Chicago Fed’s national economic measure reveals August plunge

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MarketWatch - 9/25/2017 - Rachel Koning Beals - In its report issued Monday, the Chicago Fed’s national activity index slumped to a negative 0.31 in August from an upwardly revised, but still barely positive, 0.03 in July, in what was yet another turn for an especially volatile measure over the past handful of months. The index’s less-volatile, three-month moving average decreased to negative 0.04 in August from a neutral reading in July. Read more @ http://secure.marketwatch.com/story/chi ... atest_news