January 15th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. This week has been packed with key US economic indicators, starting with Tuesday's December CPI release showing headline inflation rising 0.3% MoM (in line with consensus, up from 0.2% prior) and core CPI at 0.2% MoM (cooler than expected). [...]
January 7th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. Economic data this week continues to paint a picture of a U.S. economy that is slowing but not in outright recession, with the latest data showing anemic readings in manufacturing and other cyclical indicators such as the ISM, which remain [...]
December 27th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. It's a shortened week at Wall Street with the holidays upon us. Many traders and institutional managers are off. Trading volume is light as expected but the week is packed with important economic data releases. Today, the BEA (Bureau of Economic [...]
December 19th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. Recent U.S. economic data for November 2025 shows cooling inflation alongside labor market softening and manufacturing weakness. The CPI rose 2.7% year-over-year, below forecasts of 3.1%, with a modest 0.2% rise over October to November due to government shutdown delays. [...]
December 12th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. The Federal Reserve delivered its third consecutive rate cut, bringing the Fed funds target range down to 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent, which aligned with market expectations. The central bank also announced that it will begin purchasing $40 billion in [...]
December 4th, 2025: Weekly Market Review
1. U.S. economic data continued to signal cooling activity: November ISM Manufacturing remained in contraction at 48.2 (anything below 50 indicates contraction), ADP private payrolls unexpectedly fell, and consumer confidence plunged to its lowest since April. These releases, alongside tame core [...]



