July 30, 2019
WEEKLY ECONOMIC UPDATE
THE WEEK ON WALL STREET

Last week, investors assessed earnings and the initial estimate of second-quarter economic growth, while awaiting the Federal Reserve's next announcement about interest rates.

Stocks rose for the week; particularly, tech shares. The S&P 500 gained 1.65%; the Nasdaq Composite, 2.26%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged, adding just 0.14%. MSCI's EAFE index, a gauge of equity performance in developed foreign markets, ticked up 0.01%. 1,2
Economy Grew moderately in q2
 
Analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast 2.0% Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter. The actual estimate, announced Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, was slightly better at 2.1%. 3

While this is the poorest quarterly GDP number since the opening quarter of 2017, the decline in GDP largely reflects a decrease in business investment. Consumer spending improved 4.3% in Q2, and government spending rose 5.0%, which was the biggest quarterly gain in a decade.3
china trade talks to restart
 
U.S. trade delegates are scheduled to resume face-to-face negotiations with their Chinese counterparts, starting Tuesday in Shanghai.

This renewed effort to forge a bilateral trade pact could go on for some time. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, who is part of the U.S. delegation, told reporters last week that it would likely take "a few more meetings" before any kind of accord can be considered.4
what's next

Wednesday at about 2:00pm EST, the Federal Reserve is scheduled to conclude its July meeting. Wall Street is eager to see what the Fed will do with interest rates. The question is whether traders have priced in expectations of a cut and how they may react if no cut comes.
THE WEEK AHEAD: KEY ECONOMIC DATA
 
Tuesday:  The federal government's June personal spending report and the Conference Board's monthly index of consumer confidence.

Wednesday:  The Federal Reserve presents its latest statement on interest rates and monetary policy, and payroll titan ADP offers its July private-sector employment snapshot.

Thursday: The latest report on American manufacturing from the Institute for Supply Management.

Friday: July jobs data from the Department of Labor and the
 University of Michigan's final July Consumer Sentiment Index, measuring household confidence in the economy.

Source: Econoday / MarketWatch Calendar, July 26, 2019

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THE WEEK AHEAD: COMPANIES REPORTING EARNINGS

Monday:  RingCentral (RNG)

Tuesday: Apple (APPL), Mastercard (MA), Merck (MRK), Pfizer (PFE), Procter & Gamble (PG)

Wednesday: General Electric (GE), Qualcomm (QCOM)

Thursday: Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A), Verizon (VZ)

Friday: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chevron (CVX), ExxonMobil (XOM), Toyota (TM)

Source: Zacks, July 26, 2019

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WEEKLY QUOTE
 
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WEEKLY TIP

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WEEKLY RIDDLE
 
You can take
one letter away from this  8-letter word , and you still have a word. You can take another letter away from the seven letters left, and you still have a word. Keep on doing that, each time making a  new word , until you have one letter left. What is this word?
LAST WEEK'S RIDDLE
 
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ANSWER: Parsley (Sparsely, minus the S = Parsley).
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4 - reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/top-us-china-trade-negotiators-to-meet-in-shanghai-next-week-idUSKCN1UJ1JI [7/24/19]
 
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