Inflation Jumps to 6.2%… Consumer prices rose 0.9% last month and are 6.2% higher than at this time last year, the highest reading in 31 years. Core inflation rose 0.6% last month and 4.6% over the ...
Week In Review – October 11 2021
The U.S. Economy Created 194,000 Jobs in September, Widely Missing the Estimate of 500,000…The unemployment rate fell from 5.1% to 4.8%, as fewer people participated in the labor force. What it ...
Week In Review – October 4 2021
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 ...