Author: News Desk

November 20, 2015 0

Obama to Veto Bill Requiring Background Checks On Syrian Refugees; France Demands Tighter Controls, EU Balks; 31 States Won’t Take Syrian Refugees

By News Desk

CNN reports More than Half the Nation’s Governors say Syrian Refugees Not Welcome . More than half the nation’s governors say they oppose letting Syrian refugees into their states, although the final say on this contentious immigration issue will fall to the federal government. States protesting the admission of refugees range from Alabama and Georgia, to Texas and Arizona, to Michigan and Illinois, to Maine and New Hampshire.

November 19, 2015 0

Philly Fed Slightly Positive After Two Months of Contraction, but New Orders and Shipments Negative, Workweek Collapsed

By News Desk

Philly Fed Slightly Positive After Two Months of Contraction, but New Orders and Shipments Negative, Workweek Collapsed In what likely amounts to a bit of economic noise, the Philadelphia Fed regional manufacturing report posted a rise of 1.9, slightly beating the economic consensus of 0. Unlike Monday’s Empire State report which is pointing to out-and-out weakness for the November factory sector, the Philly Fed’s November report is no worse than flat and points to little month-to-month change for a sector, however, that continues to struggle.