Economic Commentary
Pay close attention to the Fed Chairman’s press conference
Economy & Policy January 24, 2025 Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Next week we will have the first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting decision on interest rates of the year, where Federal Reserve (Fed) officials are expected to leave the federal funds rate unchanged after cutting the rate by 25 […]
Is this what the Dr. ordered?
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 will remain supportive of markets in 2025
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 […]
Extending the runway to achieve the inflation target
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 […]