Date: December 5, 2018 United States: U.S. Job Market’s Strength May Surprise Investors on Friday Investors primed for moderation in the U.S. labor market may be surprised by the strength of November’s jobs report, though some cooling is still likely in 2019. Seasonal, weather and industry factors are set to prop up the employment and
Date: December 4, 2018 United States: Here Are Some Signs U.S. Inflation Is Drifting Below Fed’s Goal Just when you thought U.S. inflation was stabilizing around the Federal Reserve’s 2 percent goal, it’s getting pulled back down again. In contrast to the resounding success on their maximum-employment target, policy makers may have to wait a
Date; December 3, 2018 United States: As Fed Rethinks Path for Rates, Gold’s Poised to Jump in 2019 Gold may be poised to rally as speculation mounts that the Federal Reserve will hit the pause button on interest rate hikes in 2019. After lift-off in late 2015 followed by a rise a year later, the
Date: November 28, 2018 Wisynco Group Limited (WISYNCO) held its 1th annual general meeting as a listed Company yesterday, at their Headquarters in Lakes Pen, St. Catherine. Here, it was acknowledged that Wisynco’s distribution infrastructure is unmatched locally (representing 110 brands with over 4,000 SKUs) and one of the strongest in the Caribbean. Wisynco has
Date: November 28, 2018 United States: Fed Officials Acknowledge Economic Weaknesses Yet Remain Upbeat Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday sprinkled small doses of concern into otherwise upbeat assessments of the U.S. economy. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, appearing on a panel discussion with two other regional bank chiefs, pointed to growing skilled-labor shortages. Kansas City’s
Date: November 28, 2018 United States: Goldman Predicts Commodities Will Soar in 2019 Commodity bull Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is undaunted by the sell-off in raw materials and is forecasting returns of about 17 percent in the coming months, describing the current situation as unsustainable and touting this week’s G-20 meeting in Buenos Aires as
Date: November 23, 2018 United States: U.S. Firms Evading Trump Tariffs by Switching Output Abroad: UBS U.S. companies are evading President Donald Trump’s goods tariffs by partly moving production abroad, shielding China for now from the effects of an escalating trade dispute, according to research by UBS Group AG. “If U.S. companies move a stage of
Date: November 22, 2018 United States: Weak Investment Leads Signs of Cooling Momentum in U.S. Economy Weaker-than-projected reports Wednesday on business investment, consumer confidence and the job market signaled the U.S. economy is shifting into a lower gear, leaving less cheer as Americans head into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Orders placed with U.S. factories for
Date: November 21, 2018 Please click below to view October 2018’s Monthly Economic Review. Monthly Economic Review - October 2018 Analyst Certification -The views expressed in this research report accurately reflect the personal views of Mayberry Investments Limited Research Department about those issuer (s) or securities as at the date of this report. Each research
Date: November 19, 2019 Bank of Jamaica Quarterly Monetary Report: For the period (July to August 2018) The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) held its Quarterly Monetary Policy Press Conference today, where the Governor, Mr. Brian Wynter, commented on the Bank of Jamaica’s decision to hold the policy interest rate unchanged at 2.00%. According to the
