Updates – Macro Trend

Companies are using a dramatic surge in cash to invest both in the present and the future at levels not seen in at least a decade.

A preliminary look at consumer sentiment in September easily topped expectations on Friday.

U.S. consumer prices rose less than expected in August.

First-time claims for state unemployment benefits were expected to total 210,000 in the most recent week, up from the 203,000 claims filed in the previous week.

Job openings hit a fresh record in July, closing in on 7 million amid a jump in vacancies for finance and manufacturing, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

In the first quarter alone, multinational enterprises brought home about $300 billion of the $1 trillion held abroad, according to a recent Federal Reserve study.

The tax cuts and deregulation efforts of President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress led to more sales, hiring and investment, according to a survey by the National Federation of Independent Business.

Average hourly earnings rose 2.9 percent in August as the economy added 201,000 jobs.

U.S. manufacturing activity accelerated to more than a 14-year high in August, boosted by a surge in new orders, but growing concerns over rising raw material costs as a result of import tariffs could restrain further growth.

U.S. construction spending barely rose in July as increases in homebuilding and investment in public projects were overshadowed by a sharp drop in private nonresidential outlays.