by J Thomas Knight | Jun 28, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: June 28, 2021 What begins with the letter “I”? Infrastructure Infrastructure is essential and sometimes taken for granted. Pipes carry drinking water to our homes, offices, and healthcare facilities, and carry away sewage and wastewater. Highways,...
by J Thomas Knight | Jun 21, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: June 21, 2021 Is that a hawk? The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week. They get together eight times a year to review current economic and financial conditions, assess risks to price stability and economic growth, and adjust...
by J Thomas Knight | Jun 14, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: June 14, 2021 It’s transitory. It’s not transitory. It’s transitory. It’s not transitory. Media analysts were plucking the inflation daisy petals last week. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index Summary, which showed...
by J Thomas Knight | Jun 7, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: June 07, 2021 Pulling the economy out of the shed. If you’ve ever stored tools or machinery in a shed or garage for an extended period of time, you know they often need some care and repair to function properly. The same appears to be true of the pandemic...
by J Thomas Knight | Jun 1, 2021 | Commentaries
Commentary: June 01, 2021 Are we at a tipping point? One side effect of the pandemic was a collapse in demand for oil, which led to “the largest revision to the value of the oil industry’s assets in at least a decade,” reported Collin Eaton and Sarah McFarlane of The...
