The beige book and the ADP report could move the gold and silver markets Wednesday.
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The U.S. economy remains in limbo, the latest Federal Reserve Beige Book confirmed.
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The Federal Reserve's "beige book" report of economic conditions is due at 2 p.m.
On the inflation side, the Beige Book indicated that expectations on the core remain firmly anchored.
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Another positive sign coming from the Beige Book was the improvement in real estate markets.
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The beige book said U.S. economic growth continues at a moderate pace, with a pick-up in residential construction.
The September Consumer Price Index, September housing starts and the periodic Beige Book will be released on Wednesday.
Economic activity in the US has picked up pace since November, the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book reports.
Separately, the Fed's "beige book" report on regional economic activity added to a narrative of a moderately strengthening recovery.
The Fed report, called the Beige Book, provides an overview of economic conditions from Feb. 22 through April 5.
This was offset by a Beige Book that was a bit more optimistic.
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The Beige Book showed a stable employment situation and easing price pressures on producers, despite relatively elevated input costs.
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On Wednesday the Federal Reserve will release its Beige Book and on Thursday will be the weekly jobless claims.
Each Reserve Bank has people who work diligently and systematically in compiling the information that goes into the Beige Book.
The U.S. Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book on Wednesday confirmed what the world already knew: the American economy stinks.
The fall in consumer sentiment echoes the latest Fed Beige Book, which showed retailers had a disappointing holiday season.
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The latest Beige Book confirms that the U.S. economy is stuck in second gear, as economist David Levy recently put it.
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The Beige Book reported that overall price pressures as elevated or increasing.
The latest support for that view came from the central bank's Beige Book, an anecdotal compendium of economic conditions around the country.
Since the beginning of July, which is what the Beige book covered, housing data has improved and consumption seems to have picked up.
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That sentiment was echoed in the Federal Reserve's beige book, an anecdotal summary of economic conditions across the central bank's 12 regional districts.
The Beige Book described consumer spending as sluggish or slowing in nearly all districts, although tax rebate checks boosted sales for some items.
Later in the day the Federal Reserve will release its Beige Book, an anecdotal collection of economic behavior througout the country.
Sales weakness in the retail sector, which the Federal Reserve pointed out in its latest Beige Book, extended beyond major big box stores.
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On a positive note, the Beige Book acknowledged the improvement in real estate markets, indicating activity had expanded or remained steady in most districts.
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Also next week, the Federal Reserve will release it Beige Book, which was prepared ahead of a Federal Open Market Committee meeting later this month.
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The Beige Book, released eight times per year, showed five districts recorded slight to modest increases in economic activity, including Boston and San Francisco.
The information collected in this latest Beige Book will be used as the basis for the Fed's next policy discussion at its 29-30 January meeting.
Penney, and Best Buy did have a disappointing end to 2012, and all experienced mild jumps on Wednesday as the Beige Book was released.
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Indeed, the beige book reports that borrowing by homebuyers declined in San Francisco and New York, two of the hottest property markets in the country.
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