Nonfarm payrolls increased 339,000 in May, easily beating the consensus expected 195,000. Payroll gains for March and April were revised […]
The stock market finished Friday on a high note, with the S&P 500 index just north of 4,200 for the […]
Personal income rose 0.4% in April (-0.3% including revisions to prior months), matching consensus expectations. Personal consumption rose 0.8% in […]
New orders for durable goods rose 1.1% in April (+1.6% including revisions to prior months), easily beating the consensus expected […]
View from the Observation Deck On Friday May 5, 2023, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that […]
Real GDP growth in Q1 was revised higher to a 1.3% annual rate from a prior estimate of, and consensus […]
View from the Observation Deck Today’s blog post compares the performance of energy-related stocks to the broader market, as measured […]
New single-family home sales increased 4.1% in April to a 0.683 million annual rate, beating the consensus expected 0.665 million. […]
If you’ve been to a high school or college commencement lately, then you know the drill: at some point at […]
