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Market Watch

Mon August 26, 2024
In his address at the Fed’s economic symposium last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Powell declared victory in the Fed’s four-year effort to reduce inflation [...]
Thu August 22, 2024
Mortgage Applications were -10.1% for the week ending August 16th, a steep decline from the previous +16.8%. Weekly mortgage applications are a volatile indicator [...]
Mon August 19, 2024
The U.S. Dollar Index is down by 0.24% today, reaching an overnight low of 102.001, the weakest point for the dollar benchmark since the [...]
Fri August 16, 2024
Yesterday’s Retail Sales data for July was a surprise to the upside, gaining 1% (and 18-month high) vs. a 0.4% estimate. When excluding autos [...]
Wed August 14, 2024
Headline yearly CPI for July was 2.9%, below the 3.0% estimate and yearly Core CPI (excludes food and energy) was 3.2%, matching the estimate. [...]
Tue August 13, 2024
Monthly Producer Prices (final demand output) for July were +0.1%, below the +0.2% estimate. The Services sector portion of PPI was -0.2%, led by [...]
Mon August 12, 2024
The U.S. economic calendar is quiet today but features some key data releases as the week progresses. The primary focus will be on Wednesday’s [...]
Thu August 8, 2024
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims (for the week ending Aug 3rd) were 233k, nearly matching the 240k estimate. And the prior week’s tally was revised [...]
Tue August 6, 2024
While there is no unanimous reason for what sparked yesterday’s market meltdown, many are pointing to last Friday’s worse-than-expected jobs report. It wasn’t the [...]