For the week ended 5/17/2025. Good morning, shall we start with the good news or the bad? Being the optimist I occasionally pretend to...

For the week ended 5/10/2025. Pop Quiz: How Long Would It Take to Spend $1 Trillion at $1 Million a Day? Answer at the bottom. No...

For the week ended 5/3/2025. Wow, lots to unpack this week, so let’s skip the pleasantries and dive right in. First Up: The GDP Gut Punch...

For week ended 2/26/2025. Let’s start the week with a bit of good news, shall we? Feel free to unbuckle your seatbelt for a few minutes...

For the week ended 4/19/2025. Welcome back to Monday, and I hope your Easter weekend was filled with just enough chocolate to make up...

For the week ended 4/12/2025. In a sign of just how upside-down things have gotten, last week’s inflation data got bumped to page three...

For week ended 4/5/2025. In case you missed it, and let’s be honest, most did, the U.S. added 228,000 jobs last month. That’s a full...

For the week ended 3/29/2025. Let’s take a break from the daily headline chaos and talk about something that rarely gets the spotlight...

For the week ended 3/22/2025. If Jerome Powell ever wanted a side gig, he might consider circus work—because right now, he and his FOMC...

For week ended 3/15/2025. Last week brought an unexpected twist in the inflation saga. The February CPI report showed year-over-year...

For the week ended 3/8/2025. Jobs: Hiring Increases as Does Unemployment First, the good news—the U.S. economy kept adding jobs at a...

For week ended 3/2/2025. Prior to the dot-com crash in early 2000, the crucial warning sign was the lack of profitability among the...

For week ended 2/23/25. Washington, D.C. has been buzzing with noise lately—depending on your politics, you’re either distressed or...

For week ended 2/16/2025 It’s back! Yes, I’m talking about the scourge of inflation. This one economic data point has inflicted more...

For week ended 2/9/25 After a Super Bowl that was just interesting enough to keep us from switching to the Puppy Bowl, I trust you’re...

For the week ended 2/1/2025 Unless you’ve been living in a Wi-Fi-free cave, you’ve heard about the latest wave of tariffs against...

For week ended 1/25/2025 Back in the Saddle Good to be back in the saddle and providing you with some entertainment—and hopefully a bit...

For the week ended 1/11/2025. Hopefully, you've eased into 2025 and are keeping those resolutions alive (don't worry—you only have 50...

For week ended 1/4/2025 After the holiday respite, welcome back to the 2025 edition of Monday Morning Musings. Without further delay,...

For the week ended 12/14/2024. The narrative over the past 9 - 12 months has been a cooling economy and job creation will result in...