Fed Decision and Scalp Trading
The Fed opted to keep rates the same despite all signs that inflation is rearing its ugly head again but there is nothing we can do about that except continue…
Jerome Powell – More Bank Failures
We are surprised there wasn’t much commentary about the Fed’s Jerome Powell saying there would be more bank failures. Here is a snippet from The Hill: Powell said the banks…
The Fed Rate Decision & Déjà vu all over again
The Fed decided to pause on rate changes yesterday and that got us thinking about our post entitled, “Comparing Inflation 1960 to 2023” and wondering if its Déjà vu all…
BLS: CPI November 2023
The BLS released the November CPI report today and while many are cheering the continued decline in inflation, there is still plenty to worry about. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – NOVEMBER…
Labor Hoarding or Labor Panic?
The Kansas City Fed had an excellent release discussing the current labor shortage paradigm and we suggest everyone read it. Here are some key points: From 2001 thru 2019 there…
The Fed vs. The World
The Fed opted not to hike at today’s FOMC meeting which did surprise us given the recent headline news. Oil is over $90 barrel. Amazon plans to hire 250,000 while…
More Rate Hikes, More T-Bills
CNBC is reporting that the Fed is concerned about inflation be rekindled and based on most of the economic data coming out lately, it sure seems like people are continuing…
Federal Reserve Bank Stress Test
The Federal Reserve released their 2023 Federal Reserve Stress Test and it had some interesting information. You can read the press release here and download the report here. Here is…
The Fed vs JOLTS & Social Security Projections
With the March jobs report coming in hot last week we wanted to take a look at the effect of the Fed Funds rate against the JOLTS reports for the…
Fed, JOLTS & Stock Charts
It’s been an extreme week of near bank failures, JOLTS reports and our updated stock collapse chart comparisons so let’ get started. The Fed raised interest rates by a quarter…