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The Obama administration on Friday said it was ready to free up about $260 billion so the nation could continue paying its bills as a temporary debt ceiling suspension lapses.
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Even as stocks extend their mostly uninterrupted path higher, fund managers are holding big amounts of cash, worrying about China and a commodities crash.
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The 10-year Treasury is facing a huge drop in yield and a flight from risk, one analysis showed.
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Dig down into the market and Cramer said you'll find there’s something remarkable underway.
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Auto repossessions rise due to borrowers defaulting on their auto loans. Has the industry gone too far selling new cars and trucks to those with subprime credit records?
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Venture Capitalist Marc Andreessen explains why you shouldn't expect a game changing tech IPO anytime soon.
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Hedge fund titan David Tepper said he's still bullish on stocks and investors shouldn't worry about the Fed tapering its massive bond-buying program.
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U.S. shale oil will help meet most of the world's new oil demand in the next five years, even if the global economy picks up steam, the West's energy agency said on Tuesday.
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Bond investors can rest easy as there are few signs of debt markets overheating, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service.
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Michael Novogratz of Fortress Investment Group said the art market is "100 percent a bubble," and he predicts it will be the next gold.
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US home-builder confidence in the market for single family homes rose in May despite increasing building materials costs, an index showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. industrial production fell by more than expected in April, reflecting a broad decline in factory output and a weather-related decrease in demand for utilities.
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For a long time, the dollar didn't get much respect, but now that it's standing tall again, it's become a key focus for markets as U.S. economic data is beginning to look a shade better.
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Retail sales, industrial production, regional Fed surveys. These are just a few of the reports that could keep the bulls charging next week — or maybe not.
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US business inventories were unchanged for a second straight month, according to a government report on Monday that suggested restocking could be a boost to second-quarter growth.
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If an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal is anything to go by, the U.S. Fed is getting ready to unwind monetary stimulus. That prospect is unlikely to be as alarming for markets as feared, analysts tell CNBC.
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Under President Barack Obama's health care law, where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay for medications.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew told CNBC on Friday that the U.S. debt ceiling would not be reached until September.
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Sam Zell looks at the stock market and doesn't like what he sees: Surging equity prices that have come without corresponding economic growth.
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An accelerating trend is that women having babies in the U.S. are more educated than ever. On average the more educated a woman is, the better off her children will be.
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Nearly a third of the companies in the S&P 500 Index earn revenues exclusively in the U.S. and their shares are beating the index overall. Housing shares are contributing big time.