10 04, 2018

Wesbury’s Outlook – A Generation of Interest Rate Illiterates

By |2018-04-10T09:34:27-04:00April 10th, 2018|Fed Reserve, Financial, Governments, Interest Rates|0 Comments

An entire generation of investors has been misled about interest rates: where they come from, what they mean, how they're determined. Lots of this confusion has to do with the role of central banks.  Many think central banks, like the Fed, control all interest rates.  This isn't true.  They can only control short-term rates.  It's [...]

13 02, 2018

Wesbury’s Outlook – Snatching Slow Growth from the Jaws of Fast Growth

By |2018-02-13T11:06:29-05:00February 13th, 2018|Fed Reserve, Financial, Governments|0 Comments

The U.S. economy continues to be lifted by an incredible wave of new technology.  Fracking, 3-D printing, smartphones, apps, and the cloud have boosted productivity and profits.  Yet taxes, regulation and spending all increased markedly in the past decade, raising the burden of government and dragging down the real GDP growth rate to a modest [...]

4 12, 2017

Wesbury’s Monday Outlook – Don’t Fear Higher Interest Rates

By |2017-12-04T15:11:19-05:00December 4th, 2017|Fed Reserve, Financial, Governments|0 Comments

Bullish • Government • Markets • Monday Morning Outlook • Fed Reserve • Interest Rates • Stocks   The Federal Reserve has a problem.  At 4.1%, the jobless rate is already well below the 4.6% it thinks unemployment would/could/should average over the long run.  We think the unemployment rate should get to 3.5% by the end of 2019 and wouldn't be shocked if it got that low [...]

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