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February 22, 2023
Employment and Inflation Markets inferred optimism on inflation earlier this month from Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell’s press conference accompanying the FOMC’s February 1st decision to raise rates. While the Fed’s statement and Powell himself indicated that more than one additional rate hike remained likely, markets contradicted the Fed’s guidance
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January 23, 2023
Co-authored by: Pate Campbell Economic News The December Employment Report revealed a decline in the unemployment rate to 3.5% from 3.7% while 233K jobs were added to non-farm payrolls. Despite ongoing tightness in the labor market, average hourly earnings grew at 0.3%, slower than the rate in previous months. Lower
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January 19, 2023
How China's reopening may have implications on the global economy and credit markets The last domino is falling. Nearly three years ago, the world shut down in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, causing a massive slowdown in consumer spending and major disruptions to supply chains. Since then, as people have
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December 21, 2022
Welcome to Capital Advisors Group’s inaugural quarterly newsletter that will provide a snapshot of the current state of the debt financing markets. Capital Advisors Group has been advising innovative venture-backed and growth-stage companies on debt finance transactions for more than 18 years. This newsletter will provide insight into debt markets,
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December 7, 2022
Fresh Economic Data This past week, the Bureau of Economic Analysis released October’s Personal Income and Outlays Report. Personal income and spending rose by 0.7% and 0.8%, respectively, on a month-over-month basis. The headline Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index climbed by 6.0% year-over-year, while the core PCE index, stripping out
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December 6, 2022
In a speech given in April 2022, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu recalled the ‘chaos’ driven by a series of bank failures during the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) . This resulted in a flurry of acquisitions and unorderly liquidations thrown together to prevent further disruption to the financial
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November 17, 2022
Insight and Perspective on the economy and your cash portfolio After multiple interest rate increases since March 2022, institutional cash investors are welcoming higher returns but wary of the possibility that an economic slowdown or recession might increase credit risk in their cash portfolio. Watch our latest Quarterly Cash Update
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November 8, 2022
How auto manufacturers are developing strategies for improved ESG ratings Over the past several years, auto manufacturers have been increasingly focused on reducing carbon emissions via improving vehicle fuel efficiency and transitioning their product lines to fully electric vehicles. This increasing focus isn’t unfounded: according to the International Energy Agency
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November 7, 2022
In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve raised the overnight lending rate today by 75 basis points for the 4th time in 4 meetings. Following the FOMC’s action, the rate now rests at the 3.75% to 4.00% range. The Fed’s 2022 tightening activity has been extraordinary for a central
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October 19, 2022
CPI Surprised to the Upside... Again The Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in September, double the expected increase, despite a decline in energy prices for the month. Services and shelter costs were the biggest contributors, but large increases were broad-based across categories. Core CPI accelerated unexpectedly to a 0.6% monthly
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