The New Recession Obsession: The Sahm Rule
I first heard of the Sahm Rule on a trading podcast earlier this week. When…
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Dr. Duru Fed’s Powell Avoids Rate Cut Talk While April CPI Keeps Hope Alive
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made a timely appearance in Amsterdam for a meeting of…
Financial Conditions Make A Monetary Roundtrip and Undercut the Need for Rate Cuts
Last week, financial markets stared in dismay at “sticky” inflation numbers on the consumer and…
Why Monetary Policy Was Late In Responding to the Pandemic-Era Inflation Surge
Validation That Monetary Policy Was Overly Accommodative for Too Long When the Federal Reserve changed…
Bullard Ready to Declare Partial Victory Over Inflation
James Bullard, President and CEO of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, delivered a speech today…
CEOs recover all the pay they lost during the recession
America’s CEOs have been rewarded for performance that has driven corporate profits to record levels.…
Wages in Australia Continue to Rise Strongly
In “Australia Boom Pays Men Without Degree More Than Bernanke“, Bloomberg uses a gimmicky title…
Evans not worried about inflation because of high unemployment
Charles Evans, President of the Chicago Federal Reserve, recently spoke at The Darla Moore School…
Will corporate margins be the next victims of inflationary pressures?
Corporate profit margins have hit record levels, but it seems inflationary pressures are waiting in…
Employing Workers Will Get More Expensive in 2010
Employing workers will get even more expensive in 2010. The National Association of State Workforce…