I’ll be a panelist at next week’s 360 Exchange conference (Thurs, Sep 18) at the Bloomberg headquarters in New York City for the 10:20am session on volatility in macro and markets. My co-panelist is Dan Farley, chief investment officer for the investment solutions group at State Street Global Advisors. In fact, there’s a great lineup of speakers and discussions about economics and finance throughout this day-long event. For details, take a look at the agenda below or visit the conference’s web site.
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US retail sales are expected to rise 0.3% in tomorrow’s August report vs. the previous month, according to The Capital Spectator’s median econometric forecast. The prediction reflects an improvement over the flat performance for retail sales in July.
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