Economics Group: Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review Downward Revisions, but Growth Abound Nonfarm payrolls increased by 214,000 in October, with upward revisions to prior months. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent, while average hours and wages perked up in the month. The ISM indices point to continued expansion in October, with the manufacturing […]
Continue ReadingMinneapolis Star Tribune: West Coast ports’ labor strife muddles already-slow movement of goods, including for holidays
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: Updating Our Virtuous Cycle Checklist There she blows! Like Captain Ahab trying to locate the elusive white whale from Moby-Dick, economists have been trying to spot a pro-growth virtuous cycle that would signal to the Fed that it’s okay to normalize interest rates and to others that it’s okay to come out […]
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Continue ReadingLOGIN CREATE AN ACCOUNT November 2014 California Exports Grow Despite Global Slow Down Geopolitical turmoil and increasingly adverse economic circumstances around the globe have not slowed California exports in the latest numbers… Read Full Analysis Now SHARE: Meet Our Experts Christopher Thornberg Christopher Thornberg is widely credited as being one of the earliest and most […]
Continue ReadingNovember 3, 2014 Friday, December 5th 7:45 AM – 9:30 AM Oracle Conference Center 350 Oracle Parkway Redwood City, CA REGISTER NOW! Panel Discussion with Local CFO’s & CEO’s Dylan Smith Box, Co-Founder and CFO Rob Dean Harmony Capital LLC, Founder and President San Francisco Baseball Associates, Board Member Moderator Rosanne Foust SAMCEDA, President […]
Continue ReadingEconomics Group: Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review Staying the Course – The FOMC announced an end to its most recent round of asset purchases this week. The move comes as economic growth remained strong in the third quarter, advancing at a 3.5 percent annualized rate. – Consumer confidence rose 5.5 points to the […]
Continue ReadingUS Outlook Report: The Glass Half-Full Economy Coming on the heels of an October FOMC statement that emphasized the glass half-full view of the labor market recovery over the past year, the advance estimate of U.S. GDP for the third quarter provided a similar view of recent U.S. economic growth. Consumer confidence is soaring, despite […]
Continue ReadingInstant Analysis of Today’s October FOMC Statement The FOMC appears to be staying the course with the October FOMC statement. The headlines today and tomorrow morning will be trumpeting the end of QE3, but that was already widely anticipated by the markets and economic analysts. The question is how does the FOMC proceed from here? […]
Continue ReadingEconomics Group: Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary U.S. Review More Growth Moving Forward The Chicago Fed National Activity Index and the Leading Economic Index, aggregators of already-released economic data, both sent positive signals for current and future growth. Headline and core CPI advanced just 0.1 percent in September, leaving the year-ago rates unchanged at 1.7 percent. […]
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