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February 19, 2026 Chart of the Day Number of the Day 4.5 - The percentage increase in core capital goods orders in the last six months of 2025, the strongest half-year since the first half of 2022 Quote of the Day "Several participants indicated that they would have supported a two-sided description of the committee's future interest-rate decisions, reflecting the possibility that upward adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate could be appropriate if i
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February 18, 2026 Chart of the Day Number of the Day 3.4 - The average allocation to cash among respondents to the Bank of America global fund manager survey in February, up from the record-low of 3.2 percent in the prior month but still the third-lowest reading in the history of the series Quote of the Day "Our single-family builder customers have addressed ongoing affordability challenges by offering smaller and simpler homes, as well as incentives such as interest rat
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February 17, 2026 Chart of the Day Number of the Day 2.966 - The annual percentage change in the median CPI component in January, the first time it has been under 3.0 percent since September 2021 Quote of the Day "I think rates can go down more -even several cuts more- from where they are today. But that's conditional on getting inflation back on path to 2 percent." - Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee Friday's Highlights The CPI (January) rose by 0.2 percent on t
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February 13, 2026 Chart of the Day Number of the Day 116.5 - The housing affordability index in January, up 4.4 percent on the month for a seventh straight increase but still down by 45.0 percent from the record high in 2013 Quote of the Day "The expectation for the balance of 2026 is that the low income consumer is going to continue to be under pressure, and there should be, call it, mid single-digit growth available with the upper-income consumer." - McDonald's CEO Chr
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