Buzz on Business

Tariffs Gone Wrong: How Steel and Aluminum Policies Shaped the Auto Sector 

William Walsh
On March 1st, 2018, then President Trump stated, “We’re going to build our steel industry back and we’re going to build our aluminum industry ba...

Inflation, Markets, and Manufacturing and the VP Harris Inflation Plan 

William Walsh
We studiously avoid politics on the Buzz on Business podcast, and we do this for a couple of reasons. First, it’s a divisive topic and we aim to uni...

CPI Comes in as Expected, Market Yawns 

William Walsh
The headline Consumer Price Index numbers came in precisely as expected on Wednesday morning. We’ll get into those numbers in just a minute but the ...

Jobless Claims Jitters: Don't Be Fooled by the Headlines

William Walsh
A good day for stocks was supposedly sparked by economic reports released Thursday morning that supposedly were good news and that supposedly showed t...

Market Jitters: Another Day, Another Downturn

William Walsh
The Buzz on Business for August 8th, 2024 Stocks opened higher—substantially higher—on Wednesday, they quickly rallied above and beyond Tuesday’...

The Carry Trade Unravels: A Deeper Look Behind the Market Selloff

William Walsh
As a general rule, we are disinclined to monocausal explanations of economic or financial developments. The economy and markets are complex, chaotic s...

The Sahm Rule: A New Recession Indicator or Just Noise?

William Walsh
The US economy coughed on Friday, the Japanese and Korean stock markets caught a cold and then at 9:30 AM ET yesterday, what had been a not all that u...

Economic Jitters Send Stocks Plunging: What's Next?

William Walsh
Stocks sold off, hard, from open to close on Thursday, in one of the biggest daily declines in over a year. It was brutal. But in a market that has be...

Oil Surges, Gold Shines: Commodity Corner Update 

William Walsh
While this is probably the case with all press conferences, especially those held by political figures, there seem to be three broad categories of que...

Market Mood Swings and Fed Jitters: A Boring Day on Wall Street

William Walsh
Perhaps the best explanation for the rather confusing market action we saw on Monday is the Federal Open Market Committee and its two-day meeting that...

Market Rollercoaster: A Wild Ride from Green to Red 

William Walsh
The Buzz on Business for July 25th, 2024  After opening lower, stocks seemed poised to show some welcome strength after Wednesday’s rout. All t...

Confusing Signals: Strong Jobs Report Tanks Stocks as Investors Fear the Fed

William Walsh
Over the last six months or so, good economic news has often spelled bad news for the stock market and, just as often, bad news was good news. As we...

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