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Kuroda Goes Negative on Interest Rates - Monetary ‘Hail Mary’
written by Richard Katz on February 05, 2016
Richard Katz's February 2016 issue of the Oriental Economist
Kuroda Goes Negative on Interest Rates - Monetary ‘Hail Mary’
written by Richard Katz on February 05, 2016
Richard Katz's February 2016 issue of the Oriental Economist
Core PCE Likely Understates the ‘True’ Inflation Trend
written by Michael Lewis on February 05, 2016
FMI’s Friday Focus Commentary on differences between the core PCE and core CPI deflator.
Data Round-Up: Strong Wage Gains Increase the Odds for a March Rate Hike
written by Michael Lewis on February 05, 2016
FMI’s analysis of this morning’s January Employment (including a review of the Annual Payroll Benchmark) and December International Trade reports.
Data Round-Up: Light at End of Tunnel for Mfg; Continued Solid Income Trend
written by Michael Lewis on February 01, 2016
FMI’s analyses of this morning’s January PMI, December Construction and December Personal Income reports.
BOJ Tried a Bazooka with Negative Rates, but It's Just a Pop Gun
written by Richard Katz on January 29, 2016
Followings are the key points fro this report, - BOJ tried another surprise “bazooka” but only managed a pop gun - Will apply a “negative interest rate” of 0.1% on new deposits of “excess reserves” held by banks at the BOJ - Hope is that it will get banks to lend more and thereby boost company investment and consumer spending - It won’t work: problem is not banks unwillingness to lend, but business/firm unwillingness to borrow
FMI February 2016 Economic and Investment Outlook
written by Michael Lewis on January 29, 2016
FMI's complete February 2016 Economic & Investment Outlook.
FMI Weekly Data Preview: January 25-29
written by Michael Lewis on January 25, 2016
FMI’s complete Preview of this week’s notable data releases.
Raising Profits without Raising Sales - What's the Bottom Line?
written by Richard Katz on January 22, 2016
Japan’s firms, particularly its 5,000 largest firms, have mastered the art of producing growth in profits without growth in sales. They’ve done this by cutting costs, particularly labor costs.
Data Round-Up: Existing Home Sales Back to Healthy Trend, Inventories Very Lean
written by Michael Lewis on January 22, 2016
FMI’s review of this morning’s December Existing Home Sales report..
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