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Home Depot reports earnings this week

Marielle Segarra Aug 19, 2019
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A sign for a Home Depot store in 2018 in El Cerrito, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Home Depot reports earnings this week

Marielle Segarra Aug 19, 2019
A sign for a Home Depot store in 2018 in El Cerrito, California. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Home Depot will report earnings on Tuesday. On the one hand, the big-box retailer is in a good position: there’s steady demand for its products. But on the other, there’s also a lot going on in the economy that could hurt Home Depot: a drop in existing home sales and, of course, ill effects of the trade war.

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