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February 16, 2025 INFLATON PICKS UP: The Consumer Price Index rose by 0.5% in January. The one-year CPI number rose to 3.0% from 2.9%. ...

February 9, 2025 JANUARY EMPLOYMENT: 143,000 net new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in January, much lower than the prior two...

February 2, 2025 U.S. ECONOMY GREW AT 2.5% RATE IN 2024: According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. economy grew at an...

January 26, 2025 ANOTHER STRONG WEEK: The S&P 500 hit another record high before coming down a bit on Friday. Friday's decline was not...

January 19, 2025 MILDLY ENCOURAGING INFLATION NUMBERS: Last week, all eyes were on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' report on...

January 12, 2025 JOB MARKET HEATS UP: In December, the U.S. economy added 256,000 net new jobs. The unemployment rate decreased from...

January 5, 2025 U.S. MANUFACTURING SLOWS MORE SLOWLY: The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) keeps a monthly index called the...

December 29, 2024 WHAT WOULD WARREN BUFFET DO?: From time to time, some of you have told me of your nervousness caused by actions by...

December 22, 2024 PLAYING THE ROLE OF EBENEZER SCROOGE...: The Fed met last week and announced a decrease in its benchmark rate by one...