Now that the economy is picking up, the labour market looks tighter than ever.
If the economy is picking up, he said it should show in stocks in the manufacturing sector.
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And if it fails but the economy is picking up, they will claim that last year's tax cut ended the recession.
Recently, there have been signs that the economy is picking up steam.
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Although the economy is picking up, the equity market is going to be driven by earnings growth and corporate restructuring, which I don't see happening.
March marked the ninth straight month of gains for retail sales, showing that the economy is picking up the pace of commerce amid a slow gain in job growth.
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"The economy itself is picking up, although not as strongly as markets have been expecting, " said Yasuo Yamamoto, senior economist at Mizuho Research Institute.
The recovery in auto sales is one more sign the U.S. economy is picking up.
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Business cycles favour it: the euro-area economy is picking up speed again, but America's recovery is more advanced.
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Reading between the lines, it appears the Fed, while keeping its monetary policy very accommodative, is beginning to lay the ground work ever so slowly that its money-printing presses cannot roll on forever, especially as the U.S. economy is picking up a slight head of steam.
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Spending is picking up while the economy has steadily added new jobs.
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Cramer likes stocks that have strong market shares and earnings growth potential when the economy shows signs of picking up, which is nothing new to standard value investors.
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One is if the economy starts recovering or inflation starts picking up and the Federal Reserve starts raising rates to prevent runaway inflation.
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