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Twitter mejora estimaciones de ingresos, pero usuarios mensuales caen
Por Paresh Dave
3 MIN. DE LECTURA

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc presentó el viernes una ganancia récord, gracias a unos ingresos en el segundo trimestre que superaron las estimaciones de los analistas financieros, al tiempo que dijo que las penalizaciones contra usuarios que se comportan mal han sido beneficiosas pese al descenso de usuarios mensuales.

Al igual que su rival Facebook Inc, Twitter está bajo presión de los reguladores en muchos países para frenar los discursos de odio, los contenidos abusivos y la desinformación, además de aumentar la protección de los datos de sus usuarios e impulsar la transparencia en los gastos en publicidad política.

La firma aumentó la retirada y suspensión de cuentas en los últimos meses, argumentando que es una de las razones por las que el número de usuarios mensuales cayó en 1 millón, hasta los 335 millones, en el segundo trimestre, frente a los tres meses previos. El mayor declive se produjo en Estados Unidos.

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Oro cae a mínimo de una semana ante avance dólar y alivio tensión comercial
Por Maytaal Angel
2 MIN. DE LECTURA

LONDRES (Reuters) - Los precios del oro caían el viernes y tocaron un mínimo de una semana por el avance del dólar previo al dato del crecimiento económico de Estados Unidos y tras un acuerdo entre Washington y Bruselas, que alivió temores a un conflicto comercial y mermó el interés por activos considerados seguros.

* A las 1142 GMT, el oro al contado caía un 0,17 por ciento a 1.220,15 dólares por onza tras bajar a un mínimo de una semana de 1.217,86 dólares. El referencial iba camino a marcar su tercer declive semanal.

* Los futuros del oro en Estados Unidos para entrega en agosto declinaban un 0,52 por ciento a 1.219,2 dólares por onza.

* El dólar se apreciaba a su nivel más alto en cinco días antes del reporte del Producto Interno Bruto de Estados Unidos en el segundo trimestre. La expectativa es una expansión anualizada de 4,1 por ciento tras el crecimiento de 2 por ciento del primer trimestre.

* Estados Unidos señaló el jueves que continuará las negociaciones comerciales con Canadá y México. En la víspera, acordó con la Unión Europea abstenerse de imponer aranceles sobre las importaciones de automóviles, un pacto débil que podría despejar la vía para volver a presionar a China.


* Entre otros metales preciosos, la plata caía un 0,24 por ciento a 15,33 dólares por onza. El paladio sumaba un 0,05 por ciento a 927,5 dólares la onza y el platino cedía un 0,03 por ciento a 822,74 dólares por onza.

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Ayer cayo FB oy dia Twitter.

A la espera de las cifras del GDP (PBI) esperan sean espectaculares.

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Brent cae, pero se encamina a cerrar semana al alza
Por Ahmad Ghaddar y Parissa Hedvat
2 MIN. DE LECTURA

LONDRES (Reuters) - Los precios del petróleo caían el viernes en una sesión tranquila, aunque los futuros del Brent se encaminaban a cerrar la semana al alza debido a que Arabia Saudita suspendió sus envíos de crudo a través de un estrecho en el Mar Rojo y al alivio de las tensiones comerciales entre Washington y Europa.

En la imagen de archivo una bomba de petróleo se ve al atardecer en un campo en las afueras de Scheibenhard, cerca de Estrasburgo, Francia, el 6 de octubre de 2017. REUTERS / Christian Hartmann
* A las 1058 GMT, los futuros del Brent caían a 74,50 dólares por barril, pero estaba en camino a anotar su primer incremento semanal en cuatro semanas.

* En tanto, los futuros del petróleo West Texas Intermediate (WTI) de Estados Unidos descendían a 69,46 dólares, y se encaminaban a una cuarta semana de caídas.

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* “La principal fuente del ímpetu alcista proviene de la decisión de Arabia Saudita de detener temporalmente todos los envíos a través del Estrecho Bab al-Mandeb”, dijo el corredor Stephen Brennock, de PVM. “Pero esto sólo tiene un impacto limitado en incentivar presiones compradoras, sin una señal de interrupciones reales de suministros”, agregó.

* Cualquier medida para bloquear el estrecho podría virtualmente detener los envíos de petróleo a través del Canal de Suez egipcio y el oleoducto de SUMED que conecta el Mar Rojo con el Mediterráneo.

* Un estimado de 4,8 millones de barriles de petróleo por día (bpd) y de productos refinados se transportaron a través del estrecho de Bab al-Mandeb hacia Europa, Estados Unidos y Asia en 2016, según la gubernamental Administración de Información de Energía (EIA) estadounidense.

* Un avance en las conversaciones comerciales entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea también respaldaba al petróleo.

* El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el jefe de la Comisión Europea, Jean-Claude Juncker, alcanzaron el miércoles un sorpresivo acuerdo que alivió el riesgo de una guerra comercial inmediata.

Reporte adicional de Aaron Sheldrick en Tokio. Editado en español por Lucila Sigal

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La economia americana crecio 4.1% en el segundo trimestre. Bravo!!

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Second-quarter GDP jumps 4.1% for best pace in nearly four years
Jeff Cox | @JeffCoxCNBCcom
Published 7 Mins Ago Updated 1 Min Ago
CNBC.com
Gross domestic product grew at a solid 4.1 percent pace in the second quarter, boosting hopes that the economy is ready to break out of its decade-long slumber.
The number matched expectations from economists surveyed by Reuters and was boosted by a surge in consumer spending and business investment.
That's the fastest rate of the growth since the third quarter of 2014 and the third-best growth rate since the Great Recession. In addition to the strong second quarter, the Commerce Department revised its first-quarter reading up from 2 percent 2.2 percent.

In addition to the rise in consumer and business spending, increases in exports and government spending also helped.
In recent days, White House officials have been indicating the reading will be strong.
President Donald Trump himself tweeted a few days ago that the U.S. has the "best financial numbers on the planet," while National Economic Council Chairman Larry Kudlow predicted on Thursday that Q2 GDP will be "big."
The administration has used a mix of tax cuts, deregulation and spending increases to goose growth. White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told CNBC earlier this week that deregulation likely has had the most impact so far as companies feel more comfortable about committing capital.
The next question will be whether the growth spurt is sustainable. There were several jumps in GDP under former President Barack Obama. That Q3 increase in 2014 was preceded by a 4.6 percent rise in the second quarter. But by the end of 2015, growth had slowed to 0.5 percent. Federal Reserve officials forecast GDP to rise 2.8 percent for all of 2018 but then to tail off to 2.4 percent in 2019 and 2 percent in 2020.
Economists surveyed by Reuters expected that gross domestic product grew at a 4.1 percent annualized rate.

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Debido a componentes del dow que tuvieron malos resultados corporativos.

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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-44976492

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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-44966801

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https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-44942762

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U.S. Economy Grew At 4.1% Rate in Second Quarter

By Harriet Torry and Sharon Nunn
July 27, 2018 8:35 a.m. ET
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy grew at the strongest pace in nearly four years during the second quarter, powered by a rebound in consumer spending, exports and firm business investment.

Gross domestic product—the value of all goods and services produced across the economy—rose at a seasonally and inflation-adjusted annual rate of 4.1% from April through June, the Commerce Department said Friday. That was a pickup from the first quarter’s revised growth rate of 2.2%.

Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected a 4.4% growth rate. The second-quarter growth reading was the strongest since the 4.9% annual rate reported for the third quarter of 2014.

Compared with the second quarter a year ago, output grew 2.8%.

The robust report makes it highly likely the Federal Reserve will continue gradually raising short-term interest rates to prevent the economy from overheating. Central bank officials have raised rates twice this year, and penciled in two further increases this year and three in 2019.

The Fed is widely expected to leave its benchmark rate unchanged at its policy meeting next week and then increase it in September by a quarter-percentage-point to a range between 2% and 2.25%.

Trade played a large role in the second quarter’s bumper growth. Net exports added 1.06 percentage point to the quarter’s 4.1% GDP growth rate, as exports rose strongly.

Earlier this month, the Commerce Department said U.S. soybean exports surged in the second quarter, delivering an outsize boon to economic growth even as China shifted much of its sourcing to Brazil in response to its worsening trade relations with the U.S. The export rally likely reflected efforts by buyers to get their soybeans before China’s 25% retaliatory tariffs on U.S. soybeans, which hit in July.

Inventories subtracted 1.00 percentage point from the quarter’s GDP growth rate. Both trade and inventories tend to be volatile categories.

A machine operator at the Mid Continent Nail Corp. looks at a set of nails that fit into a nail gun at the company’s factory in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in June.
A machine operator at the Mid Continent Nail Corp. looks at a set of nails that fit into a nail gun at the company’s factory in Poplar Bluff, Mo., in June. Photo: bill greenblatt/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
Strong consumer spending helped boost growth alongside trade. A low unemployment rate, steady job and wage growth and the late-2017 tax overhaul may have encouraged spending by consumers and businesses in the second quarter. Consumer spending, business investment and government spending all rose.

Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of total economic output. Friday’s report said personal-consumption expenditures rose at a 4.0% annual rate in the second quarter, the strongest rate of growth since the fourth quarter of 2014. Spending on durable goods alone contributed 0.64 percentage point to the second-quarter rate, the Commerce Department said. As Americans spent more, they saved less. The personal saving rate was 6.8% in the second quarter, down from 7.2% in the first.

A key measure of business spending moderated from the first quarter but remained strong. Nonresidential fixed investment—reflecting spending on commercial construction, equipment and intellectual property products like software—rose at a 7.3% rate after rising 11.5% in the first quarter.

Final sales, which measure the strength of demand for U.S. goods and services by excluding unsold goods that end up adding to business inventories, rose a strong 5.1% in the second quarter, compared with 1.9% in the first.

The housing sector, however, was lackluster for the second quarter in a row. Residential fixed investment fell at a 1.1% rate in the second quarter. That could reflect higher mortgage rates, low housing inventory and tax-code changes that diminished decades-old perks that encouraged homeownership.

Government expenditures were up at a 2.1% annual rate in the second quarter.

The $1.5 trillion tax cut passed by Congress late last year was part of President Donald Trump’s plan to boost economic growth to the above-3% annual growth rate that marked the robust expansions of the 20th century. Economic forecasters largely agreed the legislation would boost growth in the near term, but were split over whether the legislation would sustainably increase the economy’s growth rate in the face of demographic and other structural headwinds.

The current expansion, which began in mid-2009, became the second longest on record in July, trailing only the 10-year expansion that ended in early 2001.

Growth has been lackluster during the current expansion: from the second quarter of 2009 to the end of last year, GDP increased at an average annual rate of 2.2%, below the 2.9% rate during the 2001-2007 expansion and the 3.6% rate from early 1991-2001.

Friday’s report was accompanied by revisions to economic-output statistics going back to 1929, including new methodology the Commerce Department said would address seasonal adjustment problems that have tended to leave the first quarter looking weaker than other quarters. Other revisions include incorporating newly available and more comprehensive data sources.

Friday’s report showed the economy boomed in the second quarter of 2018, although many economists and policy makers believe the pace is unlikely to be sustained in the long run, given the aging of the population and slow productivity growth of recent years.

Economists surveyed by the Journal earlier this month expected the pace of growth would cool in the third quarter to 3%; and to 2.9% in the fourth. The median projection submitted by Fed officials in June projected the economy would expand 2.8% in the fourth quarter of 2018 from a year earlier, and ease to 1.8% annual pace in the long run.

Write to Harriet Torry at harriet.torry@wsj.com and Sharon Nunn at sharon.nunn@wsj.com

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Yields down 2.961%

Oil down 69.49

ExxonMobil reporta debajo de los esperado. Sus acciones bajan 5%

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TWTR -11.34%

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PIB de EEUU sube 4,1 pct en segundo trimestre, impulsado por los consumidores
Por Lucia Mutikani
1 MIN. DE LECTURA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - La economía de Estados Unidos creció en el segundo trimestre a su ritmo más veloz en casi cuatro años debido a que los consumidores aumentaron el gasto y los agricultores apresuraron envíos de soja a China para evitar aranceles comerciales antes de que entren en vigor, a comienzos de julio.

El producto interno bruto de Estados Unidos subió a una tasa anualizada de 4,1 por ciento, también gracias a un mayor gasto gubernamental, dijo el Departamento de Comercio el viernes en su estimación del PIB del segundo trimestre. Fue su mejor desempeño desde el tercer trimestre de 2014 y cumplió con las expectativas de los analistas.

En comparación al segundo trimestre de 2017, la economía estadounidense creció un 2,8 por ciento.