Tag: u.s. economy

Muhammad Ali was speaking at a Harvard commencement ceremony in 1975 when a student shouted, "Give us a poem, Muhammad!"  Ali paused and then said,...

Early Wednesday, before the FOMC meeting, I went on Forex Analytix, better known as F.A.C.E, for a pre-market interview. I discussed gold, silver, dollar, oil, bonds...

GDP showing a slowdown of the consumer. However, consumer spending, like so many things in the macro right now, is nuanced. While some stores suffer...

In an op-ed for the Washington Post on November 5, 2010, Ben Bernanke did a victory lap, praising the Fed’s efforts in stemming the financial crisis....

We recently wrote Japan’s Lost Decades to appreciate better why Japan’s GDP is smaller than it was in 1995 and why it took 35 years for...

Back in 1989, Japan was taking over the world. The country’s economy had grown 6.7% in 1988. Sony had just bought Columbia Pictures, one...

At last week’s FOMC meeting, Jerome Powell said, “We think financial conditions are weighing on the economy.” His comments seem sensible, given the following: The Fed...

The following research was contributed to by Christine Short, VP of Research at Wall Street Horizon. CEO Optimism Abounds After a volatile 2023, CEO confidence seems...

In 2019, the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut interest rates and restarted QE despite a healthy economy. Today, inflation is higher than the Fed’s target,...

This week, the spotlight was on Nvidia (stock ticker: NVDA), along with several of the companies we like delivering impressive financial results by striking...