Employment
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Will Depressed Small Business Owners Depress The Economy?
Stocks marked time today, while bonds rallied after the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) released its March survey of…
More Bumps Ahead?
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has often said that the road toward lowering inflation down to the Fed's 2.…
The Economic Week Ahead: April 1 - 5
The first week of the month is always jampacked with economic indicators. In addition, at least one member of the…
Sweet Economic Indicators
Today's batch of economic indicators was mostly sweet. Q4's real GDP was revised from 3.2%…
We Have Nothing To Fear But Nothing To Fear
Fed Chair Jerome Powell was very reassuring during his congressional testimony today. He said the economy is fine, inflation is…
The Economic Week Ahead: March 4 - 8
The week ahead is jampacked with employment indicators. We expect that January's JOLTS report (Wed) and February'…
50 Shades of Bright Colors
The economic picture remains bright. The Atlanta Fed updated its GDPNow model today. Q1's real GDP is tracking…
Higher For Longer
We've been in the higher-for-longer camp regarding the outlook for the federal funds rate (FFR) since the end…
It Was Cold In January, But Spring Is Coming!
Retail sales fell 0.8% m/m in January, much weaker than expected (chart). Leading the way down was a…
Inflation Scare
Today, January's CPI inflation rate was slightly higher than expected. But the upside surprise was enough to convince…