https://personal.vanguard.com/us/insights/article/economic-week-review-10282011
Economic Week in Review: A turn for the better?
October 28, 2011
Signs of progress on Europe's sovereign debt crisis and solid, but unspectacular, GDP growth in the United States sounded hopeful notes in a week of otherwise mixed signals. The S&P 500 Index rose 3.8% to 1,285 (for a year-to-date total return—including price change plus dividends—of about 3.9%). The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note increased 11 basis points to 2.34% (for a year-to-date decrease of 96 basis points).
GDP expands 2.5% in the third quarter
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