There are some potential signs that energy trends could be changing.
Is expansionary fiscal policy even feasible at this point?
When growth is moderate and not necessarily firing on all cylinders, the data can be all over the place.
As if this year hasn’t been odd enough, the advance GDP report for the second quarter presented a strange picture.
The economic data arriving this week and next will help to solidify the near-term outlook for growth and monetary policy.
At the consumer level, inflation pressures appear to be mostly consigned to shelter and healthcare.
If the weak May number was an anomaly, then so too was the figure for June.
The U.K.'s disentanglement from the European Union will be a lengthy and uncertain process.
The U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union is not a Lehman-type event. Full-blown panic is unlikely.