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Mar 20, 2024

The start of new construction housing increased 10.7% to 1.521 million units month-over-month to an annualized rate in February after falling 12.3% in January.  The February increase was well above the consensus of 1.449 million units in the Econoday’s survey of forecasters.  Read in this Weekly Brief our analysis of...


Mar 13, 2024

Although many companies are experiencing record sales with the stocks hitting all-time highs, the small business sector seems to be missing the party all together. For several years we have been writing about the lagging S&P 600 Small Cap Index to its peers of the S&P 500, NASDAQ, and S&P 400 Mid Cap Indices.  Today we...


Mar 7, 2024

A January 2024 Gallup Poll indicated that Americans mentioning the economy as a key issue has risen almost three-fold since 2019.  In the category of Economic Problems, 76.7% was attributed to “Economy in General” and “High Cost of Living/Inflation”.  In this Weekly Brief we review events of the 1960’s that...


Feb 28, 2024

Today the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was released for February 2024.  We need to monitor this economic indicator on consumers and their views of the economy as it provides us potential insight to the future of consumer spending which represents 66% of the nation’s financial activity as referenced...


Feb 21, 2024

This week's podcast dives into the disconnect between media-driven recession fears and the actual economic growth seen despite the Federal Reserve's rate hikes. Contrary to dire predictions, the economy expanded, with significant stock market rallies and low unemployment rates defying expectations....