1st Quarter Economic

Alexis DuffyNewsroom

The first quarter featured two Fed meetings, with the Fed leaving rates unchanged in January and March. The result is the same current target overnight lending rate of 5.25 – 5.50%, a 23-year high.

Monthly Economic Update: April

Alexis DuffyMonthly Newsletter, Newsroom

Market bulls were also cheering the prospects of a more accommodating and rate-cutting Fed later this year, and they were bolstered by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments on monetary policy, further catalyzing gains for the month.

Monthly Economic Update: March

Alexis DuffyMonthly Newsletter, Newsroom

The January jobs report released in early February showed a blowout jobs number with 353,000 jobs created vs. 185,000 forecasted. Is strong good employment data a good thing? It depends on how you look at it.