Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist, September 9, 2020 Anyone who has taken a first-year economics course has heard about what is sometimes called the micro-macro paradox, where completely valid decisions by individual actors in the marketplace
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Economic Outlook at Midyear
As seen in the WealthManagement 2020 MidYear Outlook Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist, August 2020 Three enormously expensive and challenging projects confront the United States and the major developed economies in the next 18 months: 1) the
America’s Jobs Crisis Could be about to Get Even Worse
CNN Business Annekan Tappe, Senior Writer, August 5, 2020 Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist, shares her thoughts on the monthly job reports, what July numbers could look like and the US job market in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. "July is
Investing for Future Growth
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist July 21, 2020 - The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regularly prepares long-term economic growth forecasts in order to fulfill its mandate to analyze the budgetary impact of current and proposed federal
The Value of Simplicity
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist July 6, 2020 - Every soul-shaking event of the last twenty years – 9-11, the financial crisis of 2008-2009, the coronavirus pandemic – has been accompanied by a period of introspection regarding truly
Plain Speaking Powell
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist June 16, 2020 - At a recent Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research Associates Meeting, the distinguished Stanford economics professor and monetarist John Taylor described Fed Chairman Jerome Powell as
Consumer Confidence
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist June 11, 2020 - Consumer spending is 70% of the US economy, as measured by US GDP, and the frequent repetition of this mantra by popular financial media, academics and Wall Street analysts alike is testimony
A Note About Employment and Unemployment
By Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist June 10, 2020 - The most recent report on US labor market conditions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), released on June 5 and reporting on employment and unemployment in May 2020, has provoked a torrent
Another Stroll Around The “Active” Vs “Passive” Investment Debate
As published on Family Wealth Report Jeanette Garretty, Chief Economist and Stuart Katz, Chief Investment Officer, May 29, 2020 The age-old debate about the pros and cons of “active” versus “passive” investing got a new jolt when global equity
Why Is Market Up? Because Nearly 80% Think The Pandemic Is A Buy
Forbes Kenneth Rapoza, Senior Contributor, April 22, 2020 Chief Economist, Jeanette Garretty shares her thoughts on a market recovery and why receiving clarity on earnings is key. “The idea that the economy is going to recover in a V-shape, I
