WalMart disappoints but construction spending better than expected
Peter Oberois
Oct. 2, 2006

The economy has a liitle cheer left as construction spending was down only 0.3% while the market was expecting a fall of 1.8%.

The better construction spending was dampened by lacklaster performance of WalMart. The wall street traded slightly lower.

The signals from tghe economy is mixed to down. The biggest question for every player in market is - will US economy have a soft landing? The question for Fed was it too tight? If so whne is the right time to lower rates again?

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