Nationwide Financial

JUNE 20, 2023

After decades of saving and planning, many pre-retirees (non-retired investors aged 55-65) are reconsidering their retirement plans in response to rising inflation, high interest rates, and an uncertain economic environment. With economic factors weighing heavy on their minds and 90% of pre-retirees concerned that the U.S.

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Nationwide Financial

APRIL 10, 2023

March’s employment report showed a continued moderation in job growth, but the number of hires was still solid. The new orders components in both surveys provide evidence of weakening economic demand, and the surveys are consistent with a slowing economy. Key Takeaways: What we learned last week: (pg. percent from 4.6

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Mullooly Asset Management

JUNE 10, 2022

In this week’s podcast, Tom and Casey discuss how the current economic data is telling two stories. We have historically low unemployment numbers but also historically high inflation, so what does that mean for everyday investors?

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Abnormal Returns

APRIL 3, 2024

bonddad.blogspot.com) Part-time is not a negative for the economy if it isn't for economic reasons. bloomberg.com) How immigration is affecting the jobs numbers. (theringer.com) Economy How well does consumer sentiment correlate with the real economy? wsj.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns Personal finance links: making bad decisions.

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Calculated Risk

APRIL 5, 2024

The headline jobs number in the March employment report was above expectations; and January and February payrolls were revised up by 22,000 combined. Part Time for Economic Reasons From the BLS report : " The number of people employed part time for economic reasons, at 4.3 million, changed little in March. million from 4.36

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Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 14, 2024

washingtonpost.com) Measuring economic inequality is harder than it looks. washingtonpost.com) The number of American centenarians is set to quadruple. papers.ssrn.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. vox.com) Threats of violence against elected officials and government officials are on the rise.

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Advisor Perspectives

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Luckily for him, he could just let the Summary of Economic Projections do most of the talking — and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faces a communications conundrum at the central bank’s policy meeting this week.

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Trade Brains

APRIL 18, 2023

Understanding what is Dosa Economics: In contrast to most bland economic theories, Dosa Economics remains the only one that makes our mouths water every time we discuss it. What is Dosa Economics or Dosanomics? Absolutely not as he is buying the same number of dosas in a high-interest high inflation scenario.

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Park Place Financial

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

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Nationwide Financial

JUNE 13, 2023

Coming off the blowout jobs report and the debt ceiling agreement, last week was a slower week for economic data. Given the Fed’s guidance, we expect them to hold rates unchanged on Wednesday, but retain a hawkish bias which opens the door to a July rate hike if economic activity and namely inflation do not cool sufficiently.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Markets Stock picking is difficult because it requires a number of different skills. papers.ssrn.com) An aging workforce need not reduce economic growth. theatlantic.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. humbledollar.com) Why it's hard for outsiders to know what's going on inside a company.

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Abnormal Returns

JANUARY 31, 2024

wapo.st) Why is Apple ($AAPL) publicly touting its Apple Card spending numbers? econbrowser.com) Economic vibes are improving. (vox.com) Elon Musk and Tesla ($TSLA) have a pay problem as a Delaware judge strikes down an earlier agreement. theverge.com) Ozempic accounted for 41% of Novo Nordisk’s ($NVO) total sales in 2023.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 31, 2023

(marginalrevolution.com) Global Home ownership is out of reach for an increasing number of Australians. nytimes.com) Economy The economic graph of 2023. wsj.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. bbc.com) Belarus is complicit in the abduction of Ukrainian children. npr.org) Human population may soon peak.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 3, 2023

economy appears to be in the late stage of expansion, with strong economic activity but labor and supply chains remain constrained. in November and a wide gap between the number of job openings and unemployed persons seeking work, roughly two-to-one, according to the most recent data release. Responding to recession risks.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 30, 2023

2) February 1: Slight decline for job openings but the labor market remains tight In November, the JOLTS report showed little change in the large number of job openings, with a decline of just 54,000 to 10.458 million. What we’re watching this week: (pg. The job openings-to-unemployed ratio, a key metric of labor tightness, increased to 1.74

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MarketWatch

MAY 1, 2023

Overall, oil prices have “generally shifted lower over the past month as economic headwinds overshadow other factors,” said Robbie Fraser, manager, global research & analytics at Schneider Electric. Last week brought a “seemingly supportive” set of U.S.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

theringer.com) Barry Ritholtz talks with Zeke Faux author of "Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall." wsj.com) Five insights from "Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality" by Angust Deaton. calculatedriskblog.com) The economic schedule for the coming week.

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 8, 2023

economist.com) Some 2023 books that stuck with Ezra Klein including Zeke Faux’s “Number Go Up.” axios.com) The economics of the Christmas tree business. (theatlantic.com) The best books of 2023 including "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism" by Tim Alberta. unemployment rate.

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Nationwide Financial

JANUARY 3, 2023

Housing market declined last year, approaching Covid-level numbers. The number of job openings should continue to trend gradually lower. The highly monitored ratio of the number of openings relative to unemployed workers also fell to 1.7 The yield on the benchmark 10-year note climbed back to 3.88 percent rate from a 5.1

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MarketWatch

MAY 18, 2023

Fed's Logan said Thursday that the economic data points so far don't justify skipping a rate increase at the central bank's next meeting in June, and she remained concerned about whether inflation is falling fast enough. Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 73 points, or 0.2%, to 33,343.

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Mish Talk

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The number of working-age persons people not in the labor force rose by 359,000 in November and is back over 100 million. For those who follow the numbers, I retain this caution: Do not subtract the reported Birth-Death number from the reported headline number. If you are not in the labor force, you are not unemployed.

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Abnormal Returns

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

econbrowser.com) Global economic growth numbers don't tell us much. (wsj.com) It's been a long time coming. abnormalreturns.com) Economy The quits rate is falling from historic highs. wsj.com) How Q4 GDP is shaping up. bloomberg.com) Earlier on Abnormal Returns Adviser links: a positive experience.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 1, 2024

Advyzon and Panoramix competing against Orion)… with the question of whether they, too, will someday raise their prices as they gain traction as well? Advyzon and Panoramix competing against Orion)… with the question of whether they, too, will someday raise their prices as they gain traction as well?

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Nationwide Financial

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

1) Job growth much stronger than expected January’s blowout jobs number bucked the moderate downward trend in job growth from the second half of 2022. Weakening sentiment is a downside risk for consumer spending in early 2023 as consumers prep for weaker economic conditions ahead. Key Takeaways: What we learned last week: (pg.

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Abnormal Returns

MARCH 20, 2024

amycastor.com) Companies It's hard to wrap your head around the numbers with Nvidia's ($NVDA) new chips. reuters.com) Economy By any reasonable measure, the average American is better off economically than they were four years ago. etf.com) Don't let spot Bitcoin ETFs fool you about the nature of crypto.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 18, 2023

Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The A to Z of economics : Economic terms, from “absolute advantage” to “zero-sum game”, explained to you in plain English. ( The weekend is here! was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations.

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Advisor Perspectives

APRIL 16, 2024

inflation numbers. They also discussed recent rate decisions by the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of Canada (BoC) as well as the economic and market outlook for China. On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Investment Strategist BeiChen Lin and Product Operations Analyst McKenna Painter unpacked the latest U.S.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 27, 2023

We currently see none of the pre-recession warnings that are typical before economic contractions. Instead of most states showing expansion, before recessions, that will drop to 45, 40, then 35 before a recession begins; eventually, the number of expanding states then fall to 10, 5, or 0.

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Calculated Risk

JULY 7, 2023

The headline jobs number in the June employment report was at expectations, however, employment for the previous two months was revised down by 110,000, combined. Part Time for Economic Reasons From the BLS report : " The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons increased by 452,000 to 4.2

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Abnormal Returns

DECEMBER 18, 2022

pionline.com) The number of different ETF issuers in the U.S. etf.com) Books The five best economic history books of 2022 including "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century". kyla.substack.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. has more than doubled in the past five years.

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Advisor Perspectives

JUNE 15, 2023

This morning's report revealed industrial production numbers fell 0.2% in May, lower than the forecast of a 0.1% The annual change rose to 0.23%, down from last month's 0.4% year-over-year increase.

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Abnormal Returns

MAY 21, 2023

calculatedriskblog.com) The economic schedule for the coming week. newsletter.abnormalreturns.com) Mixed media A growing number of New York City office buildings are emptying out. finance.yahoo.com) Why a sizable number of native Hawaiians have moved to Las Vegas. abnormalreturns.com) What you missed in our Saturday linkfest.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Philly Fed map is based on Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) employment data for the states; the St Louis Fed builds on that, creating an ongoing chart that shows the relationship between the state data and recessions: Number of States with Negative Growth (State Coincident Indexes). By Kevin L. Kliesen , Cassandra Marks.

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Advisor Perspectives

MAY 31, 2023

Several key economic indicators come out every week to help provide insight into the overall health of the U.S. Policymakers and advisors closely monitor these indicators to understand the direction of interest rates, as the data can significantly impact business decisions and financial markets.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Most notable is the fact that industry associations are not the drivers of advisor conferences that they once were; while a decade ago, 75%+ of this "Best Conferences" list consisted of various events run by industry associations, now it numbers less than 25%.

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Mish Talk

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The PMI numbers are diffusion indexes. The overall fall in activity was the second-fastest since May 2020 as inflation, rising borrowing costs and economic uncertainty weighed on demand. November even saw increasing numbers of suppliers, factories and service providers offering discounts to help boost flagging sales.

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The Big Picture

JULY 26, 2023

It is one of those round numbers that people just kinda made up and started with for no apparent reason. But the 2% inflation target is LITERALLY a random number 2 that originated in New Zealand in the 1980s. If there was something magical about 2% as the ideal balance between prices and jobs, that would be one thing.

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