First-Quarter GDP Growth Slows to 1.6%, Well Below Forecasts… GDP growth dropped 50% from the third quarter, even though prices moved higher. The combination raised the specter of stagflation. What ...
Archives for April 2024
Week In Review – April 22 2024
In Moderated Q&A, Fed Chair Powell Tells Audience It Might Take Longer to Tame Inflation… Powell noted that while inflation had declined significantly since last year, recent data have not given the ...
April 16 2024
The Consumer Price Index Rose 0.4% Last Month, 0.1%More Than the 0.3% Estimate… The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5% for the year. What it means— Inflation sucks. It seems like just a year or ...
Week In Review – April 1 2024
New-Home Sales Slipped 0.3% in February to an Annualized Rate of 662,000… The sales rate fell 31.5% in the Northeast. What it means— The median sales price of a new home fell from $414,900 to ...