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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-19-2017 Economic news for the week centered on the Fed, which raised rates another quarter-percent. Other data included a drop in retail sales and disappointing housing metrics, continued low jobless claims, and strength in a variety of regional … Continue reading
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Fed Note
Fed Note: The June FOMC meeting ended today, and resulted in a +0.25% hike in the fed funds target rate, bringing this to a new range of 1.00-1.25%. In fact, Fed Funds futures had shown a 99%+ probability of this … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-12-2017 Economic data for the week was very light, and limited to a slight pareback in non-manufacturing growth and continued low readings for jobless claims. Equities performed negatively around the world last week, especially in the U.S. technology … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-05-2017 Economic data for the week was generally flat to a bit weaker, with decent results from manufacturing surveys, continued mixed housing data, and a poorer-than-expected May employment situation report. Equity markets gained both in the U.S. and … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-30-2017 Economic data last week was led by a weaker durable goods report, an upward revision to first quarter GDP, weakness in housing, and generally neutral results from sentiment and jobless claims. Equity markets gained for the week, … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-22-2017 Economic data for the week was highlighted by some mixed regional manufacturing results, stronger industrial production, a drop-off in housing starts, and jobless claims that continue to run at very low historical levels. U.S. stocks declined during … Continue reading
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Fed Note
Fed Note: The May Fed meeting was a ‘minor’ one, with no press conference or economic projections, so was not considered to be one with a high probability of action. This ended up being the case, with the Fed Funds … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-01-2017 Economic data for the week were highlighted by a weaker-than-expected result for 1stquarter GDP, and disappointing sentiment data, while housing ended mixed and jobless claims remained low. Stock markets rose globally, with help from results from the … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-24-2017 Economic data for the week showed slower but still-strong results in regional manufacturing and production, while housing metrics were mixed. Stock markets gained globally, led by the U.S. and Japan, while other markets generally came in flatter. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-17-2017 Economic data for the week consisted of unsurprisingly weaker retail sales, lower inflation readings via the consumer price index and producer price index, as well as continued strength in labor markets. Equity markets lost ground in the … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-10-2017 Economic reports for the week came in mixed, with slightly weaker ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing data, although both remained strongly expansionary. While the ADP employment report was quite strong, the government nonfarm payrolls report was far less … Continue reading
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Tagged bps, China, Commodities, CPI, Crude oil, crude oil prices, DJIA, ECB, Economic, economic data, economic growth, Economic Update, Emerging Markets, Employment, Europe, Eurozone, Fed, Federal Reserve, fixed income, FOMC, GDP, Government, Home Sales, Inflation, interest rate, interest rates, Janet Yellen, Japan, Jobless Claims, LSA, MSCI Europe, oil prices, Portfolio, Q/E, Real Estate, Retail Sales, Russia, S&P 500, S&P500, unemployment rate, Update, Yahoo!
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-27-2017 In a lighter week for economic data, durable goods and housing data were mixed, while jobless claims rose due to winter weather in parts of the country. U.S. stocks declined in line with political disappointments surrounding health … Continue reading
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