Do Positive Economic Developments Indicate a Potential Interest Rate Cut?
Stephanie Ciardi2024-08-19T19:45:05+00:00August 2024 - Market Update It’s taken a while, but the elusive sub-3% annual inflation1 is now a reality......seemingly providing the Federal Reserve with enough justification to cut rates at its September meeting. [...]
Inflation Eases And Employment Steadies, Sparking Hope For Rate Cuts
Stephanie Ciardi2024-07-19T01:01:47+00:00July 2024 - Market Update June saw more progress on inflation. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) declined by 0.1% month-over-month for the first time since the pandemic began1. The drop was driven [...]
Promising Signs For Investors And Optimism In The Economy Ahead
Stephanie Ciardi2024-06-20T02:00:12+00:00June 2024 - Market Update Good news for consumers: the latest data showed inflation is finally easing... ...with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) showing a drop in prices for necessities and discretionary [...]
A Cooling Labor Market and Slower Economy Growth
Stephanie Ciardi2024-05-17T18:54:46+00:00May 2024 - Market Update As analysts assess the health of the economy, the latest jobs reports raise concerns about a potential slowdown.In April, nonfarm payrolls rose by the smallest amount in six months. [...]
A Long Road To A Normal Inflationary Environment
Stephanie Ciardi2024-04-19T16:26:52+00:00April 2024 - Market Update The road to a normal inflationary environment looks longer than it did before. The March Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed that headline and core CPI both [...]
Cautious Consumers Respond with Heightened Sensitivity for Inflation
Stephanie Ciardi2024-03-21T15:17:51+00:00March 2024 - Market Update In February, the US experienced a slight acceleration in inflation. This acceleration is shown with year-over-year prices growing by 3.2%, a bit more than expected, and marking [...]
Resilience in the Markets
Stephanie Ciardi2024-02-22T02:25:58+00:00February 2024 - Market Update The jobs market continues to show remarkable resilience. In January, there were 353,000 new jobs added, the largest increase in one year1. Wages also grew by 0.6%, [...]
Jobs, Inflation, and Expectations!
Stephanie Ciardi2024-01-19T02:39:12+00:00January 2024 - Market Update Jobs, inflation, and expectations around what the Federal Reserve may or may not do continue to be the focus of markets as 2024 begins. The latest jobs [...]
A Merry Market Update!
Stephanie Ciardi2023-12-21T17:30:14+00:00December 2023 - Market Update In their final meeting of 2023, the Federal Reserve signaled a dovish pivot by updating their interest rate projections, indicating multiple rate cuts for both next year [...]
Remember, Remember 5% Down in September….
Stephanie Ciardi2023-10-20T14:06:05+00:00October 2023 - Market Update September proved challenging for global stocks and bonds... It marked the worst month for stocks in a year, with the S&P 500 down 5%, and the weakest performance [...]
Tempus Rapid Reaction: Government Shutdown Drama
Stephanie Ciardi2023-09-27T17:08:42+00:00September 2023 Background The government is poised to shutdown if a funding bill isn’t passed by September 30th. Speaker McCarthy is attempting to corral Republican support for a bill but is facing [...]