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FOMC Statement 5/3/17

2017-05-03T14:04:45-04:00May 3, 2017|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen even as growth in economic activity slowed. Job gains were solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate declined. Household spending rose only modestly, but the fundamentals underpinning [...]

FOMC Statement 12/18/13

2013-12-18T13:55:06-05:00December 18, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October indicates that economic activity is expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement; the unemployment rate has declined but remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, while the recovery in the housing sector [...]

FOMC Statement 10/30/13

2013-10-30T13:56:07-04:00October 30, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September generally suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace. Indicators of labor market conditions have shown some further improvement, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Available data suggest that household spending and business fixed investment [...]

FOMC Statement 9/18/13

2013-09-18T14:37:17-04:00September 18, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Some indicators of labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the [...]

FOMC Statement 7/31/13

2013-07-31T14:04:27-04:00July 31, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June suggests that economic activity expanded at a modest pace during the first half of the year. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed [...]

FOMC Statement 6/19/13

2013-06-19T13:57:55-04:00June 19, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown further improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing [...]

FOMC Statement 5/1/13

2013-05-01T14:04:54-04:00May 1, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in March suggests that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Labor market conditions have shown some improvement in recent months, on balance, but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the housing [...]

FOMC Statement 3/20/13

2013-03-20T13:57:16-04:00March 20, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests a return to moderate economic growth following a pause late last year.  Labor market conditions have shown signs of improvement in recent months but the unemployment rate remains elevated.  Household spending and business fixed investment advanced, and the [...]

FOMC Statement 1/30/13

2013-01-30T14:13:17-05:00January 30, 2013|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December suggests that growth in economic activity paused in recent months, in large part because of weather-related disruptions and other transitory factors. Employment has continued to expand at a moderate pace but the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending and [...]

FOMC Statement 12/12/12

2012-12-12T12:30:40-05:00December 12, 2012|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October suggests that economic activity and employment have continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months, apart from weather-related disruptions. Although the unemployment rate has declined somewhat since the summer, it remains elevated. Household spending has continued to [...]

FOMC Statement 10/24/12

2012-10-24T14:32:33-04:00October 24, 2012|

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months.  Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.  Household spending has advanced a bit more quickly, but growth in business [...]

QE3: Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems

2012-09-21T15:38:45-04:00September 21, 2012|

I’m a huge fan of Rick Santelli, as he seems to be the only honest reporter in all of main stream media. The guy gets it and doesn’t care whose feathers he ruffles in the process of stating his opinion.  What gets me is that no one seems to really [...]

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