Economic Viewpoints
What’s Happening with Interest Rates? The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate again earlier this month. That was…
What’s Happening with Interest Rates? The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate again earlier this month. That was…
Consumers Keep Spending Retail sales rose a remarkable 3% in January. That is after declines in November and December,…
Surprise January Jobs Surge The economy added 517,000 jobs in January. No one saw this coming. Consensus expectations were…
Job Openings Defy Expectations in December Job openings rose by 572,000 at the end of December from November to…
Consumer Spending Slows Consumer spending declined in November and December. Consumers’ ability in the last 18 months to keep…