Still Unprecedented
What a difference a year makes! One year ago the Federal Reserve was forecasting that real GDP would grow a […]
What a difference a year makes! One year ago the Federal Reserve was forecasting that real GDP would grow a […]
Retail sales declined 0.6% in November (-0.7% including revisions to prior months), coming in well below the consensus expected decline […]
Industrial production declined 0.2% in November, lagging the consensus expectation of no change. Utilities output rose 3.6% in November, while […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. From 2003-2021, the CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (an index designed to measure a […]
The Fed downshifted to smaller rate hikes but isn’t close to done. In contrast to the 75 basis point rate […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1% in November, below the consensus expected +0.3%. The CPI is up 7.1% from […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post illustrates the wide disparities that often exist between the annual price […]
The reasons for inflation are somewhat mysterious and unreliable and sporadic. Sometimes a given set of circumstances will give rise […]
Predicting stock values in 2023 is tough. Unprecedented actions during COVID leaves a wide range of possible outcomes. Let us […]
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.3% in November, coming in above the consensus expected +0.2%. Producer prices are up […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. For those who may not recall, the Telecommunications Sector was reconstituted within the S&P […]
