Fedspeak Weighs on Markets in Both Directions… On Wednesday morning, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said that he is open to raising his terminal rate estimate above 5.4%. On ...
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 17 2022
Consumer Prices Rose 0.5% Last Month and Are Up 7% Over Last Year… This is the highest reading since 1982. Core inflation, excluding food and energy, rose 0.6% last month and is up 5.5% over last ...
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 ...
Week In Review – December 27 2021
Omicron and Fed Policy Worries Shake Markets… The markets sold off at the start of the week as investors worried about a global economic slowdown in the face of rising omicron infections and the ...