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Q1 2023 GDP (1) The US economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% during the first quarter of this year, slowing significantly from the Q4 2022 annualized rate of... View Article

CPI Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.1% month-over-month and 5.0% year-over-year through March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest release. It was the slowest monthly climb... View Article

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(1) Interest Rate Impact on Bank Securities and Capital After recent distress in the banking sector, there is a risk that many of the small and mid-sized banks that hold... View Article

Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.4% month-over-month and 6.0% year-over-year on a seasonally adjusted basis through February, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March 14th release. Both... View Article

Homebuilding Sentiment Rises According to the latest data from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), homebuilding confidence is on the rise. The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) rose... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker If your desk is like mine, it might be a little cluttered. You probably have many ideas driving through your brain... View Article

January Jobs Report According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the US economy added 517,000 jobs in January while the unemployment rate was little changed at 3.4%. The number of... View Article

GDP Real GDP increased at a 2.9% annual rate in Q4 2022, according to the advance estimate by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Economic output has slowed from Q3 2022,... View Article

By Clifford Hockley, CPM, CCIM SVN Bluestone, Principal Broker Henry Ford, the father of Ford Motors, had a relentless focus on planning. He looked ahead and planned his innovations, to... View Article

CPI Inflation The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 6.5% year-over-year and just 0.1% month-over-month, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — relatively in line with... View Article

When a list of predictions includes that the US housing market will not experience a “wave of foreclosures” one can assume the forecast for 2023 is not filled with optimism.... View Article

For the next two years, the US will have a divided Congress, with Republicans hanging onto a slim majority in the House of Representatives while Democrats snagged similarly slim control... View Article