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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-22-2015 Economic data for the week was somewhat mixed in both the industrial and housing areas; this fell along the same theme leading to inaction by the Fed following the week’s FOMC meeting. Equity markets rose in the U.S., while … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-15-2015 Economic data from last week looked a bit stronger, with some positive surprises from retail sales and a few sentiment surveys; the JOLTs and jobless claims reports, however, disappointed. Despite some day-to-day volatility in equity markets and recent trends … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 6-01-2015 Economic data from last week was lackluster on the manufacturing front, with poor durable goods and PMI figures, as well as a negative shot to sentiment with a negative 1stquarter GDP growth revision, while housing and consumer … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-26-2015 Economic results were again mixed, with some improvement in housing, tempered overall but higher core CPI inflation readings and stronger jobless claim data. U.S. equity markets on average were slightly higher, while foreign equities ended up negative … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-18-2015 Economic data for the week was mixed, with weaker-than-expected retail sales numbers, decent employment metrics and conflicting sentiment data from consumers and small businesses. Global equities gained on the week, with international stocks outperforming U.S. names—due to … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 5-12-2015 Economic reports last week were led by a decent ISM non-manufacturing report, low levels of jobless claims and a decent but unexceptional employment situation release—uninspiring enough to keep markets hoping for continued easy Fed policy beyond June. … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 4-27-2015 In a light week for economic releases, durable goods came in somewhat better than expected, led by aircraft orders, while housing also showed some mixed signs of life. Housing has been sporadic over the last few years, which … 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
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Weekly Economic Update
Economic Update 3-02-2015 Economic data was mixed on the week, with housing figures relatively flat on net, inflation coming in weaker on a headline level due to the impact of lower energy prices, and tempered results in other areas. Adjusted … Continue reading
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Fed Update
Fed Update In their meeting that just concluded, the FOMC formally ended ‘the taper’ effective this coming month-end, closing a chapter of multiple quantitative easing programs totaling $3 trillion. This was widely anticipated, though, so markets didn’t react too strongly … Continue reading
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Weekly Economic Update
It was a slow week for economic news, but a few pieces came out positively. Janet Yellen’s congressional testimony was also benign and dovish—alluding to at least another year of easy monetary conditions. Equity markets were generally flattish on the … Continue reading
The Chairwoman and QE
Janet Yellen had her Senate confirmation hearing this morning to become the Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve when the Bernank’s term ends in January. Now it’s simply a matter of time until she takes the reigns. So what does this … Continue reading
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