Consumer Prices Rose 0.5% Last Month and 5.4% Over the Last Year… The monthly inflation gain eased from the 0.9% pace in June, but annual inflation remained stubbornly high, at the same rate as last ...
Week In Review – March 22 2021
Federal Reserve Plans to Hold Steady for Years… At their regularly scheduled meeting this week, the central bankers agreed to hold monetary policy steady and for the majority forecast rates to remain ...
Week In Review – February 3 2020
Coronavirus Kills Hundreds, Infects Thousands, Threatens Global GDP... As China tries to stem the spread of the virus, investors try to determine how much the disease will affect commerce. What it ...
Week In Review – September 24 2019
The Federal Reserve Cut Interest Rates 0.25%... The Fed Funds rate now stands at 1.75% to 2.00%. What it means – The vote was 7 to 3, which isn’t great. Two of the dissenters wanted to hold rates ...
Week In Review – March 25 2019
Fed to the Markets: We’re Done!... The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its latest meeting, and then forecast no further rate hikes this year and only one next year. What it means – ...