BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager Announced this morning, Retail Sales for March increased 1.6%, much stronger than the 1% expected. The control group; which excludes food services, auto dealers,…
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BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager Announced this morning, the Consumer Price Index increased 0.4% in March and 1.9% on an annual basis, close to estimates. The core rate, which…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com In this morning’s announcement, the economy created 196,000 jobs in March, more than forecasted, and the unemployment rate held steady at…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Announced this morning, Personal Income grew 0.2% in February, a bit less than expected. Additionally, Personal Spending grew just 0.1% in…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com In this morning’s announcement, the Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% in February, as expected, and has increased 1.5% on an annual…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Announced this morning, the economy added just 20,000 jobs in February, much less than the 180k expected. Jobs in construction declined,…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Announced this morning, Housing Starts fell 11.2% in December, much more than expected, driven by decreases in both multi‐family and single‐family…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Later today, the minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting will be released, which should contain additional insight on the decision…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Announced this morning, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was unchanged in January, less than forecasts, and grew 1.6% on an annual…
BY: MARSHALL BARTLETT Senior Vice President / Portfolio Manager (615) 591-0611 mbartlett@argenttrust.com Announced this morning, jobless claims for the week ended 2/2/2019 fell 19k to 234,000. While falling less than forecasts, likely due…
