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Investment Insights: Trumping monetary policy

Category: Your Wealth | Published: 11/30/16 | Print

Category: Your Wealth
Published: 11/30/16

Posted by Wade Balliet

Investment Strategy

Evening street-shopping scene, with strings of holiday lights suspended over the sidewalk.

While we are anticipating more activity and trading volume in 2017, the remainder of 2016 still may hold a few surprises.

Tags: crude oil, Donald Trump, economy, equities, Federal Reserve, GDP, global markets, interest rates, oil prices, retail sales, Wade Balliet

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U.S. Outlook: An early Thanksgiving this year

Category: Economic Outlook | Published: 11/18/16 | Print

Category: Economic Outlook
Published: 11/18/16

Posted by Scott Anderson

Chief Economist

Graph showing rise of retail sales in recent months.

Upside U.S. economic surprises were a common theme this week, helping to support the post-election equity rally and prolonging the Treasury bond market sell-off.

Tags: consumer spending, economy, Federal Reserve, GDP, housing starts, interest rates, Janet Yellen, jobless claims, retail sales, Scott Anderson, surprise index

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U.S. Outlook: Election nerve flare-ups vs. decent U.S. data

Category: Economic Outlook | Published: 11/04/16 | Print

Category: Economic Outlook
Published: 11/04/16

Posted by Scott Anderson

Chief Economist

Graph showing rises and sips in productivity ratings over last several years.

We finally got some better news as U.S. productivity increased at its fastest rate in two years in the third quarter.

Tags: economy, Federal Reserve, FOMC, GDP, interest rates, Janet Yellen, jobs, payroll report, politics, presidential election, productivity, Q3, Scott Anderson, volatility

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U.S. Outlook: Solid GDP growth in Q3; what’s in store for Q4?

Category: Economic Outlook | Published: 10/28/16 | Print

Category: Economic Outlook
Published: 10/28/16

Posted by Scott Anderson

Chief Economist

Graph showing percentage increase in export of total goods

A decent GDP growth performance for the United States should keep the FOMC on track for a December rate hike.

Tags: Bureau of Economic Analysis, business inventories, consumer spending, exports, GDP, GDP growth, imports, Scott Anderson

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Investment Insights: Trumping monetary policy

U.S. Outlook: An early Thanksgiving this year

U.S. Outlook: Election nerve flare-ups vs. decent U.S. data

U.S. Outlook: Solid GDP growth in Q3; what’s in store for Q4?

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