How Inflation Might Ease Consumer Behavior
The pandemic pulled forward or accelerated an enormous amount of consumer spending that was pent up for months during lock downs and...
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mteeple
- Nov 12, 2020
- 1 min
Consumer Energy Usage
COVID-19 has upended and completely altered the way we use energy. What has been conventional wisdom and consistent for decades has all...
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mteeple
- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Consumer Awareness – May 2020
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) posted a handful of identified scams circulating throughout the country as a result of the coronavirus...
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mteeple
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Global Commerce
Global trade has been hindered by U.S. China trade disputes for the past two years, but the virus outbreak has nearly stalled all trade...
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mteeple
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Politics In Review
Taxes and income inequality have become a primary agenda topic for several presidential candidates. Various proposals from the candidates...
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mteeple
- Oct 16, 2019
- 1 min
Consumer Trends
A measure of inflation as gauged by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) accelerated by more than forecast over the past year. The CPI, which...
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mteeple
- Oct 2, 2019
- 1 min
International Trade
The United States maintains a favorable trading relationship with many countries all over the world, yet only a handful encompass the...
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mteeple
- Sep 18, 2019
- 1 min
Historical Note
Historians and economists claim that there have been 47 recessions in the United States dating back to the Articles of Confederation,...
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mteeple
- Aug 21, 2019
- 1 min
Housing Market Review
Falling interest rates have prompted an increase in mortgage activity as the cost to borrow for home buyers has become less expensive....
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mteeple
- Aug 7, 2019
- 1 min
Consumer Awareness
Identity theft and stolen funds are becoming a growing risk as thieves have devised clever methods of masking IRS communications. Various...
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mteeple
- Jul 10, 2019
- 1 min
Financial Planning
As retirement becomes more of a reality for more Americans, the anticipated expenses associated with retiring can actually be less than...
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mteeple
- Jun 20, 2019
- 2 min
Financial Planning
Since 1960, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has provided estimates of expenditures related to raising a child from birth to age...
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mteeple
- Apr 24, 2019
- 1 min
Labor Demographics
Demographics drive the domestic labor force, propelled by both young and unskilled workers to older more seasoned individuals. For...
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mteeple
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
Labor Market Overview
As occupations and trades evolved over the decades in the United States, so have the workers that have been on strike. The Bureau of...
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mteeple
- Mar 6, 2019
- 2 min
International Review
Each year, the World Bank conducts an extensive survey of developed and emerging market countries in order to better determine where...
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mteeple
- Feb 20, 2019
- 1 min
Fixed Income Update
Overall bond prices rose in January as the prospect of the Fed raising rates in 2019 considerably lessened. The Fed announced that it...
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mteeple
- Jan 9, 2019
- 1 min
Fiscal Policy
Government shutdowns have been a common occurrence over the years under most every president. The length of the shutdowns have varied...
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mteeple
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
Housing Market Review
Thirty-year mortgage rates have surged to the highest levels in seven years, increasing borrowing costs at a time when the housing market...
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mteeple
- Nov 21, 2018
- 1 min
Retirement Planning
Social Security recipients are due to receive the largest increase in benefits in seven years. But for many recipients, the increase in...
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mteeple
- Nov 7, 2018
- 1 min
Labor Market Review
As companies struggle to keep existing qualified workers as well as attract and hire new workers, the task of keeping labor costs...
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