July 2017

America is quickly approaching its debt limit, and some market participants are concerned.  Their worry stems from the possibility that our nation will be unable to pay debts that mature soon.  According to projections from the Congressional Budget Office, the Treasury will run out of money in early to mid-October.  For the first time since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the

Sales of existing homes dipped in June 2017 according to the National Association of Realtors. Declining 1.8 percent, this latest month gave back all of May’s uptick and then some. Coming in at 5.62 million units, June’s tally is the second lowest of this year, better than only February’s count of 5.47 million.

Teachers are some of the most influential people in our lives.  Parents are often our earliest exposure to the role, imparting life’s essential information: things like eating, walking, and basic communications.  As we grow older, our paths cross with a growing number of teachers until we meet our first formal educator.  This initial professional might be affiliated with a

Increasing for a fifth consecutive period, industrial production rose 0.4 percent in June 2107.  Released by the Federal Reserve, this indicator measures everything physically produced in America, from paperclips to sophisticated aerospace equipment.  Also included in the release is capacity utilization which quantifies how much of the country’s resources for physical output are

Washington D. C. seems to have a lot of influence on the way business owners feel. Small Business Optimism, as measured by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), jumped immediately after the presidential election.