Inflation Dipped, But Not Much...The Consumer Price Index eased 0.2%, from 8.5% to 8.3%, less than the expected 0.4% drop. What it means— Fed Chair Powell gave the markets a shot in the arm last ...
Week In Review – March 14 2022
Prices Rose 7.9% in February Over Last Year... Last month, inflation reached the highest level since early 1982, and those numbers do not include the jump in energy prices after Russia invaded ...
To Peak, or not to Peak July 21 2021
The term “peak growth” has become almost as popular as the Apple TV comedy show Ted Lasso. Peak growth is a catchphrase with the potential to mislead. When the term is applied to the U.S. economy, ...
There was a gappers’ block in financial markets last week as equity investors slowed to see what the United States Treasury bond market was up to.
U.S. Treasury bonds rallied last week. Yields on 10-year Treasuries dropped from 1.43 percent at the start of the week to 1.27 percent on Thursday. The rally was quite a surprise, reported Randall W. ...