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06/20/2022

Weekly Economic Update - 6-20-2022
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06/15/2022

Fed Update 6-15-2022 https://lsabeta.com/blog/?51039

06/13/2022

Weekly Economic Update 6-13-2022

U.S. stocks ended on another dour note last week, as any hopes for improvements in inflation were dashed. Markets were mixed through Thursday, when a sharp decline was driven by higher jobless claims and worries over the Friday CPI release, which turned out to be higher than expected. The World Bank...

06/06/2022

Weekly Economic Update 6-06-2022

U.S. stocks continued a back-and-forth last week, with more volatility than usual day-to-day based on economic news, anticipated impacts on the Fed, and probability of recession. More dire comments from folks such as JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Elon Musk appeared to fuel additional negativity, alth...

05/23/2022

Weekly Economic Update 5-23-2022

U.S. stocks started the week on a down note, with Chinese retail sales falling over -10% from a year ago, as well as a lowering of stock market estimates from well-watched Wall Street strategists. After another subsequent rally, stocks fell back again sharply mid-week along with several high-profile...

05/17/2022

Weekly Economic Update 5-16-2022

U.S. stocks were down again, representing the sixth straight down week for the S&P 500. However, Friday’s advance trimmed the negativity from earlier in the week, which seemed to be helped by the Elon Musk purchase of Twitter (and use of Tesla share proceeds) to be on hold. By sector, only defensi...

05/05/2022

Fed Update 5-04-2022

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee turned more aggressive in this month’s meeting by raising the key fed funds interest rate by 0.50%—for the first time in over twenty years by that amount—to a new range of 0.75-1.00%. There were no dissents. This was in line with consensus estimates, s...

05/02/2022

Weekly Economic Update 5-02-2022

U.S. equities experienced a volatile week, falling back near -15% correction territory from peak levels, with April returns coming in as the poorest month since March 2020. Results during the week were largely driven back and forth by earnings news during one of the busier reporting segments for S&P...

04/25/2022

Weekly Economic Update 4-25-2022

U.S. stocks were mixed in the holiday-shortened week, with high inflation numbers a bit below worst fears led hopes for a possible peak, while Q1 earnings season began. ‘Value’ sectors materials, industrials, and energy eked out minor gains, significantly outpacing large declines of 2-3% seen in...

04/18/2022

Weekly Economic Update 4-18-2022

The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee raised the key fed funds interest rate today by 0.25%, to a new range of 0.25-0.50%. This first hike in four years was as expected, with the Fed communicating their intention and amount fairly directly in recent weeks. However, at least until the Russian inv...