economic indicators

When Wall Street gets back to work on Tuesday, it will face a holiday-shortened week and a slew of economic indicators. But the nagging problems that dogged it in 2011 remain. 

In a world full of economic indicators, the best one during the holiday season may prove to be a furry toy hamster.

It's hard for the lay person to wrap one's brain around the rise or fall of GDP, new residential sales, money supply, and other traditional economic indicators.

Shares were flat as investors took in the latest economic indicators for clearer signs of a global recovery.

The Conference Board said its index rose 0.7 percent in June, the third consecutive monthly increase.

n Europe, stock indexes fell after earlier losses in Asia, as investors worried that the three-month rally may not be justified by economic indicators.

The International Energy Agency on Thursday forecast that the slump in global oil demand in 2009 would be slightly less severe than previously expected, the organization's first upward revision to its estimates in 10 months as economic indicators suggest the recession may be past its peak.

A private research's group forecast of economic activity rose more than expected in April, the first gain in seven months.