Two Solid Economic Reports Curtail Recession Fears
On Friday, May retail sales in the control group and industrial production growth both beat...
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Will Fed Cut Rates With Stocks At Record Highs?
The Fed funds futures market is often wrong about the intermediate term future. A potential...
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The Main Indicator That Impacts Early Fed Cut
As discussed in the article on the May PPI report, inflation needs to fall to give the Fed room to...
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How Important Is Stock Market To Economy?
Households own a large amount of stock. As of Q1 2019, U.S. households had $124.7 trillion in...
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Gap Between Job Openings & Hiring Increases
For much of the JOLTS report’s recent history, we have seen the gap between job openings and...
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Underemployment Rate Hits A New Cycle Low
The best way to describe the May labor report is most of the stats were consistent with a full...
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The Big Mistake When Analyzing Corporate Debt
Labor market data has been mostly good, although there have been a couple negative readings....
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Which May Services PMI Is Accurate?
The strong May ISM non-manufacturing report was a surprise because most economic reports have been...
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Is Economy Entering Recession Or Getting Out Of One?
Adding to the litany of economic reports that have caused the median Q2 GDP growth estimate to...
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Stocks Forecast An 18.8% Chance Of A Recession
If the average recession causes stocks to fall 26%, then the current correction (as of June 4th)...
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