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NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street, often chided as an avenue of excess, might finally get its fill in the coming week.
Investors have spent much of the new year careening from one notion to another about the health of the economy and the direction of the markets. In times when self-assuredness doesn't seem so fleeting, Wall Street's penchant for fresh data isn't as noticeable. But investors could be forgiven for feeling dizzy over the forthcoming news: a statement from the Federal Reserve's interest rate committee, a raft of economic figures and a crush of earnings reports.
Investors are hoping the figures and comments will help determine whether recent bouts of uncertainty about the direction of the markets have been warranted. Last week, the Dow fell 0.5 percent, the Standard & Poor's 500 index declined 0.46 percent, and the Nasdaq composite index lost 0.7 percent. The indexes remain barely higher for the year.
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