June 3, 2020
“If the Federal Reserve is forced to embrace negative interest rates, the gold price will react by breaching the previous all-time high of $1,920 an ounce, according to Standard Chartered. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell has been adamant that negative interest… Continue Reading…
June 3, 2020
“…Transportation stocks — airlines, railroads, truckers and shippers — are a proverbial canary in acoal mine. The Dow Jones Transportation Average (DJT) is often looked at by experts as a good indicatorfor the state of the economy and broader market. And it’s outperforming… Continue Reading…
June 1, 2020
“ISM manufacturing index climbs to 43.1% in May from 41.5%… The Institute for Supply Management said its manufacturing index climbed to 43.1% last month from an 11-year low of 41.5% in April, suggesting the worst of the economic damage from the pandemic… Continue Reading…
May 29, 2020
“American consumer spending ground to a halt during the coronavirus lockdown, and that is a massive problem for the spending-addicted US economy. April’s personal consumption data showed a 13.6% drop in consumer spending, according to a Bureau of Economic Analysis… Continue Reading…
May 28, 2020
“American Airlines stock fell Thursday after a letter to employees outlining planned job cuts due to the coronavirus surfaced late Wednesday. Delta Air Lines (DAL) is also preparing a round of voluntary job reductions. In the staff letter, American Airlines (AAL) said it would… Continue Reading…
May 25, 2020
“Fewer Americans are calling their mortgage servicers to ask for relief from mortgage payments, but the housing industry isn’t out of the woods yet. More than 4.1 million homeowners are in forbearance plans now, according to the latest data from… Continue Reading…
May 21, 2020
“First-time filings for unemployment insurance totaled 2.44 million last week as the tail effects of the coronavirus shutdown continued to impact the U.S. jobs market. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for 2.4 million claims. The seasonally adjusted… Continue Reading…
May 20, 2020
“U.S. crude production fell to 11.5 million barrels per day from 11.6 million bpd in the prior week, EIA said Wednesday. That’s down from a high of 13.1 million in March and the marked the seventh consecutive decrease… U.S. crude futures… Continue Reading…
May 20, 2020
“The layoffs came swiftly last week. At Vice Media, 155 people lost their jobs. Quartz laid off 80. Condé Nast, publisher of glossy magazines like Vogue, cut 100 people. And as BuzzFeed furloughed staffers at its overseas divisions, its U.S.-based… Continue Reading…
May 19, 2020
“More than 4.1 million homeowners are in forbearance plans now, according to the latest data from the Mortgage Bankers Association. While mortgage servicers are still facing stress because of the record deluge of requests for payment relief, signs suggest that… Continue Reading…
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