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Economic Notes: There are no economic reports on today’s calendar, but there is one Fed official speaking — St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, who has a morning speech in Glasgow, Kentucky. Bullard is not a voting member of the FOMC for 2018. G-20 finance...
After positive comments on the economy yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will have a second day of testimony in Washington starting at 10am ET as he sits with the House Financial Services Committee. In an unexpected downturn, housing starts as well as...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will answer questions from the Senate Banking Committee in Washington in the first of two days of testimony to Congress. Chairman Powell is expected to reiterate that the economy is in a “good place” while signaling there is no need...
President Trump and Russian Leader Vladimir Putin began their Helsinki Summit this morning. The good news on the economy keeps rushing in, even during our global trade war. Watching tariff actions and counter actions may be unsettling to some so try to focus attention...
In an interview Thursday on American Public Media’s “Marketplace” program, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave an upbeat assessment of the U.S. economy but warned a sustained period of high tariffs on a wide variety of imports could be harmful to growth....
A big increase in the CPI would have emphasized ongoing inflation risks: a tight labor market, high energy prices, and the initial imposition of import tariffs. However, today’s report showed consumer prices edged only 0.1 percent higher overall in June and 0.2...
The June Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was announced at 8:30am ET. Services and metals are factors in June's producer price report where all three headline indexes -- overall, less food & energy, less food & energy &...
The Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) tracks monthly change in job openings and offers rates on hiring and quits. The JOLTS report is expected to show a 6.700 million total in June, little changed from May's record 6.698 million. The...
The market has consistently attempted to move higher and lower, but the trend ends quickly as it either reverses the same day or the next. The S&P 500 was finally able to push away from its 50-day simple moving average and closed above some resistance in the 2,740...