Tag: u.s. economic data

U.S. multinationals can breathe a little easier. Maybe. U.S. exports are under pressure… and it has been that way for a while now. Look no...

October was an eventful month as stock markets rebounded from their September selloff, oil prices stabilized somewhat, and the employment picture in the U.S....

The October jobs report surprised nearly everyone, coming in at a very impressive 271,000 jobs created last month. Considering it was also the best...

The labor markets have been improving steadily since th­e financial crisis. Some people would argue that the US is at or near full employment....

September was an eventful month in the markets as the financial markets accelerated a risk-off move on concerns about economic growth in China, and...

With the FOMC meeting concluding and an announcement set to come shortly, I thought it would be worthwhile to share a recent interview that I did...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ends its two-day Federal Reserve meeting today, the significance of which cannot be stressed enough. A lot is...

The Echoing Conundrum “With the Federal Reserve (Fed) conducting their regularly scheduled FOMC meeting this Wednesday, we point out an interesting contrast between the current...

This week I am going to do something a bit different for the weekly commentary. The main issue this week is whether or not...

The August jobs report on Friday showed that 173k jobs were created, below the 210k that was expected. The good news is both June...