Buzz on Business

Is 2% Growth the New Normal for the US Economy?

William Walsh
It was “Let’s All Give a Speech Day” at the Federal Reserve yesterday. At least six leaders of the US Central Bank gave speeches on Monday. As o...

Weak Economic Data: The Federal Reserve In a Corner

William Walsh
Thursday was a busy day on the economic calendar and all of the data that was released—all of it—pointed to a weakening economy. Nothing but red n...

Is the Market Wrong Again? The Financial Animal Raises Concerns About Inflation

William Walsh
At the Buzz on Business, we are fans of free markets. We do not hold that markets are perfect, by any means, just that they are better than all of the...

Jerome Powell in La La Land: Inflation Soars While the Fed Fiddles

William Walsh
Over the course of the last six months or so, we have openly worried about the future course of inflation. In an episode in November, we pointed out t...

The Financial Animal Asks: Is This Bull Market Running on Empty?

William Walsh
Volume fell yet again on Friday, and this time it fell to the lowest point since January and to one of the lowest levels in years. We’ll include a l...

Is Stagflation Lurking? The Buzz on Business Examines Friday's Jobs Report

William Walsh
Friday’s employment report came in well below expectations. We’ll get into the details in just a minute but the stock and bond markets celebrated ...

Is Inflation a Calculation Error? Economist Scott Granis Says Yes

William Walsh
As regular listeners know, we are dubious, to put it mildly, about financial analysts and journalists, especially when they issue predictions. The ide...

Rare Market Divergence: Is a Big Change Coming?

William Walsh
We often report, here on the Buzz on Business, that “markets finished mixed.” Meaning one or more of the major indexes on which we regularly repor...

Is the Economic Expansion Over? The Financial Animal Raises Concerns

William Walsh
Stocks finished mostly lower on Thursday and now have given up all of their gains since at least mid-February and since peaking on April 1st. Declines...

End of the Rate Cut Dream? Will the Fed Hike Rates Before Cutting Them?

William Walsh
Given the results of Friday’s trading, which we’ll get to in just a minute, Wall Street seems to finally be coming to grips with the now undeniabl...

Stock Market Swoons After Fed's Kashkari Throws Cold Water on Rate Cuts

William Walsh
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President and member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, Neel Kashkari, spoke a little truth to power yesterday and se...

Financial Animal: Debunking the Myths Behind Gold's Rally

William Walsh
Is gold a safe haven or a ticking time bomb? William Walsh of the Financial Animal Podcast debates the true meaning behind gold's record highs. Tune i...

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