Data Tells A Story

Cole Leonida, JMA Associates

Data is the ultimate storyteller. There is no deception in data, and no hiding from it, either. And right now the data is telling a very interesting story about what is going on in our economy. There are three main characters in today’s data story: Inflation Interest Rates Employment Inflation Inflation continues to run hot,…

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Time to Stop the Stimulus

Brian Cochran

The economy is in recovery, which means we are no longer in need of massive government intervention and relief. When COVID-19 first hit, we saw the Federal, State, and local governments shut down their economies to slow down the virus. Economists and politicians will spend years debating whether the benefits of the shutdowns justified the…

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