Tag: Bank of the West

US Outlook Report: Growth Without Inflation

Next week’s economic indicators should highlight the strength and resilience of the U.S. economic expansion.  But whether it will be enough to distract investors from the near-term political risks coming from Washington, including raising the debt ceiling, passing a FY 2018 federal budget, and getting tax reform done, is still an open question. For what […]

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Bank of the West – Instant Analysis of the July FOMC Statement

As we expected, the FOMC dropped a big hint in today’s FOMC  statement that implementation of the Fed’s balance sheet normalization plan will be implemented “relatively soon”.  I take that to mean an announcement at the next FOMC meeting on September 20th with asset reductions beginning in October. The FOMC helped the market digest the […]

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