by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Dec 17, 2021 | Chart of the Week
This week the Federal Reserve announced their intent to dial back bond purchases and perhaps raise rates up to three times next year. What’s weird, though, is that this is happening at a time when the yield curve is as flat as it is. The chart above shows the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Dec 10, 2021 | Chart of the Week
The United States’ unemployment rate is the focus of our featured chart this week. It’s something nearly everyone has heard of, and it’s the economic metric that people probably care the most about. To state the obvious, we don’t like a high unemployment...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Dec 2, 2021 | Chart of the Week
The labor market continues to improve in America. Our chart above shows that initial weekly jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to just 199,000 recently. That’s the lowest it’s been since the pandemic started, and even more surprisingly, it’s the lowest...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 19, 2021 | Chart of the Week
The Baltic Dry Index. It’s funny; despite having the word “dry” in its name, the Baltic Dry Index involves a lot of water. This is because it measures changes in the cost to ship various raw materials such as coal, iron ore, and grains across the...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Nov 12, 2021 | Chart of the Week
Above target inflation and widespread supply and labor shortages are things the U.S. economy hasn’t experienced in quite some time. The good news for workers, however, is that companies have raised wages at an exceptional rate in recent months, hoping to...
by NelsonCorp Wealth Management | Oct 29, 2021 | Chart of the Week
This week’s featured chart reveals a widening gap between the U.S. ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index, which is rising, and the Production Index, which is falling. Historically, these two series have tracked each other closely, a sign that supply and demand are...
