Weekly Market Review

1. It’s a quiet week of economic data before Memorial Day, but Moody’s downgraded U.S. debt from Aaa to Aa1 over the weekend (on 5/16/25), following [...]

1. This week’s economic data, led by the April 2025 Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, indicated cooling inflation, with headline CPI rising 2.3% year-over-year, down from 2.4% [...]

1. This week’s economic data painted a mixed picture of resilience and uncertainty, with the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on May 6–7, [...]

1. This week’s stock market experienced heightened volatility as shifting political dynamics injected uncertainty (and later, some cautious optimism) into investor sentiment. Initially rattled by concerns [...]

1. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, in a speech on April 16, 2025, at the Economic Club of Chicago, signaled a cautious approach to monetary policy, [...]

1. There is a lot to unpack this week's "Weekly Market Review", the U.S. stock market experienced significant volatility.  There was also a sharp spike in [...]

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1. The ISM Manufacturing Index for March 2025 dipped to 49%, down from 49.8% in February and below January’s 50.3%, indicating a contraction in manufacturing after [...]

1. Recent economic news sent ripples through the stock market as consumer confidence plummeted to a 12-year low, heightening recession fears. No, I don’t believe recession is [...]