Reblogged from Brintab Corp. The first quarter of 2023 had markets driven most dramatically by US interest rates, their repercussions, and whether the US Federal Reserve would pivot from an interest rate increasing phase to an interest rate decreasing phase.…
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Commentary July 2023 – Déjà vu from 2000
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Commentary April 2023 – Will the Fed Pivot
Reblogged from Brintab Corp. The first quarter of 2023 had markets driven most dramatically by the US interest rates, their repercussions, and whether the US Federal Reserve would pivot from an interest rate increasing phase to an interest rate decreasing…
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Commentary October 2022 – Interest Rate Increases Start Cooling the Economy
reblogged from Brintab.com During the summer we saw the first shoots starting to appear of interest rate increases reducing the extreme intensity of inflation and thus beginning to cool off the economy. More fading of high single digit inflation is…
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Commentary July 2022 – Central Bankers Start Taking Inflation Seriously
reblogged from Brintab Corp. This quarter, as inflation continued to thrust forward, the US Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates to try to get their inflation-busting measures back on track after being caught off-guard earlier in the year. The only…
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Commentary April 2022 – Inflation Goes Into Overdrive
Reblogged from Brintab As the developed world navigated past the Omicron virus wave, various factors lengthened and/or accelerated the inflation we once hoped would be transitory. On the economic demand-growth side, various economies saw increased consumer activity, especially in leisure…
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