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War, Mixed Economic Signals, and Bad Concrete
June 22, 2025 STOCK PRICES HOLD: Investors were watching the Middle East all week as the market, during a holiday-shortened week, did...
5 days ago4 min read
Heavy News, Light Inflation, and Remembering Good Vibrations
June 15, 2025 BIG, MOSTLY BAD, NEWS WEEK: The week before last, the big news was a public feud between the President of the United...
Jun 164 min read
Steady Job Growth, Gyrating Trade Data, Stocks Rise, Sam Arrives
June 8, 2025 JOB GROWTH SLOWS A BIT: In May, the U.S. economy added 139,000 new jobs, a little less than last month. Government jobs...
Jun 84 min read
Inflation Down, Mortgage Rates Still Up, and Craic
June 1, 2025 U.S. INFLATION: The Fed's preferred inflation index is the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index. According to the...
Jun 14 min read
A Trip Interrupts
May 25, 2025 A VERY RARE OCCURRENCE: It has been a few years since I went a week without getting a fresh edition of MacGray Matter out. ...
May 261 min read
Stocks Soar, Consumer Sentiment Slumps, Green Thumb
May 18, 2025 INFLATION DATA MOVES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.2% in April. Over the past...
May 184 min read
Calmer Markets, Inconclusive Economic Data, and "At Least" 50 Pounds
May 11, 2025 NO CHANGE: To no one's surprise, the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank met last week and announced no change to its key interest...
May 115 min read
Mixed Signals, Climbing Stocks, and Piano Prodigies
May 4, 2025 U.S. ECONOMY CONTRACTED IN THE FIRST QUARTER: In the first quarter of 2025, the U.S. economy contracted at a rate of -0.3%....
May 54 min read
Stocks Climb, Birth Rates Climb, Housing Mixed, Jack in the Box Shrinks
April 27, 2025 STOCKS CLIMB BACK: Stocks enjoyed a strong week of growth both in the U.S and overseas. Driving the rally was a wave of...
Apr 283 min read
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