Northern Trust Daily Global Commentary

Daily Global Commentary for July 29, 2010

2010-07-29

The worst of the financial crisis is history, but the U.S. economy is still struggling to establish self-sustained economic ...

2010-07-28

Orders of durable goods fell 1.0% in June following a revised 0.8% decline in May. These numbers are partly distorted by ...

2010-07-27

The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell to 50.4 during July from 54.3 in June. The drop reflects ...

2010-07-26

Sales of new single-family homes shot up nearly 24% in June to an annual rate of 330,000. The headline is impressive ...

2010-07-23

In the last three days, we have had the honor to hear Mr. Bernanke at the semi-annual testimony in Congress and read Mr. ...

2010-07-22

Sales of all existing homes fell 5.1% to an annual rate of 5.37 million units in June, while that of existing single-family ...

2010-07-21

Chairman Bernanke's prepared testimony largely echoed the message of the minutes of June 22-23 FOMC meeting. He ...

2010-07-19

Chairman Bernanke is scheduled for the semi-annual testimony about the economy at the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday ...

2010-07-16

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) dropped 0.1% in June, marking the third consecutive monthly decline. The latest string ...

2010-07-15

Industrial production increased only 0.1% in June vs. a 1.3% jump in the prior month. Although mining and utilities ...

2010-07-14