Federal Reserve Officials’ concerns about the overheated labor market may be over. The focus now is on prices. Recent data on inflation suggests that the monetary policy effect on shelter prices is […]
Core Inflation remains over the Federal Reserve Target 2% mostly driven by Cost of Shelter. However, Cost of Shelter shows a lagged effect from monetary tightening. It is a matter of time and […]
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 US economy is keeping track on a healthy and sound equilibrium as hiring, workers, and unemployment show encouraging data. On June 2024 the 4.1% US Unemployment Rate shows little change as […]
Employees quitted jobs at a lower pace gearing up for the summer 2024. Current BLS Quits Data could have spillovers on Monetary Policy, Mortgages, and Remote Work. Voluntary separations from employment went […]
Fear of increasing inflation in the U.S. appear to be the trigger behind the market volatility of previous weeks. Recent gains in hourly compensation to workers have had analysts measuring the effect […]
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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