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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-13-2015 Economic data was light and results mixed last week with the ISM services report coming in a bit weaker, but jobs reports—JOLTs and claims—better than consensus. The FOMC minutes generally read as expected, with differing views on the strength of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Commodities, DJIA, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Eurozone, Fed, LSA, oil prices, Retail Sales, S&P500
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Brian Wesbury ‘The Triple Mandate’
Listen to Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist at First Trust Portfolios, discuss a third mandate of today’s Fed that goes one step beyond maximum employment and price stability and why he believes we are still destined for a rate hike in June. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wesbury, Federal Reserve, June Rate Hike, mandate, maximum employment, price stability, rate hike
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Chart of the Week: Is Job Creation Holding Back Rate Hike?
Chart of the Week Last Friday, the nonfarm payrolls numbers, a closely watched gauge regarding the employment market, for the month of March were announced at a disappointing 126,000 new jobs, a far cry from the 245,000 economists estimated. This … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-06-2015 Despite being a shortened holiday week, it was busy due to a number of economic data releases. Good news came from upside surprises in factory orders, firmer housing data and a better consumer confidence reading; bad news … Continue reading
Posted in Economic News
Tagged bps, China, Commodities, consumer confidence, Crude oil, economic data releases, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, equity markets, factory orders, GDP, Government, housing data, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, job reports, LSA, manufacturing survey, oil prices, Oppenheimer Funds, S&P 500, S&P500, stocks, Yahoo!
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Ben Bernanke Launches Blog
In the midst of all the uncertainty of Fed policy, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made the following announcement: “Now that I’m a civilian again, I can once more comment on economic and financial issues without my words being … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-30-2015 Last week’s economic data was relatively lackluster, with sporadic results from durable goods, while housing came in similarly to slightly better than expected. Inflation remained slightly negative on a headline basis and below-average on a core level. Equity … Continue reading
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Tagged Commodities, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Europe, Inflation, interest rates, LSA, S&P500
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-23-2015 In a somewhat light week for economic reports, the FOMC meeting was the highlight—in which no action occurred, other than a subtle language change that stemmed the persistent rise in the dollar. Several housing reports showed lackluster … Continue reading
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Tagged commodity prices, economic growth, Europe, export, FOMC meeting, health care, interest rates, Japan, S&P 500, U.S. dollar index
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Chart of the Week: Fed Not Impatient
Chart of the Week This week’s charts are Dot Plots, a visual depiction of the expectations FOMC meeting participants hold of where the federal funds rate should be in different points in the future. The dropping of the term ‘patient’ … Continue reading
Fed Update
The FOMC, as expected, did not make any changes to policy, such as raising interest rates from current rock-bottom levels. However, the tone of the statement was a bit more neutral towards the subject, compared to the accommodative language seen … Continue reading
Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-16-2015 Economic reports of the week were highlighted by retail sales, which disappointed, perhaps with weather effects; consumer and business sentiment was a bit weaker upon a recent trend of higher gasoline prices; and import prices and inflation … Continue reading
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Tagged gasoline prices, interest rate, interest rates, strong dollar
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Chart of the Week: The Forgotten Benefits of Active Management
Chart of the Week These charts show the movement of the S&P 500 versus a couple of properly screened actively managed mutual funds during two periods of market downturn. With the S&P 500 soaring the past 6 years, it is … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-09-2015 Economic data last week was mixed, as ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing reports showed expansion, albeit at a lessened rate than expected. Employment data was strong on Friday, in both payrolls and a lower unemployment rate, despite … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Commodities, Crude oil, DJIA, Dow Jones, economic data, Economic Update, Employment data, Europe, Federal Reserve, ISM manufacturing, S&P500, US dollar
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