Economic News, Blog Posts & Updates

Business-to-Business Activity Was Flying Too High

By: Jackie Greene on 10/22/20 14:29

As we were evaluating the data for US Nondefense Capital Goods New Orders (excluding aircraft), we noticed a discrepancy. The discrepancy in this key business-to-business ...

Rising Debt, Flat Profits, and the Future

By: Brian Beaulieu on 10/21/20 10:08

The US government taking on more and more debt is a frequent topic of conversation. Oftentimes, the matter of US corporations being increasingly in debt is also raised. The ...

A Sign of Life in a Key Nonresidential Construction Leading Indicator

By: Connor Lokar on 10/15/20 9:48

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, decline was nearly universal in economic metrics across most sectors, including nonresidential construction markets. While most economic metrics ...

The Consumer Is Still Spending – But Where?

By: Lauren Saidel-Baker on 10/13/20 8:00

Amidst the economic recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer spending has contracted. Yet the decline is not equal across the consumer space. Rather, certain ...

Economic Impact on Financial Markets Through 2029

By: Brian and Alan Beaulieu on 10/11/20 10:14

How the coming decade plays out is going to be different than the last three years and the last 10 years. Change may be a constant, but it seems to have accelerated thanks to ...

The Results Are In: This Is What Changed for 2021-2022

By: Brian and Alan Beaulieu on 10/10/20 10:11

The last thing the economy needed in light of all the uncertainty created by COVID-19 and the government’s response(s) to the pandemic was a disruptive election with potential ...

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