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Weekly Market Pulse: Jerome Powell, Tough Guy

By Joseph Y. Calhoun III|2022-09-26T11:50:30-04:00September 26th, 2022|Alhambra Portfolios, Alhambra Research, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

Jerome Powell wants everyone to know that he's read Paul Volcker's autobiography, "Keeping At It". He has used this phrase repeatedly since Jackson Hole, apparently believing that he needs to channel Mr. Volcker's gruff demeanor in order to get markets to do what he thinks they should do. He and others on the FOMC were not pleased with the stock [...]

Bi-Weekly Economic Review: Who You Gonna Believe?

We've had a pretty good run of data recently and with the tax bill passing the Senate one would expect to see markets react positively, to reflect renewed optimism about economic growth. We have improving economic data on pretty much a global basis. It isn't a boom by any stretch of the imagination but there is no doubt that the [...]

Weekly Market Pulse: Jerome Powell, Tough Guy

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