Inflation Reaches 8.5%, Highest in More Than 40 Years... Core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose to 6.5%. What it means— A number above 8% was expected. Investors took the report as better ...
Week In Review – April 4 2022
The U.S. Economy Created 431,000 Jobs in March... The unemployment rate fell to 3.6%. What it means— The jobs number missed by 60,000, but the January and February totals were revised higher by ...
Week In Review – February 28 2022
It’s War... Russia invaded Ukraine, sending commodity spot markets and bonds higher while pushing general equities lower at the outset. What it means— The Russians gave us some great one-liners ...
Week In Review – February 22 2022
Russia Removes a Few Troops from the Ukrainian Border…or Did They?... After massing more than 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border in what looked like preparations for war, Russia announced that ...
Week In Review – February 7 2022
The U.S. Economy Created 467,000 Jobs in January, the Unemployment Rate Ticked up 0.1% to 4.0%... The jobs number was higher than any estimate and well above the consensus estimate of 125,000 ...