At the press conference following the January 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee meeting Fed Chair Jerome Powell stated that members "believe that our current policy is appropriate at this time". Only 6 weeks before at the press [...]
Global| Jan 31 2019Fed's Pause & Risks of A Hard Landing
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- Global| Jan 25 2019
State Coincident Indexes
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank's December estimates of state coincident activity continue to show a fairly moderate range of growth among the states, with 34 (2 more than the initial results for November) seeing gains between [...]
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- Global| Jan 25 2019
State Coincident Indexes
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s December estimates of state coincident activity continue to show a fairly moderate range of growth among the states, with 34 (2 more than the initial results for November) seeing gains between [...]
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- Global| Jan 18 2019
"Opportunistic" Strategy for the Fed
Federal Reserve officials are between a rock and a hard place. Even though economic growth has topped policymaker’s expectations turbulence in the financial markets due to fear of tighter monetary conditions and the risk of a trade [...]
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- Global| Jan 08 2019
America's Trade and Production Problem
The US and China just concluded another round of lower ranking official trade negotiations. The next step is more formal talks with senior officials and there is great anticipation that a trade deal will be struck between China and [...]
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