Weekly Update 09/12/2025: US Inflation Comes in as Expected Setting the Stage for the Fed to Cut Rates Next Week
Weekly Update 09/05/2025: US Employment Growth Cools Increasing Likelihood of Fed Rate Cut at September Meeting
Weekly Update 08/29/2025: US Economy Grows at an Upwardly Revised 3.3% Rate in Second Quarter on Strong Business Investment
The US economy expanded in the second quarter at a slightly faster pace than initially estimated on a pickup in business investment and an outsized boost from trade.
Weekly Update 08/22/2025: Fed Chair Powell Speech Signals Cut Ahead
This week did not have a large volume of data released, but it did have some items of note. A focus this week was on housing. The National Association of Homebuilders/Wells Fargo sentiment indicator fell to 32 in August versus 33 last month.
Weekly Update 08/15/2025: Inflation Data Paints a Mixed Picture
Underlying US inflation accelerated in July to the strongest pace since the start of the year, though a tepid rise in goods prices tempered concerns about tariff-driven price pressures.