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Aug 26, 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday that the central bank would revert to its policy approach used prior to 2020. But the Fed might be better served by reaching back...
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Aug 12, 2025
Regardless of perceptions about its veracity as an inflation measure, the July consumer price index will likely prove to be the key event for the week for the interest-rate,...
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Aug 12, 2025
After President Donald Trump’s sacking of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the wake of a weak July employment report, investors will be parsing...
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Jul 15, 2025
The June inflation data due this coming week should show at least some preliminary impacts from tariffs. How persistent these price pressures are seen to be will determine if...
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Jul 14, 2025
The King of Debt, as President Donald Trump once dubbed himself, wants interest rates to fall. That’s hardly a surprise—nearly every other occupant of the White...
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Jul 9, 2025
Lies, damned lies, and government statistics, Mark Twain might have been moved to say if he were around to read June’s employment report. For a clearer view of the job...
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Mar 15, 2025
The stock market has predicted nine of the last five recessions, according to the famous quip from economist Paul Samuelson. That tally may soon be 10.
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Jan 31, 2025
Stock market gains are impacting consumer spending. What happens if stocks correct?
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Jan 27, 2025
President Donald Trump will have to decide if he wants to be part of the problem—or part of the solution.