The U.S. Economy Created 678,000 Jobs in February... The Bureau of Labor Statistics revised the December and January numbers higher by a total of 92,000 jobs. The unemployment rate dropped from 4% to ...
Week In Review – February 14 2022
Prices Up 7.5% over Last Year... In January, annual inflation reached its highest level since February 1982. What it means— The last time inflation ran this hot the 10-year Treasury bond paid ...
Week In Review – February 1 2022
Fed Makes it Official: Expect Higher Rates Starting in March... The Federal Reserve announced it intends to start raising interest rates at the March meeting and will end its bond buying at the same ...
Week In Review – January 3 2022
Markets Rebounded as Omicron Appears Milder Than Previous Variants… The Santa Claus rally showed up right on time and officially ends January 5th. Infections from the fast-spreading omicron variant ...
Central banks have a lot of influence on investors, markets and economies.
For the last year or so, the Federal Reserve has been purchasing $120 billion of bonds every month to ensure United States markets remained liquid and interest rates remained low during the pandemic. ...