paid US Economy • 1 min read 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…
paid US Economy • 1 min read 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…
paid US Economy • 2 min read 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.…
members Money • 2 min read Running Out of Money? Monetarists seem to be making a comeback, and they are sounding the alarm that the recent weakness in the M2…
paid US Economy • 2 min read Loose Lips Sink Bonds & Stocks The members of the FOMC ("Federal Open Mouth Committee") continue to sink prices in the fixed-income markets. The 2-year Treasury…
paid Consumer • 1 min read Consumers Are Still Consuming So far, consumers haven’t read the recession memo. They are spending freely, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse, which found that…
public US Economy • 1 min read No Recession In Services Following today's release of September's nonmanufacturing purchasing managers index (NM-PMI), the Atlanta Fed's GDPNow tracking model revised Q3's growth rate…
public US Economy • 1 min read Slow Moving Economy August's industrial production and inflation-adjusted retail sales reports today show that the US economy is growing, but just barely. The…
public Inflation • 1 min read CPI Tends To Overstate Inflation Relative To PCED August's CPI unnerved the stock market because its core inflation rate was higher than expected. August's PCED will be released…
paid Inflation • 1 min read Inflation Shocks The Markets August's CPI report shocked the financial markets. It was widely expected to confirm that inflation peaked around June based on…
public Economic Survey • 1 min read The Economic Week Ahead, September 12-16 It's another action packed week ahead. On the inflation front, we are expecting that, on Monday, the FRB-NY survey of…
paid Energy • 1 min read One-Week Winning Streak The DJIA, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 snapped a three-week losing streak today. Why? After all, on Thursday, Fed Chair…