
Thrilla in vanilla
If anyone had told you three years ago that the heavyweight championship bout of the decade would feature the Federal
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Slowing job growth and a nervous recovery
August employment reports are in and at first glance, we seem to be doing well. Except that most economists disagree.


Blind faith at BFS
Still wondering when we’re going to see that light at the end of the tunnel? Kansas City Federal Reserve president


Housing looks bulletproof unless…
No wonder builder confidence just hit an all-time high—builders are so busy there’s no time to be depressed. U.S. housing


Eschew your dampeners
July jobs reports for both the U.S. and Canada are out. In the U.S. last month, we added—or more accurately,


Cliff notes
“They all had jobs and they had economically viable jobs, but we told them they couldn’t work—to protect us. Now


Coronavirus nibbles back
COVID-19 sprang a surprise on everyone last week. But not the surprise you’ve been seeing in the headlines. Two weeks