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After all was said and done, the reaction to the FOMC’s rate decision to leave the fed funds rate unchanged and the Fed Chair’s comments was rather… meh. However, in between the press release and comments...

Whew – you could almost hear the sigh of relief from the financial markets when the December consumer price index (CPI) was reported this week. After a slightly warm PPI report the day before, data watchers were a bit on edge ahead of the Fed’s second favorite inflation indicator. All in all, the report was...

It is difficult to find anything wrong in the December job report. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the country added 256,000 jobs last month to round out the year with a gain of 2,232 jobs. While this is below the increases in the past few post-pandemic years, 2024’s total exceeds...

A lot happened in 2024, some good and some bad. The fighting in the Middle East and Ukraine continued with no end in sight for either. There was a total eclipse of the sun early in the year, bringing in an estimated $6 billion in revenue for the country. Taylor Swift’s worldwide Eras tour had...