Where is the Economy?
What’s going on with the markets and the economy? Long-term Treasury yields are up substantially since last Fall while the […]
What’s going on with the markets and the economy? Long-term Treasury yields are up substantially since last Fall while the […]
Housing starts increased 3.9% in July to a 1.452 million annual rate, narrowly beating the consensus expected 1.450 million. Starts […]
View from the Observation Deck We update this post every few months so that investors can see which of the […]
Retail sales rose 0.7% in July (+1.0% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected gain of 0.4%. Retail […]
Wars cost money, and throughout history countries have borrowed to fight them. There are plenty of examples of wars bankrupting […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.3% in July, coming in above the consensus expected +0.2%. Producer prices are up […]
View from the Observation Deck For today’s post, we looked back to 1990 and selected calendar years where inflation, as […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.2% in July, matching consensus expectations. The CPI is up 3.2% from a year […]
View from the Observation Deck We update this post on an ongoing basis to provide investors with insight into the […]
The trade deficit in goods and services came in at $65.5 billion in June, slightly larger than the consensus expected […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 187,000 in July, narrowly lagging the consensus expected 200,000. Payroll gains for May and June were revised […]
View from the Observation Deck For today’s post, we thought it would be informative to compare the rate of consumer […]
