Economic Commentary

ECONOMY & POLICY July 11, 2024   Managing Director, Washington Policy Analyst Ed Mills breaks down the 2024 race for Congress and key issues Washington D.C. will tackle in 2025. To read the full article, see the Investment Strategy Quarterly publication linked below. With most of the focus of the 2024 elections on the rematch […]

ECONOMY & POLICY July 08, 2024   Chief Economist Eugenio Alemán and Economist Giampiero Fuentes note that the global population is heading into a sustained decline for the first time in recorded history. To read the full article, see the Investment Strategy Quarterly publication linked below. The global population has surpassed 8 billion and according to […]

ECONOMY & POLICY June 28, 2024   Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Retail trade sales in the U.S. are reported by distribution channel. For example, gasoline sales are reported through the gasoline stations distribution channel, although those gasoline stations’ sales also include everything else sold at gasoline station convenience stores, i.e., […]

ECONOMY & POLICY June 21, 2024   Chief Economist Eugenio J. Alemán discusses current economic conditions. Total net worth, or household wealth, has reached a new record high, at least in nominal terms. This has pushed many to argue that Americans have been using the accumulation in net worth to increase consumption. And there is […]