Economic Commentary

Bond yields rose for the ninth straight day as the U.S. consumer contributed to a recent string of b…

Tucked away on page 18 of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal were two contrasting letters to the editor…

An inability to fully digest a massive amount of bond supply entering the market, along with expecta…

On the surface, the August labor report was clearly a disappointment. Nonfarm payrolls grew by just …

Stocks are rallying for the third straight day and bond yields are moving higher on a combination of…

As last week drew to a close, trade war hostilities were heating up. On Friday morning, China announ…

The Federal Reserve and in particular its monetary policy setting Federal Open Market Committee have…

China stole the thunder from the Fed early this morning with a surprise announcement of additional t…

Early news from the annual two-day central bankers symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming suggested that…

Bond yields are creeping slightly higher and stocks are up for the second straight day in the midst …

In the last 11 trading days, the DOW has been up more than 300 points three times, and down approxim…

Over a five-day period ending August 7th, Bloomberg News surveyed 71 of the nation’s top economists …

The stock market is taking another beating this morning and bond yields continue to fall as the drum…

Early this morning, China responded severely to last week’s announcement that the U.S. would slap ad…

Although the release of the July employment report is big news, the dominant news continues to be tr…

By an 8-2 count, the Fed’s policy-making committee lowered the overnight rate target by 25 basis poi…

The Fed’s policy-making FOMC is scheduled to meet this week with an rate announcement expected at 1:…

The longest economic expansion in history has now entered its 11th year and the Fed suddenly appears…

Over a six-day period ending July 11th, Bloomberg News surveyed 76 of the nation’s top economists fo…

The U.S. ended the second quarter in the midst of the longest economic expansion in history at 121 m…

Bond yields jumped in early trading as the June employment signaled much stronger job growth than ec…

On Saturday, the U.S. and China agreed to restart talks that have been stalled since early May. Pres…

We can’t recall ever seeing a mid-month Bloomberg economist survey, but so many opinions changed aft…