CPI Oct 2022
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in October, below the consensus expected +0.6%. The CPI is up 7.7% from […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% in October, below the consensus expected +0.6%. The CPI is up 7.7% from […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. Today’s blog post is for those investors who want to drill down below the […]
Election day is tomorrow and will bring results for key Senate, House, and Governors races from all around the country, […]
Nonfarm payrolls increased 261,000 in October, beating the consensus expected 193,000. Payroll gains for August and September were revised up […]
The ISM Non-Manufacturing index declined to 54.4 in October, below the consensus expected 55.3. (Levels above 50 signal expansion; levels […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. On 10/31/22, the S&P 500 Index closed the trading session at 3,871.98, which was […]
The Federal Reserve plans to keep raising rates at future meetings, but at a slower pace than it has for […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. We update this post every few months so that investors can see which of […]
The ISM Manufacturing Index declined to 50.2 in October, narrowly beating the consensus expected 50.0. (Levels higher than 50 signal […]
After nearly three years of the economic and financial market distortion due to COVID lockdowns, money printing, and massive government […]
Personal income rose 0.4% in September (+0.5% including revisions to prior months), matching consensus expectations. Personal consumption increased 0.6% in […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note (T-note) closed at an all-time low of […]
New orders for durable goods rose 0.4% in September (+0.7% including revisions to prior months), coming in below the consensus […]