by diastole-admin | Oct 6, 2025 | Uncategorized
The government shutdown, which began on October 1st, continues, Congress is in recess, so there is no way to resolve the shutdown at this time. As the shutdown goes on, pain will grow for furloughed government workers and recipients of some government benefits, to say...
by diastole-admin | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
The biggest news this week is what’s going to happen next. Will the government shut down at midnight tomorrow? Will there be a September jobs report on Friday? I’m also wondering if my prescription medications come from overseas. Well, maybe that last one isn’t one of...
by diastole-admin | Sep 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Happy First Day of Autumn! And just like the leaves on the trees, interest rates are falling. The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee announced on Wednesday that it was cutting the Fed-funds rate by 0.25% – to a range of 4%-4.25%. The Fed-funds rate is what...
by diastole-admin | Sep 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
It’s Fed week! And a lot has changed since last week, when what the Fed was going to do was still up in the air. Now we (and everybody else) expect the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) to lower interest rates, probably by one quarter of a percentage point....
by diastole-admin | Sep 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
First markets were closed last Monday for labor day. Then we saw optimism about a coming interest-rate cut move markets higher, and finally, on Friday, we saw bad news bringing markets lower. Which is it, people? Is bad news good or is bad news bad? By the end of the...
