The housing market seemed to be of two minds in October, but there was a report on the public’s post-election mood last week that ought to lift the business community’s spirits as the holiday season begins.
Steady, moderate growth — that’s what the Federal Reserve and The Conference Board are seeing in the U.S. economy two weeks before Election Day.
In politics, there’s the “October surprise” — a revelation timed a few weeks before an election in an effort to influence the outcome.
Reaction to the Labor Department’s report that the U.S. economy created 156,000 new jobs in September went in all directions.
U.S. consumers, apparently shrugging off the caustic presidential campaign rhetoric as the election grows closer, more and more like what they see in the U.S. economy.
When will the Federal Reserve decide the moment is right to raise interest rates?
It’s as if the business world is clearing its agenda for the Federal Reserve.
Concern is growing in U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month, but it was not last week’s economic reports that changed investors’ outlook.
When the Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in August – an average result, though below economists’ expectations – the reaction, especially from financial markets, was that we know one thing: The Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at its meeting this month.
The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in August, slowing sharply from the two previous months.
The housing market seemed to be of two minds in October, but there was a report on the public’s post-election mood last week that ought to lift the business community’s spirits as the holiday season begins.
Steady, moderate growth — that’s what the Federal Reserve and The Conference Board are seeing in the U.S. economy two weeks before Election Day.
In politics, there’s the “October surprise” — a revelation timed a few weeks before an election in an effort to influence the outcome.
Reaction to the Labor Department’s report that the U.S. economy created 156,000 new jobs in September went in all directions.
U.S. consumers, apparently shrugging off the caustic presidential campaign rhetoric as the election grows closer, more and more like what they see in the U.S. economy.
When will the Federal Reserve decide the moment is right to raise interest rates?
It’s as if the business world is clearing its agenda for the Federal Reserve.
Concern is growing in U.S. financial markets that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month, but it was not last week’s economic reports that changed investors’ outlook.
When the Labor Department said the U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in August – an average result, though below economists’ expectations – the reaction, especially from financial markets, was that we know one thing: The Federal Reserve won’t raise interest rates at its meeting this month.
The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in August, slowing sharply from the two previous months.
