ORLY-EP0161A - Follow The Money, Your Weekly Economic Pulse Check
Welcome to ORLYRADIO #161 recorded Friday, August 4th, 2017 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspects, Daniel Atherton.
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Global Economic Pulse:
http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/
Follow The Markets, August Friday Closing changes week to week.
Week 1: Dow closed at 22,092.81 UP 262.5
8/04/17 Nasdaq closed at 6,351.56 DOWN 23.12
S&P closed at 2,476.83 UP 4.73
Compared to last week
7/28/17: Dow closed at 21,830.31
Nasdaq closed at 6,374.68
S&P closed at 2,472.10
International Monetary Fund (IMF) XDR/SDR Basket Currencies
Five most-traded currencies in the foreign exchange market referenced against the US Dollar.
July
Week 4: $1 USD = €0.85 Eur = ¥6.74 CNY = ¥110.63 JPY = 0.76 GBP = 0.00036 Bitcoin
August:
Week 1: $1 USD = €0.85 Eur = ¥6.73 CNY = ¥110.69 JPY = 0.77 GBP = 0.00035 Bitcoin
Over a barrel = http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/crude-oil.aspx
WTI (NYMEX) Price
July:
Week 4: $49.71 USD UP $3.94 From last week, UP 5.48 from the top of the month.
August:
Week 1: $49.58 USD DOWN $0.13
Watch that puppy grow! http://www.usdebtclock.org/
July 28: $19,967,603,583,206
August 4: $19,969, 787,407,865 Up $2,183,824,659
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