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April 14, 2016 | International Markets
Quarterly Market Review Following a volatile and lackluster 2015, global equity markets got off to a rocky start as 2016 opened. The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) was down by more than 11% year-to-date as of February 11 before recovering most of its losses by mid-March. By the end of the …
April 07, 2016 | Market Commentary
The Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) kept the federal funds rate at a target range of 0.25-0.5% at its March meeting, and cut its projection for rate increases in 2016 from four to two.
April 07, 2016 | Market Commentary
GDP Modestly Grows as Core Inflation Rises A revised estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy expanded at a 1.0% annualized rate in the fourth quarter of 2015, up from an initial estimate of 0.7% growth. A change to inventories accounted for nearly all of the upward …
March 07, 2016 | Market Commentary
A revised estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy expanded at a 1.0% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, up from an initial estimate of 0.7% growth. A change to inventories accounted for nearly all of the upward revision.
February 09, 2016 | International Markets
Quarterly Market Review At the beginning of the fourth quarter, an optimistic outlook for commodity prices and accommodative monetary policy of major central banks drove global equity markets higher. As the period progressed, renewed concerns over China’s growth trajectory emerged amid economic …
February 05, 2016 | Market Commentary
An advance estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) showed the economy expanded at a 0.7% annualized rate in the fourth quarter, down from 2% in the third quarter and 3.9% in the second quarter.
January 05, 2016 | Market Commentary
Following its two-day December meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy setting Federal Open Market Committee decided to adjust the federal funds policy interest rate for the first time since December 2008.
January 04, 2016 | Market Commentary
Profitability Has Largest Annual Drop Since 2009 The latest report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls showed they surged in October by the most this year. The addition of 271,000 jobs made up for weaker figures in August and September and pushed the three-month average for new jobs to about 190,000. The …
December 03, 2015 | Market Commentary
Global equity markets were essentially flat in November following strong returns during October. Valuations in the broad U.S. stock market remain generally elevated, but we continue to see little evidence of excesses in the market or economy that would need to be unwound. In this environment, …
November 04, 2015 | Market Commentary
An advance estimate of real U.S. GDP showed that growth slowed to a 1.5% annualized pace in the third quarter, down from a much stronger 3.9% in the second quarter.
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