According to the consumer research firm Nielsen, U.S. sales of mints are down 30% YoY at stores with gum following closely behind down 28%. Don’t worry, there isn’t concern of a wide spread pandemic of bad breath, though, as toothpaste and mouth wash sales are up ~12% in the same […]

“Asset prices remain vulnerable to significant declines should the pandemic worsen, the economic fallout prove more adverse, or financial system strains re-emerge”-Federal Reserve Bi-Annual Financial Stability Report The S&P500 is down 1% in early trading this morning as vaccine experts raised caution yesterday about too much public optimism over the […]

It’s beginning to feel like 2018 again. Investors are getting spooked with escalating tensions between the United States and China. The Trump Administration is putting public pressure on the FED to lower interest rates. Central banks are urging governments to tap their fiscal policymaking powers as interest rates approach negative […]

Ahead of the Friday release of April’s Jobs report, with markets expecting to see a drop of 22 million jobs, several Federal Reserve speakers have been taking the podium this week to share their wisdom on our economic outlook as a country. Some participants in America’s interest rate setting body […]