Economic Commentary

ECONOMY & POLICY January 20, 2023   Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. The debt ceiling debate seems to be a never ending, ever recurring, event in American politics. This is, perhaps, one of the most inefficient mechanisms ever invented to settle disputes and it will remain a permanent threat to the […]

ECONOMY & POLICY January 13, 2023   Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. December’s 0.1% decline in the headline consumer price index (CPI) was a good number with which to end the year but the 0.3% increase in the core CPI number meant that the Federal Reserve (Fed) still has some more […]

ECONOMY & POLICY January 06, 2023   Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Over the last several months we have answered several questions from clients regarding renewed speculation on the U.S. dollar as well as about other countries in the world potentially moving back to a ‘gold standard,’ as if the gold […]

RETIREMENT & LONGEVITY   Washington Policy Analyst Ed Mills outlines key components of the new legislation. The year-end fiscal 2023 government funding bill contained legislation that makes the most significant changes to the U.S. retirement savings system in decades. The SECURE Act 2.0 legislation builds on retirement savings changes passed in 2019 and contains new […]