Spending Measure Passes, But Remaining Debt Ceiling Issue and Taper Talk Sink Markets… The House passed a continuing resolution to authorize spending through December 3, avoiding a government shutdown ...
Week In Review – September 13 2021
U.S. Businesses Reported 10.9 Million Job Openings, Far Outnumbering the 8.7 Million People Unemployed… Employers claim they can’t find qualified workers, even though millions remain on the ...
Week In Review – August 23 2021
Fed Minutes of July Meeting Show Consensus for Tapering This Year, Sending Markets Lower… The minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting at the end of July showed a broad agreement among the ...
Week In Review – August 18 2021
Consumer Prices Rose 0.5% Last Month and 5.4% Over the Last Year… The monthly inflation gain eased from the 0.9% pace in June, but annual inflation remained stubbornly high, at the same rate as last ...
Week In Review – July 26 2021
Equities Sell Off, Then Bounce Back… On Monday, U.S. equities had their worst day since October 2020, but they reversed course on Tuesday and have continued marching higher throughout the ...