by pentoport | Jan 17, 2025 | Commentary
January 17th 2025 US corporations’ hiring plans last year totaled 769,953 workers, the fewest since 2015, according to the labor research firm Challenger, Grey, and Christmas. Private sector data shows that the need to hire new employees for all of last year...
by pentoport | Nov 22, 2024 | Commentary
November 22, 2024 The Federal Reserve believes inflation is no longer a concern for consumers and the time has come to ensure the rate of change of prices does not decline any further. To this point, Susan Collins, the Boston Federal Reserve President, said recently...
by pentoport | Nov 15, 2024 | Commentary
November 15, 2024 Fiscal and monetary policy changes are what drive the data behind the 20 components in my IDEC Model. The election of DJT will most likely provide for significant fiscal and maybe even monetary policy changes. The political winds are behind lower...
by pentoport | Oct 2, 2024 | Commentary
October 1st 2024 So, the Fed has pivoted once again. Jerome Powell has done so many twists that Chubby Checker would be envious. Or better said, the Fed has panicked and now realized it is again offside on its inflation target. Hence, Powell feels compelled to move...
by pentoport | Sep 13, 2024 | Commentary
September 13, 2024 The labor market is clearly weakening. But in reality, this is what needs to happen. Short-term pain is needed to reconcile the great imbalances created by decades of free money. The alternative is intractable inflation that renders the middle class...
