AFP EconWatch--Weekly Economic Newsletter

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AFP EconWatch, edited by Kevin Roth (Managing Director, Research), provides financial professionals every Monday morning with commentary on the latest economic news and the possible effects on their organization. The newsletter also incorporates This Week in Corporate Finance, a weekly column edited by Brian Kalish (Director, Finance Lead) reviewing the previous week's key finance news.

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Current Edition: May 20, 2013

The first three months of 2013 were not kind to the manufacturing sector and, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve last week, neither was April. (Log-in required)

Mid-Week Update: May 15, 2013

April was the best month for core retail sales in 2013, according to a report released by the Census Bureau.

Previous Editions:

May 13, 2013
May 6, 2013
April 29, 2013
April 22, 2013

This Week in Corporate Finance: A Bright Future?The world—at least here in the USA—has been up, up, and away since the release of the employment report back on May 3. Every day seems to bring new highs to the stock market, and the news in both the housing and employment worlds seems to be getting stronger with each data release.
AFP EconWatch: GDP Growth Slow in Q1 2013The pace of economic expansion picked up during the first three months of 2013, but the growth rate in the gross domestic product (GDP) was slower than anticipated.
This Week in Corporate Finance: Lukewarm Outlook?This was another week where the equity markets touched new or multi-year highs, the bond market sold off a bit, and the economic outlook is lukewarm at best. Time will tell if we have finally moved to a period of determining how fast the U.S. economy is growing, rather than asking: is the U.S. economy growing?
AFP EconWatch: Producer Prices Decline A sharp drop in the price of energy goods led to the first decline in producer prices in three months during March.
AFP EconWatch: U.S. Economy StumblesThe U.S. economy created fewer jobs in March than it had in any previous month since last summer. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that non-farm payrolls expanded by a seasonally adjusted 88,000 workers last month, the first time the economy failed to create at least 100,000 jobs since it added 87,000 workers last June.