Two questions will dominate in the November 27 week. First, how is the 2023 winter holiday shopping season shaping up? Second, will the FOMC raise rates again at the December 12-13 meeting. This week there [...]

Global economic activity continues to struggle to keep up with market expectations. At minus 17, the RPI shows forecasters on average not too wide of the mark but underperformance can only bolster the chances of [...]

There’s been an uptick in talk about financial stability from Fed officials in the last few months. This is unsurprising given the concerns about how financial institutions are managing their interest rate risk after the [...]

The November 20 week is effectively a three-day work week with the Federal holiday on Thursday for Thanksgiving and many workers taking leave on Friday to have a four-day weekend afterward. Black Friday is the [...]

Global economic activity continued to fall slightly short of market expectations last week. At minus 14, the Relative Performance Index shows forecasters still a little too optimistic about current conditions and, with recent inflation indicators [...]

Each year in November in conjunction with the release of the October producer price index, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a report on the dollar value of quality changes for motor vehicle models in [...]

Will consumers spend a little more this winter holiday season with an extra day to shop? In 2023, there are 32 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas, up from 31 days in 2022 and 2 days [...]

The economic data release schedule is crowded in the November 13 week. There are three reports that should stand out, or would if not for a looming government shutdown on November 17.First is October’s CPI [...]

The Relative Performance Index, at a global reading of minus 24, has slipped further into negative surprise territory, boosting expectations in financial markets that it is just a matter of time before most major central [...]