The world is about halfway back to normal.
The Economist developed the Global Normalcy Index (GNI) to measure the post-pandemic return to normal. In March 2020
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What begins with the letter “I”?
Infrastructure is essential and sometimes taken for granted. Pipes carry drinking water to our homes, offices, and healthcare
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Is that a hawk?
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week. They get together eight times a year to review current economic and financial
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2021What you need to know about accelerated underwriting and drop ticket applications!
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It’s transitory. It’s not transitory. It’s transitory. It’s not transitory.
Media analysts were plucking the inflation daisy petals last week. On Thursday, the
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Pulling the economy out of the shed.
If you’ve ever stored tools or machinery in a shed or garage for an extended period of time, you know they often need some
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Do you fantasize about one day owning a home but don’t think you’ll ever be able to afford it? Do you wonder how you’ll ever come up with the down payment
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Are we at a tipping point?
One side effect of the pandemic was a collapse in demand for oil, which led to “the largest revision to the value of the oil
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What do markets hate?
They hate uncertainty, and recently there has been plenty of it. Some of the questions plaguing economists and pundits include:
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Uncle Inflation is here. Will he overstay his welcome?
Ever since the financial crisis, central banks have pursued expansionary monetary policies to encourage
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Like a gender reveal gone wrong, last week’s employment report delivered an unexpected surprise.
Economists estimated 975,000 new jobs would be created in
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It’s Spring and economic recovery is in the air.
Last week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the U.S. economy grew at a 6.4 percent annualized rate for
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