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Mortgage Rate Rockets Up To 8%
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rocketed up to 8.00% today. It is up from 7.57% on October 12…
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Stock Market's Meltup Continues
Investors had a quick look at today's economic indicators and concluded that the economy is still growing albeit slowly while…
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Markets' Message to the Fed: Just Say No to More Rate Hikes
The stock market sent a message to the FOMC today: Cease and desist from any more rate hikes, please. The…
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Fed 's H.4.1 Shows Banking Crisis Not Getting Worse
The Fed's H.4.1 report is released every Thursday at 4:15 pm. It shows the Fed's assets and…
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Recession Drumbeat Getting Louder
The S&P 500 has been holding up quite well as the the nattering nabobs of negativism beat their drums…
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More Shoes To Drop?
Needless to say, the recent turmoil in the banking sector is raising renewed fears of a recession and a resumption…
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Capital Spending Getting A Lift From Washington
Inflation-adjusted capital spending rose 4% y/y during Q4. That was a solid increase. However, it may be starting to…
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More Soft Landing Stats
No boom, no bust. That describes yesterday's flash estimates for February's M-PMI and NM-PMI released by S&P Global. They…
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Less Inflation & Growth In Three Regional Surveys
We now have three business surveys for January conducted by the NY, Philly, and Richmond Fed district banks. Collectively, they…
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Surveys Say NY & Philly Manufacturing Weak
Stock prices tanked yesterday following reports showing sharp declines in December's retail sales and industrial production. As a result, the…
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A Bowl of Mixed Nuts
Today's batch of economic indicators was mixed, showing that the manufacturing economy remains weak, while the labor market remains strong.…
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Running Out of Money?
Monetarists seem to be making a comeback, and they are sounding the alarm that the recent weakness in the M2…
