In April, U.S. small business owners expressed more confidence in the future than they did in March, according to the National Federation of Independent Business’s monthly survey.
Tag: U.S. economy
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
The worst is yet to come and it is coming soon. Week after week, for 85 weeks, we have been reporting on job losses in The Trends Journal. As the saying goes, “The fish rots from the head down.”
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PLANTATION WORKERS OF SLAVELANDIA FLAT-LINED IN U.S.
Retail sales showed no change in April from March, after the U.S. Commerce Department revised March’s figure downward by 0.6 of a percentage point.
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SLAVELANDIA: MOST RENTERS DOUBT THEY WILL EVER OWN A HOME
Six in 10 renters believe they will never be able to own a home, a record proportion in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s annual Survey of Consumer Expectations.
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AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE SINGING THE BLUES
U.S. consumers hold their gloomiest outlook in six months on the American economy, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly survey of consumer sentiment.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
Where the economy is going and who will benefit and who will lose, at this point, it’s all about inflation.
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Merger and Acquisition took a break when the Federal Reserve and EU began aggressively raising interest rates from their zero and negative levels back in March and July 2022 respectively. Now, with The Street betting that the Fed will lower interest rates, the equation is simple: The lower interest rates go, the higher the M&A activity will rise.
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TOP TREND 2023, OFFICE BUILDING BUST: NEAR-RECORD NUMBER OF U.S. OFFICE LOANS TEETERING ON DEFAULT
More than $38 billion worth of loans against U.S. office properties are delinquent in their payments or facing foreclosure or default, according to data service MSCI.
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CEO COMPENSATION RISING TWICE AS FAST AS OTHER WORKERS
Compensation packages for U.S. CEOs of S&P 500 companies grew 9.2 percent this year compared to last, while average worker pay is up 4.2 percent, proxy service ISS reported.
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POWELL: RATE CUT THIS YEAR A GUESSING GAME
At a 30 April press briefing, U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell indicated a belief that inflation will continue to ebb this year, allowing the central bank to pare back its interest rates.