Topic: Sal Guatieri
0 Number of the day . 3.5%. . That's how much Bay Area home prices fell in February from a year earlier, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller Index...
The bottom line to the latest Federal Reserve minutes? Nothing new here.. . The Fed has been remarkably consistent in its recent monetary policy...
The Federal Reserve was slightly more upbeat about labour market conditions and downplayed the threat of inflation in its monetary policy...
The housing market has shown signs of recovery before, but to date it's come to naught. Is there any reason to think that the latest rise in new...
Prospects for job-seekers are looking a little brighter.. . The service sector, which makes up 80% of the economy, grew for the seventh month in a...
For all the talk in Europe of a $1 trillion rescue package, the hand-wringing kicked off by a Spanish bank bailout over the weekend shows that investors continue to question the strength of Europe's financial institutions.. Like many Spanish banks, CajaSur ...
U.S. initial jobless claims did what they were expected to do: That marks the second consecutive week of declines, after back-to-back nasty surprises earlier in the month, and indicates that the U.S. labor market could be healing, if at a ...
Some of the enthusiasm in the stock market on Wednesday had to do with better-than-expected corporate earnings at the symbolic start of the first quarter earnings season. Either way you look at it, the readings suggest that there is little pressure on ...
The gap grew a larger-than-anticipated 18 percent to $36.5 billion, the highest level since January, from a revised $30.8 billion in August, the Commerce Department said today in Washington. "Sometimes what looks bad on the surface is actually quite good ...
Flat household incomes raise doubts about recovery as consumers also face weak job prospectsHousehold income in the United States is essentially stagnant, raising doubts about whether consumers already hurt by job losses can sustain an economic recovery.The now-ended Cash for Clunkers ...