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　　短短几周前，美联储刚刚制定了计划，要有条不紊地缩减其庞大的购债规模，如今，这家美国央行似乎已打算考虑加快步伐。　　三位决策者——副主席Richard Clarida、理事Christopher Waller和圣路易斯联储行长James Bullard——上周暗示，联邦公开市场委员会于12月14-15日开会时，可能会讨论加快减码的话题。“在该次会议上，讨论更大幅度缩减购债可能是合适的。”　　他在旧金山联储的一个会议上表示，美国经济通胀存在“上行风险”。

U.S. consumer spending rises in June, inflation increases . NEW YORK, July 30 - U.S. stocks fell on Friday with Amazon.com shares declining after the company forecast lower sales growth, but the S&P 500 still posted a sixth straight month of gains.Amazon.com Inc shares sank after it reported late on Thursday revenue for the second quarter that was shy of analysts' average estimate and said sales growth would ease in the next few quarters as customers ventured more outside the home.Shares of oth

Amazon reports earnings after Thursday’s closing bell. Expect a blowout.Another is that Amazon’s competitors have already reported solid numbers.Shopify, arguably one of the company’s most important rivals in e-commerce,posted better-than-expected results for the June quarter, noting that sustained digital commerce trends and U.S. stimulus checks in March and April drove revenues above expectations. Strong reports from Alphabet,Snap and Twitter suggest Amazon will post accelerating growth in its

CFO suggests that sales growth will slow overall and in the hot services sector, sending shares lower in after-hours trading despite stunning beat in earnings and iPhone sales. Apple racked up nearly $40 billion in iPhone sales last quarter. BLOOMBERG NEWS. Apple reported its strongest June quarter ever on Tuesday, with a near doubling of its profits and a whopping iPhone beat— iPhone revenue surpassed Wall Street’s expectations by a stunning $5 billion. But the celebration came to a crashing ha

It’s the busiest week of second-quarter earnings season. About $one$ third of S&P 500 companies are scheduled to report. Tesla and Lockheed Martin kick things off on M onday, followed by a packed Tuesday: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, $Visa$, $AMD$, UPS, General Electric, $3M$, and Starbucks headline a 42-report day.$Facebook$, Shopify, Boeing, Ford Motor, $PayPal$ Holdings, Pfizer, and Qualcomm release results on Wednesday. Then Amazon.com, Comcast, Mastercard, and T-Mobile US report on Thursday.

Maybe the market is about to crash, and maybe it isn't. These stocks look like good picks either way.

New York When the market is plunging like it did last Friday and on Monday, it's tempting to throw in the towel and sell. Big drops can be scary.But dumping stocks on days when the Dow is getting whacked is usually the wrong thing to do. Stocks roared back Tuesday and were up again Wednesday.If you're investing for the long haul, the best thing you can do is ride out this wave of volatility."Stay invested," said Seema Shah, chief strategist at Principal Global Investors. Shah told CNN Business t