Economic Commentary

Economy & Policy January 17, 2025 Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. When we hear the discussion about what the Federal Reserve (Fed) has to do or doesn’t have to do over the next several months there seems to be a serious misunderstanding of the objectives of monetary policy, at least in […]

Economy & Policy January 03, 2025 Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Happy New Year, 2025! As we start a new year it will be important to look at what lies ahead, at least from an economic perspective. And the most important issue is that the economy’s fundamentals remain solid with very […]

Economy & Policy December 20, 2024 Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Since we are not going to publish Weekly Economics on December 27, 2024, we will take this opportunity to say farewell to 2024 and to all our readers, we want to wish you a very happy holiday season and a […]

Markets & Investing December 18, 2024 With persistent inflation and a resilient economy, the Fed’s updated projections show two rate cuts next year. The pace of interest rate cuts will slow in 2025 as the Federal Reserve (Fed) released its updated Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) and dot plot as part of its December 17-18 […]