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Weekly Economic Update 6-06-2022

Blog U.S. stocks continued a back-and-forth last week, with more volatility than usual day-to-day based on economic news, anticipated impacts on the Fed, and probability of recession. More dire comments from folks such as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk appeared to fuel additional negativity, alth...

Fed Update 5-04-2022

Blog The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee turned more aggressive in this month’s meeting by raising the key fed funds interest rate by 0.50%—for the first time in over twenty years by that amount—to a new range of 0.75-1.00%. There were no dissents. This was in line with consensus estimates, s...

Weekly Economic Update 5-02-2022

Blog U.S. equities experienced a volatile week, falling back near -15% correction territory from peak levels, with April returns coming in as the poorest month since March 2020. Results during the week were largely driven back and forth by earnings news during one of the busier reporting segments for S&P...

Weekly Economic Update 4-18-2022

Blog The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the key fed funds interest rate today by 0.25%, to a new range of 0.25-0.50%. This first hike in four years was as expected, with the Fed communicating their intention and amount fairly directly in recent weeks. However, at least until the Russian inv...