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Economic Commentary
Reviewing a Flood of Stale Data
Admittedly, events in Ukraine continue to direct the financial markets. Economic releases (especially the stale ones) come with an asterisk attached...
Fed Hawks Scream and Yields Climb as Crude Soars
In the weeks leading up to last week’s FOMC meeting, the spotlight was on the most hawkish of Fed members, St Louis Fed president James Bullard, who...
Powell Talks Tough After Liftoff
By an 8-1 count, FOMC members voted to hike the overnight fed funds rate by a quarter point. The lone committee member not voting with the majority...
Upward Revisions Mask Still Resilient Consumer Spending
Retail sales rose by +0.3% in February, just below the +0.4% median forecast. However, the month-over-month miss wasn’t the result of weaker spending...
CPI Climbs, but Even Higher Prices Still Ahead
The headline consumer price index (CPI) rose +0.8% in February and +7.9% year-over-year, yet another 40-year high. Major contributors to the headline...