The Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey headline metric improved 14 points from February to March, now showing slight growth instead of contraction.
Indicators for general activity and new orders increased notably, following negative...
U.S. stocks rose at the open on Thursday after data on the housing and labour markets did little to change investors' assesment of the economy, with the Philadelphia Fed survey of business activity still to come.
The Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook will be released Thursday at 10:00 am eastern time.
There are many regional manufacturing surveys, and they tend to be ranked in order of timeliness and the importance of the region. The Philadelphia...
John Hussman's latest comments on the economy:
Last week, we got a fresh set of economic indications from the Philadelphia Fed Survey. While the market evidently took relief from the modest uptick in the composite index to -0.7, a quick look at...
The Philadelphia Fed Survey rose to 20.4, which was higher than expected. The employment sub-index spiked to 6.3, the highest level in two years. The new orders and shipments sub-indexes both remained positive. Fifth Month of Manufacturing...
Today's catalyst for the decline in the market was the Philadelphia Fed Survey, which is considered by many as a benchmark for the rest of the country. Over the span of many years the Philadelphia Fed Survey has been one of the more accurate...
Stocks were off to a good start this morning on positive news from Research In Motion (RIMM) and an upgrade of Cisco (CSCO).Â
But the release at 10am of an ugly Philadelphia Fed Survey of Business Conditions for February at 10am EST raised...
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