Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
February 25, 2021
Via: CNBCJobless claims fell sharply last week despite severe winter storms that swept across Texas and other parts of the South, the Labor Department reported Thursday. First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled 730,000 for the week ended Feb. 20, well below […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
January 21, 2021
Via: The New York TimesWhat big banks reveal about the economy America’s biggest banks have all now released their financial results for the past year, data that reflect the strange economic situation facing President Biden and his new administration. Parts of the economy are […]
January 11, 2021
Via: CNBCInterest rates could rise sooner than forecast as the economy recovers more quickly than expected from the throes of the Covid-19 damage, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Monday. While most of his colleagues don’t see a rate hike […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
December 16, 2020
Via: CNBCThe Federal Reserve dialed up its economic expectations slightly for the end of this year as well as for 2021, according to the central bank’s Summary of Economic Projections released on Wednesday. The central bank now expects real gross domestic […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
December 2, 2020
Via: CNBCFor the second straight quarter, the world’s leading chief financial officers have a more positive outlook on the Chinese economy than they do for the economy of the United States. In the Q4 CNBC Global CFO Council Survey, CFOs gave […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
November 20, 2020
Via: CNBCJPMorgan economists now see an economic contraction in the first quarter due to the spreading coronavirus and related restrictions being imposed by states and cities. The new forecast is a departure from Wall Street’s widely held view that the first […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
November 20, 2020
Via: CNSNews.comWhite House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Friday that the top states with the highest unemployment are run by Democratic governors while those with the lowest unemployment are run by Republicans. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Navarro noted […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
November 11, 2020
Via: AolEconomists and market analysts say that when President-elect Joe Biden takes the oath of office in January, he will inherit a battered economy. While most metrics of economic activity have risen from the record-shattering lows they hit in March and […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
November 4, 2020
Via: CNBCAs the question remains over who will capture the hotly contested presidential race, one casualty quickly emerging from fallout is the massive stimulus package Democrats were hoping to get to boost the economy. A blue-wave victory in Tuesday’s elections was […]
Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic
October 29, 2020
Via: CNSNews.comReal gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a record annual rate of 33.1 percent in the third quarter of 2020, as efforts continued to reopen businesses and resume activities put on hold by the pandemic, the Bureau of Economic Analysis […]