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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-13-2018 Economic data for the week was light but led by stronger inflation implied by the consumer price index, less so for producer prices, while labor markets continued their run of strength. Equity markets lost ground overall during … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 8-06-2018 Economic news during the week was highlighted by the Fed’s decision to keep interest rates steady, a lukewarm employment situation report for July but stronger labor data in other reports, decent housing numbers, but weaker ISM manufacturing … Continue reading
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Fed Update
Fed Update: The FOMC concluded their monetary policy meeting today, which, as expected, resulted in no change to the fed funds rate—currently targeted to a range of 1.75-2.00%. There were no dissenting votes. The formal narrative again was positive … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-30-2018 Economic data for the week was highlighted by the 2ndquarter GDP report, with the best results in five years. Durable goods were mixed, as were jobless claims, while housing data generally came in below expectations. U.S. equity … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-23-2018 Economic data for the week included a stronger-than-expected retail sales report, coupled with continued strength in the index of leading economic indicators, while industrial production and manufacturing data came in a bit mixed, and housing data disappointed, … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-16-2018 Economic data for the week was focused on inflation, with the PPI and CPI both showing gains, and a stronger pace on a year-over-year basis. Labor data, based on job openings and claims, continued to fare well. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-09-2018 Economic data was highlighted by another decent employment report, as well as gains in the ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing indexes. U.S. equity markets were stronger on the week as economic results outweighed trade/tariff worries; foreign stocks were … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 7-02-2018 Economic data for the week featured a slight downtick in first quarter GDP, a drop in durable goods orders, pending home sales and consumer confidence, while new home sales and jobless claims remained strong. U.S. and foreign … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-25-2018 Economic data last week saw manufacturing experience a bit of a decline, housing was mixed, although housing starts and prices were higher, jobless claims were mixed but remained strong, while the index of leading economic indicators continued … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-18-2018 Economic data for the week was dominated by the U.S. Federal Reserve raising short-term interest rates by a quarter point. Otherwise, retail sales and manufacturing showed strong gains, as did jobless claims and consumer sentiment, while inflation … Continue reading
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Fed Note
Fed Note: The June FOMC meeting concluded with members deciding to raise the fed funds target rate by 0.25%, for the seventh time this cycle, to a new range of 1.75-2.00%. As the probability of this happening was over 95%, … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-11-2018 Economic data for the week consisted of better-than-expected non-manufacturing index data and continued strength in job openings and jobless claims, while the trade deficit shrank a bit. Equity markets continued their winning run with U.S. stocks outgaining … Continue reading
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