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Markets struggle on gains in oil prices and further worries about financial shares.

Investors better keep an eye on bonds this week.

While the stock market may be more fun to follow, fixed income is often a stronger gauge of investor expectations of the economy, future U.S. Federal Reserve policy, and inflation.

With the consumer price index (CPI) safely in the books for another month, economists can now turn their focus to wholesale inflation with the release of the May producer price index (PPI). Economists, mistakenly, often disregard the energy component of this data each month and focus mainly on the so-called “core” releases - which excludes “volatile food and energy prices.”

While food and energy…

By William Patalon III Executive Editor Money Morning/The Money Map Report Investors better keep an eye on bonds this week. While the stock market may be more fun to follow, fixed income is often... [More...]

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The U.S. Federal Reserve released its Beige Book yesterday (Wednesday), a look at the economic conditions in the central bank’s 12 regions. Overall economic activity was slower in April and May. “Three Districts described economic activity as softer, weaker, or lower, with an additional four Districts reporting slower, sluggish, or modest economic growth. The remaining five Districts of Philadelphia, Cleveland, Atlanta, St. Louis, and San…

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–U.S. factory orders increased 1.1% in April, an unexpected gain that was boosted by the high cost of gas and other petroleum products, the Commerce Department announced yesterday (Tuesday). Economists had expected a smaller gain of just 0.1% after an upwardly revised 1.5% gain in March, MarketWatch reported.

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