Bank of the West U.S. Outlook Report for March 23, 2018
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Industrial Production Slips While Core Producer Price Gains Accelerate Bank of the West Daily Update Industrial production unexpectedly dipped -0.1% in January and December’s gain was revised lower to 0.4% from an originally reported 0.9%. Manufacturing production was unchanged, while utilities production growth slowed from 4.6% in December to 0.6%, and mining production declined 1.0% […]
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US Outlook Report: Global Economy Firing on All Cylinders We have written about this before, but it bears repeating today. One of the reasons the FOMC felt comfortable going ahead with the balance sheet normalization plan and signaling another rate hike before the end of the year was the significant progress that has been made […]
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US Outlook Report: Patience Springs Eternal One has had to be patient in this economic expansion. Except for stock prices, which have been on a screaming one way ticket to the top since March 2009: The S&P 500 is up a stunning 222% from its recession low. The rest of the economy has taken […]
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Instant Analysis of Today’s FOMC Meeting Statement and Projections No rate hike from the FOMC as expected today. However, The FOMC is preparing the markets for another rate hike before the end of the year. The FOMC statement released today added the language, “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal […]
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