unemployment
Every few months, inflation or deflation resurfaces as the featured topic of discussion. There seems to be an even divide of individuals who believe inflation is a foregone conclusion and…
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I’ll be watching the President’s speech instead of the opening night NFL game and listening for several key factors. In order to decipher the various proposals, I encourage you to…
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Last week, corporate profitability was added to the third revision of third quarter GDP growth and not surprisingly, corporate profits were up more than 28% from the same point one…
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The most eagerly anticipated report of the week was Friday’s labor report. Nonfarm payrolls fell by 54k in August, well ahead of the 105k drop economists were predicting. Further allaying…
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Equity markets meandered through a comparatively benign week before May’s employment report derailed trading on Friday. The S&P 500 Index finished down 2.3% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was…
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