The Weekly Insight

It was CPI week last week – and the results were solid. But the media shifted its focus to a different inflation gauge: “Super Core” inflation. What does it mean? And why is it important?

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It was Fed week again. And again, the market’s initial response to Chairman Powell’s comments was…less than optimistic.  But a funny thing happened after the meeting.  Folks started to understand that the likelihood of a “pause” in rate hikes is real.  And Powell’s optimism on the economy seeped into the market on Friday.

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Last week was a fairly uneventful week in the market as the world waits for the results of the upcoming FOMC meeting (this Wednesday).  So in this week’s edition of the Weekly Insight Podcast, we take the opportunity to look at the debate over the debt ceiling.  This issue, while likely to be resolved, has the potential to be very damaging to our economy if the politicians screw it up. 

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We’re at an important inflection point for Federal Reserve interest rate policy. The meeting coming up in just 9 days may be the most important of the whole cycle and the market is on edge about what the Fed will do next.

Read more here: https://insightwealthgroup.com/the-weekly-insight-true-hope-vs-false-hope/

Wrapping up something like one of the quickest rises in interest rate policy in history was never going to be easy. But last week we started to see some of the most visible cracks amongst FOMC members on the correct path moving forward.  What does this mean for markets over the coming weeks and months?

Read more here: https://insightwealthgroup.com/the-weekly-insight-some-vs-several/

It was a relatively quiet holiday week in the markets last week. We probably won’t be that lucky this week with the CPI data coming out on Wednesday. But we thought we’d take the break in the action to look at a much longer-term problem: Social Security. The trustees of the Social Security Trust Fund put out their annual analysis 10 days ago. It wasn’t pretty.

Read more here:  https://insightwealthgroup.com/the-weekly-insight-ringing-the-alarm-on-social-security/

It was a good week in the markets last week as fears of a major bank contagion subsided and continuing positive data on inflation rolled in. This pause in the "drama" gives us a chance to look into future risks and this week we look at the economic impact of the end of payment forebearance on student loans. It has the potential to be a big one.

Read more here: https://insightwealthgroup.com/the-weekly-insight-stumbling-blocks-student-debt/

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It’s easy to get swept up in the news.  Last week was no different.  Chairman Powell’s comments to Congress shook expectations for interest rates.  But sometimes it is important to look back and see how trends are moving over the long-term, instead of getting wrapped up in the day-to-day.

Read more here: https://insightwealthgroup.com/the-weekly-insight-wheres-the-peak-part-2/