream of the 90s is alive
Employment is up from 2014 and showing record-breaking gains, job openings are increasing and quits are on the rise. The labor…
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Economic Snapshot: Advance estimates indicate GDP expanded 2.6 percent in fourth quarter
We are seeing small dips in gross domestic product growth from the last quarter and in ADP employment and ISM…
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Economic Snapshot: Consumer confidence highest since August 2007
Hopefully everyone has seen and will see the effects of consumer confidence’s 7.5-year high at boat shows. Paired with positive…
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Economic Snapshot: Housing starts at six-year high
Could this be a sign of recovery for housing starts in 2015? We will have to see, as November 2013’s…
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Economic Snapshot: Unemployment drops to 5.6 percent, small business optimism highest since 2006
With unemployment continuing to fall to record-breaking numbers and small business optimism at an eight-year high, it’s hard not to…
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Economic Snapshot: Full employment by 2016?
Let’s kick off 2015’s economic coverage with some good news, shall we? To start, we’ll look at private sector employment.…
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Brianna Liestman
What lower gas prices mean for boating
Gas prices continue to drop with the decreasing price of oil, which reached as low as $50 a barrel on…
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