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Banking crisis overshadowed the data, but inflation remains persistently elevated: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook

Nationwide Financial

The stresses in the banking system and ripple effects in the financial markets even overshadowed the incoming inflation data. Retail sales decline in wake of January’s spending spree January’s explosion in retail sales appears to be an outlier, but the level of sales is still high. million annual rate.

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How Does The Stock Market Affect The Economy?

Trade Brains

Understanding How Does Stock Market Affect The Economy: The stock market and the economy are in a lot of talk in recent days. Seeing the market indexes declined by over 30% within a month, an obvious question among people is to understand how does the stock market affects the economy.

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Solid labor market cures many ails for the economy but can’t last forever

Nationwide Financial

percent as tight conditions persist across the labor market. Retail sales rebounded in April, and core retail sales (which excludes autos, gas, and building supplies) were even stronger. economy is being extended by strength within the labor market which is supporting further spending by households.

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2023 economic and market outlook: The narrative shifts

Nationwide Financial

economy appears to be in the late stage of expansion, with strong economic activity but labor and supply chains remain constrained. The labor market is very tight, with a low unemployment rate of 3.7% Aggressive Fed tightening has hit the housing market most noticeably and rippled through financial markets.

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10 Wednesday AM Reads

The Big Picture

We must keep at it until the job is done.’ ( Wall Street Journal ) see also The “Data-Dependent” Fed and the Data Interpreting the mixed signals across the economy, with a focus on inflation, jobs, and market pricing. ( Don’t Take Financial Advice From Kanye West : Nothing fails quite like success. The Overshoot ).

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Sunday links: real world experience

Abnormal Returns

awealthofcommonsense.com) A bear market allows you to restructure your portfolio without tax consequences. portfoliocharts.com) Crypto Used Bitcoin mining rigs are for sale at a big discount. tker.co) Economy The many ways the FOMC could mess things up. economy is missing a bunch of foreign-born workers.

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Spending still too hot and debt-limit negotiations continue: Weekly Economic Review & Outlook

Nationwide Financial

2) June 1: ISM Manufacturing Further contraction in the manufacturing sector The ISM manufacturing index should show continued contraction in the manufacturing sector as businesses reduce plans for future investment amid falling sales. This would be highly disruptive for the economy and financial markets.