To counter labor market weakness and respond to political pressure, the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut a quarter point from its key interest rate three times by midyear, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics has forecast.
Category: TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT – Jan 13 2026
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TRUMP WANTS INVESTORS BANNED FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING MARKET
Donald Trump said he will ask the U.S. Congress to ban large institutional investors from buying single-family homes.
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CAR BUYERS ARE TAKING OUT EIGHT-YEAR LOANS
U.S. car prices have grown by 33 percent since the COVID War began and the average selling price surpassed $50,000 this fall, compared to $38,000 in early 2020, according to pricing standard Kelley Blue Book.
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U.S. MANUFACTURING SECTOR IS STILL SHRINKING
In December, the U.S. industrial economy contracted for the 10th consecutive month, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI).
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U.S. MORTGAGE RATE FALLS BELOW 6 PERCENT
The average national interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 5.99 percent Friday after Donald Trump posted on social media that he will mandate government-linked home loan agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds.
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U.S. SERVICE ECONOMY GROWS IN DECEMBER
The U.S. services sector continued growing in December, aided by holiday spending, the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index (PMI) showed.
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WEAK DECEMBER CAPS WORST YEAR FOR HIRING SINCE 2020
The U.S. economy added 50,000 nonfarm jobs in December, closing out the worst year for hiring since the COVID panic in 2020.
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U.S. PRODUCTIVITY WILL LEAD THE WORLD IN 2026, ECONOMISTS FORECAST
The U.S. will maintain or even widen its lead in economic productivity this year, according to 75 percent of economists in China, the Eurozone, U.K., and U.S. who responded to a December Financial Times survey.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
The big news in the U.S. today was the inflation report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.3 percent in December.
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DOLLAR’S VALUE RETREATS AS WHITE HOUSE INVESTIGATES FED CHAIR
On 12 January, the U.S. dollar ended a five-day streak of gains in its value on news that Donald Trump’s justice department has opened a criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve.