Monthly Archives: March 2012

A Week of Good News Last week we were treated to a number of positive economic data points from the third revision of fourth quarter GDP, consumer confidence, durable goods orders and Chicago PMI (purchasing manager’s index). Fourth quarter real GDP grew at a 3% rate, no difference from the [...]

It seems that investors are generally upbeat about the prospects for future economic activity and as a result corporate earnings and stock prices.  Interest rates have moved higher as a result of the positive outlook and inflation seems to be back on everyone’s mind.  The reality is that corp[...]

The latest on Jobs and Europe While enjoying a balmy Sunday in March it isn’t too hard to imagine that a warmer winter has positively impacted the job creation data.  The Friday jobs report indicated that there were 233k private jobs created last month while the unemployment rate remained sta[...]

Oil prices are dominating headlines as a result of higher gas prices at home, Middle East concerns over Israel action against Iran, a potential oil pipeline explosion in Saudi Arabia and a weaker dollar.  The Saudi Arabians denied the explosion however this week we’ll continue to see oil in th[...]