Considering recent data on Unemployment Insurance Claims where new issues are both not outstanding, and within the trend (227,000), as well as employment payroll lackluster additions (114,000), what labor analysts observe is […]
Recent uptick in the Unemployment Rate may be a spillover of the so-called “Great Resignation”. The main effect of the phenomenon has been a tight Labor Market where employers struggled to find […]
Inflation remained persistently sticky during July 2024. Reported Data on Headline Inflation for the month read at 2.84 percent change on over-the-year basis. Change over-the-month totaled 0.15 percent. The current over-the-year change […]
July 2024 marks two years of constant decline in frictional unemployment levels. Labor Quits Data continue to show employees are staying put, while Separations Data show employers do not easily let go […]
The latest qualitative data, the Beige Book, shows flat to modest growth in economic activity across most of the US economy. The Cleveland and Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank Districts informed of softening […]
Despite increases in sector productivity and median home prices, recent events on commission distribution and high interest rates on mortgages have led the real estate business activity to slow down in the […]
The stock market seems to be returning to the old normal of higher levels of volatility. I suggested on Tuesday that former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan’s comments could have brought back volatility by triggering […]
The stock market keeps on sending signals of correction as the Dow Jones struggle to rebound from Monday’s 5th of February sell-off. Economic analysts began early in the week to point out […]
On February 5th, 2018, Dow Jones index fell 1,175 points after the trading day. Four economic scenarios are being analyzed in the news as of the first week of February 2018. First, […]
The US economy added 228,000 new jobs in November of 2017 and analysts rush to assess the state of the economy as “STRONG.” Although the job reports are indeed good indicators of […]
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