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More record highs on Wall Street. Import goods inch up. Budget deficit grows as corps pay less. Beige Book, meh. Oil gluts return. May new PM. PC sales grow. New GM loses shield of Old GM. Something new under the sun – Mas Blue. Financial Review by Sinclair Noe for 07-13-2016 DOW + 24 = 18,372 SPX + 0.29 = 2152 NAS – 17 = 5005 10 Y – .03 = 1.47% OIL – 1.37 = 45.43 GOLD + 9.60 = 1343.30 The cost of imported goods increased 0.2% in June, led again by the higher cost of fuel. Import prices have risen four straight months following five straight declines, largely because of the price of oil has climbed from multiyear lows. Excluding fuel, the cost of imports fell 0.3% in June. Over the past year, import prices are still 4.8% lower, reflecting a big drop in the oil prices in 2015. That’s helped to keep overall U.S. inflation on the low side. Import prices minus fuel are down 1.8% in the past 12 months. U.S. export prices climbed 0.8% in June. Export prices are 3.5% lower in the past 12 months.   Corporations are paying less to the Treasury this fiscal year, and the government’s budget deficit is ballooning because of it. In its latest monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said the deficit through June was $401 billion, up 27% from the same period a year ago. In the month of June, the government managed to post a budget ...
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Financial ReviewBy Sinclair Noe