Financial News for the Week of October 18th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The retail sales report once again reinforced the message that the U.S. consumer…
Financial News for the Week of October 11th, 2024
Financial News Highlights Progress on the inflation front appears to have stalled at the end of the third quarter in…
Financial News for the Week of October 4th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The U.S. labor market perked up in September as job gains beat expectations, the unemployment…
Financial News for the Week of September 27th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric, the core PCE index, continued to cool in August…
Financial News for the Week of September 20th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The Federal Reserve started its easing cycle with a bang, reducing the policy rate by 50 basis points…
Financial News for the Week of September 13th, 2024
Financial News Highlights Markets have been weighing the prospect that the Federal Reserve will opt for a 0.5 percentage point cut in the federal…
Financial News for the Week of September 6th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The U.S. added fewer jobs than expected in August, even as wage growth accelerated, and the unemployment rate edged…
Financial News for the Week of August 30th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The second estimate of Q2 GDP revealed that the U.S. economy grew at 3.0% annualized, a bit stronger than…
Financial News for the Week of August 23rd, 2024
Financial News Highlights Minutes from the July 30-31 FOMC meeting as well as Chair Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole showed a clear commitment…
Financial News for the Week of August 16th, 2024
Financial News Highlights The July report for the Consumer Price Index showed headline inflation fell below 3% for the first time since March…