paid JOLTS • 2 min read US Jobs Market: Onwards & Upwards We've contended all year that the labor market was normalizing from the unsustainable pace of hiring during the…
public Fed • 3 min read MARKET CALL: Powell's Latest Pirouette Fed Chair Jerome Powell is an accomplished danseur. His pirouette's are masterful. He did another such pivot on…
paid Inflation • 3 min read Sticky Landing For Inflation? Today's CPI report suggests that inflation may be getting stuck north of the Fed's 2.0%…
public Fed • 3 min read Powell's Mixed Message Remains Dovish The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the federal funds rate (FFR) by 25bps today as widely expected. We expected…
paid CPI • 3 min read Powell Is Too Dovish The monetary policy hawks may be coming home to roost at the Fed's November 6-7 meeting. September'…
public Fed • 2 min read Market Call: Back To Higher For Longer? Remember the "higher for longer" mantra about the outlook for the federal funds rate (FFR) during the spring?…
paid Employment • 3 min read Big Employment Increase Puts Recession Story to Bed This morning's payroll employment report for September and upward revisions for July and August were much stronger than…
public Fed • 3 min read Powell Declares Mission Accomplished The Fed cut the federal funds rate (FFR) by 50bps today. This marks the end of the Fed’s monetary…
paid Week Ahead • 3 min read The Economic Week Ahead: September 16-20 The main event this week is the FOMC meeting (Wed). The Fed is widely expected to cut the federal funds…
public CPI • 3 min read CPI Triggered Stock Market Hissy Fit This morning's CPI report showed inflation continues to moderate. Nevertheless, stock prices initially fell sharply on the news.…
paid Stock Market • 3 min read Market Call: Did Powell Just Pour Gasoline On Stock Market's Fire? Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole on Friday was unambiguously dovish, as we observed in that…