In what is beginning to look more like a case of ‘The Fed plans, Reality conspires’, the policy of Quantitative Tightening(QT) is sixteen and a..
With the end of 3Q2023, I thought this a good time to review our Fed Rate Increase Impact Map, where we made some assumptions for..
QT (Quantitative Tightening) Purpose & Goals QT is the Fed’s process to mop up the $9 trln-plus excess liquidity they and the Congress, through heavy..
Fed Rate Hikes Are Just Starting To Bite! The May 3, 2023, .25% Fed rate hike brings the 15 month total in hikes to 5.00%. ..
The Federal Reserve is on an unprecedented interest rate hiking binge in their effort to bring down our recent near historically high inflation. Starting in..
Employment, inflation, Fed policy, supply chain strain and other key indicators continue to hover in negative territory. As in my June post, there is just..
Yesterday (January 18th, 2022) it was announced that Microsoft is planning to buy popular video game publisher Activision Blizzard for a very nice $69 billion...
We want to wrap up 2021 economic commentary with a quick summary of last week’s Jobs Report and this week’s Consumer Price Index. Certainly, there..
Where did all that stimulus money go? Between the Federal Reserve’s monetary actions and Congress’s fiscal spending, an estimated $8 trillion has entered the economy..
A note from ARGI: During the last 6 months, our 1st Tuesday Blog developed into a monthly look at the economy. In order to continue..
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases two job reports that this month highlight the huge difference between job openings and jobs created. On April..
On June 3, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the revised Productivity and Costs analysis of the First Quarter of..