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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-15-2017 Economic data for the week was highlighted by a disappointing gain in retail sales, while consumer sentiment improved, jobless claims provided their best showing in almost 30 years, while inflation numbers were mixed but generally showed tempered … 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 2-21-2017 In a busy week for economic releases, several manufacturing indexes shined with strong results, inflation came in stronger than in recent months, and housing numbers were a bit mixed. U.S. equity markets again showed strong gains, although … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 11-01-2016 Economic data for the week showed mixed results, with a decent GDP report for Q3, but weaker durable goods orders.  Real estate prices showed continued gains, as did pending home sales, while new home sales came in … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 9-26-2016 Economic data for the week was largely focused around the FOMC meeting, where no interest rate policy action was taken.  Several housing metrics came out during the week, to mixed results, with stronger pricing and homebuilder sentiment, … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 8-15-2016 Economic data for the week included a flattish/disappointing retail sales report and continued weak productivity, but, on the positive side, ongoing strong labor market metrics. U.S. equity markets reached new highs again for the week, before pulling … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 8-01-2016   Economic data for the week was highlighted by no policy action at the FOMC meeting, while GDP for Q2 underwhelmed compared to expectations.  Housing numbers were relatively good with home sales reaching pre-recession levels. U.S. equity … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 6-27-2016 Most global attention was focused on the U.K. ‘Brexit’ referendum, which was assumed to be doomed to failure earlier in the week—until final results showed it passed by a small margin.  In a slower week for U.S. … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 6-20-2016 The week was highlighted by the FOMC meeting, at which no interest rate policy changes were made. In other data, retail sales surprised on the upside, manufacturing and production data were mixed, and inflation came in little … Continue reading

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Fed Note

Fed Note: It was rumored again in recent months that Fed might use June as another jumping off point for a 2nd rate hike, but it was again not to be.  With the poor employment situation report for May and … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-09-2016 Economic data for the week was highlighted by continued mixed results in manufacturing, but stronger non-manufacturing/services data.  The employment situation report for April was a bit of a disappointment, mostly due to the doubt it casts on … Continue reading

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Weekly Economic Update

Economic Update 5-02-2016 As expected, the FOMC didn’t take any interest rate policy moves following their April meeting, while 1stquarter GDP came in a bit lower than expected, manufacturing data continued to show some ongoing weakness, while housing reports were decent. Stocks … Continue reading

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