Last year’s economic growth was a mixed bag. While it appears the economy has bounced back from the recession and unemployment continues to drop, GDP growth remains slow. In addition, the numbers aren’t telling the whole story thanks to inflation. What could this mean for...
For the second time in a decade, the Federal Reserve raised the target interest rate by 0.25%. The current range is now 0.5%-0.75%. Rates are still much lower than they were in the mid-2000s, though there is likely to be a series of gradual increases...
Rebuilding America’s infrastructure has been a popular political topic of late, with both parties stating a commitment to the fixing the nation’s roads, bridges, railways, and more. The country’s aging infrastructure has long been a thorn in the side of commuters and a focus on...
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, known commonly as Dodd-Frank, was enacted in 2010 under President Obama as a response to the financial crisis that led to the Great Recession. The ultimate goal of the legislation was to safeguard the economy and...
According to a new study, there should be no doubt about how strapped for cash many small firms are today. Small Business Funding by the Numbers JPMorgan Chase Institute's think tank relied on data collected from their in-house bank to work up an analysis of the current...
Banks with less than $250 billion in total assets may soon be seeing a relief in their federal obligations. A proposed alteration from the Federal Reserve could mean that smaller regional banks who do not conduct significant nonbank or international business would be exempted from...
Expectations are falling, and the idea that the third quarter would mark the return to growth for U.S. companies has fallen flat. Companies in the S&P 500 will report earnings in the coming weeks, and the expectation is that they will once again report declines....
In a state where manufacturing is an economic support beam, Indiana businesses are growing more and more concerned over the presidential race's implications for trade. Former IN Governor Mike Pence ran his 2012 gubernatorial campaign on a strongly pro-trade platform and voted for every available free...
Amid positive job reports and a surging stock market, one factor still presents a major obstacle to long-term economic growth in the US: a persistent slackening of productivity. We are currently in the midsts of the longest downward slide in worker productivity since the 1970’s,...
As we discussed in a recent blog, US manufacturing is alive and well—despite what many people may think. Following up on that piece, we are happy to give yet another positive update from the manufacturing sector. The stars have aligned for US manufacturing in July, with...
