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Bond Yields Lower on Slightly Weaker Data

This morning, second quarter GDP was revised downward from +2.4% to +2.1%, while the GDP price index was lowered from...

Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech Reiterates Higher-for-Longer Fed Policy

This morning in a widely-anticipated keynote speech at the annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, Chairman Powell led with a strong...

Yields Climb on Stronger than Expected Consumer Spending

U.S. consumers may be strapped with record debt levels, but that burden has yet to make much of an impact...

Higher Interest Rates, Rising Debt and Wider Deficits Magnify September

It’s been 10 days since Fitch downgraded the U.S. sovereign debt rating from AAA to AA+. The downgrade itself isn’t...

Odds of a September Rate Hike Slip Further as CPI Matches Forecasts

The overall and core consumer price index (CPI) rose by +0.2% in July, both equaling the median forecast while continuing...

Rising Energy Prices Set to Boost Late Summer Inflation

Energy prices were the main reason for the sharp rise in overall inflation last summer as well as the decline...

Bond Yields Lower Despite Solid Labor Report

U.S. businesses added +187k jobs to company payrolls in July, slightly below the +200k median forecast, while prior month revisions...

Job Openings Still Outnumber Jobseekers by Wide Margin

The number of U.S. job openings slipped to a 26-month low, but remain extremely elevated relative to the number of...

Monday Morning Comments

Global equities are modestly higher overnight, as are U.S. futures. Core sovereigns are slightly lower, as are U.S. Treasuries. 10yrs...

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