Eric S. Rosengren President & Chief Executive Officer Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Economic Summit + Outlook 2020 Connecticut Business & Industry Association Hartford, Connecticut January 13, 2020 We end 2019 and begin 2020 with an economy that is doing quite well. The labor market is strong, with the national unemployment rate at 50-year lows. […]
Did you make any resolutions concerning your personal finances last January? If so, how did you do? Did you attain your goals, or was this year a total financial washout for you? While the days leading up to New Year’s Eve are often spent reflecting on the year gone, the following days should be spent […]
Monetary policy and fiscal policy refer to the two most widely recognized tools used to influence a nation’s economic activity. Monetary policy is primarily concerned with the management of interest rates and the total supply of money in circulation and is generally carried out by central banks, such as the U.S. Federal Reserve. Fiscal policy […]
The dividend yield is the ratio of a company’s annual dividend compared to its share price. The dividend yield is represented as a percentage and is calculated as follows: Dividend Yield = Annual Dividend / Share Price Depending on the source, the annual dividend used in the calculation could be the total dividends paid during […]
Growth stocks are considered stocks that have the potential to outperform the overall market over time because of their future potential, while value stocks are classified as stocks that are currently trading below what they are really worth and will therefore provide a superior return. Which category is better? The comparative historical performance of these […]
O sistema de livre mercado descreveu uma economia em que as pessoas negociam voluntariamente umas com as outras e na qual a oferta e a demanda de produtos e serviços levam a uma “mão invisível” que cria ordem. Um mercado puramente livre tem pouca ou nenhuma intervenção ou regulamentação governamental, e indivíduos e empresas são […]
Uma métrica popular de análise macroeconômica para comparar a produtividade econômica e os padrões de vida entre os países é a paridade do poder de compra (PPP). A PPP é uma teoria econômica que compara as moedas de diferentes países através de uma abordagem de “cesta de mercadorias”. De acordo com esse conceito, duas moedas […]
Um corretor geralmente precisa tomar uma decisão rápida para comprar, vender ou manter uma ação. Não há tempo para consultar analistas de ações, gerenciar entrevistas ou ler longos relatórios de pesquisa, mas uma rápida olhada em algumas informações importantes pode levar a uma boa decisão tomada sob pressão. Digamos que uma empresa acabou de lançar […]
The 2010s were kind to the average Wall Street investor, as the decade is primed to go down as the first uninterrupted full-decade bull market in history. The 2010s, among other things, was characterized by the rapid rise of “Big Tech,” which brought Wall Street its first trillion-dollar empires. The U.S.-China trade conflict still looms […]
Inflation: Drivers and Dynamics 2019 Conference Summary Andres Blanco, Mina Kim, Edward S. Knotek II, Matthias Paustian, Robert Rich, Jane Ryngaert, Raphael Schoenle, Joris Tielens, Henning Weber, Michael Weber, Mirko Wiederholt, and Tony Zhang Inflation is a measure of the rate of rising prices of goods and services in an economy. If inflation is occurring, leading to […]