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Energy and food price inflation has pulled back significantly, which should be a tailwind for consumption. As the chart below shows, declining energy and food prices have pushed inflation down. The recent drop in natural gas prices has also sent services prices lower over the past couple of months. over the year.
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After a large reversal Thursday, stocks bounced back Friday, bolstered by the continued impressive performance of the economy (further details below). Instead of saying the economy grew at a “modest” pace, Fed members said it’s growing at a “moderate” pace. Moderate” is Fedspeak for a strong economy. The economy grew 2.4%
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The economy remains strong, the consumer is healthy, the wall of worry is intact, and manufacturing is bottoming. The Consumer Is Strong We’ve been hearing for two years that the consumer was tapped out and the economy was headed for a recession. Stocks rallied again last week and are now up four weeks in a row.
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And companies can grow earnings as long as the global economy grows, which is something it has been doing much more often than not for several millennia. There have been short-term fluctuations when the economy has slowed, but the overall trend has been strong. economy can continue to grow, and the rest follows.
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