Behind the Numbers Archive
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Behind the Numbers - Oct 15, 2021
Inflation Path Remains Unclear - The inflation story continues to fluctuate and depends largely on which metrics are considered. The consumer and producer price indices are showing some slowdown in the...
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Behind the Numbers - Oct 8, 2021
Does This Count as 'Reasonably Strong'? - The September monthly job report was, in the words of a revered Federal Reserve Chairman, a conundrum…at least at first glance. The U.S. added 194,000 jobs in...
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Behind the Numbers - Oct 1, 2021
Who Flipped the Switch? - The financial markets did not fare well as the third quarter came to an end. Maybe it took a few days for the markets to fully digest the Federal Reserve’s appraisal for inflation and...
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Behind the Numbers - Sep 24, 2021
Did He Say November? - Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was as specific as he could be without being specific. During the press conference following the official FOMC press release, Powell reminded...
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Behind the Numbers - Sep 17, 2021
The Second Half of the Inflation Story - The most important side of the inflation story, how price pressures are impacting our wallets, provided a needed sigh of relief this week. Whether the sigh proves deep or...