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On Thursday the bank reported that they have better profits for the third quarter then the analysts were expecting. Citigroup was up two percent while Key-Corp went up by four percent. The shares in technology also rose in the beginning of trading. The Standard and Poor’s 500 indexes rose seven points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,001.While Dow Jones average went up by thirty points. The NASDAQ average rose by twenty nine points. The prices of bonds fell. Also the ten year Treasury note rose to around two percent. The price of oil fell by one percent to around forty six dollars per barrel in New York City. This article helps me make my decision about the stage that our economy is in because this article goes into detail about how the stock market is increasing the stocks. By increasing the stocks that will help boost our economy. Also because the stocks are increasing citizens of the U.S. fears are fading because now they