For 16 consecutive months, the National Federation of Independent Business's (NFIB) optimism index has been below the 49-year average of 98. From March to April, the index fell 1.1...
The newly released Senior Loan Office Opinion Survey only furthered investors’ belief that a credit crunch is upon us. The survey, which clarifies and aggregates banks’...
There are few - if any - commodities quite as sensitive to global economic growth conditions than crude oil. It is relatively "liquid" with futures and physical trading plentifully...
Despite OPEC+'s moves to prevent the price of crude oil from continuing its downward price trend, worries regarding the economic health of the world's largest economies, the U.S....
Friday’s labor data was hot. Unemployment ticked down, payrolls grew, and hourly earnings accelerated, causing investors to rethink the relationship between failing banks and a...
Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the last election cycle, a battle over the debt ceiling has been on the horizon. Republicans seem keen to curtail...