According to today's blog, "rising inflation is a bit like a child throwing a temper tantrum in the grocery store." Would you agree? And, what will it take to calm this wild child down?

Our Peek of the Week explains how the Fed is laser focused on calming our country's conditions of inflation and volatility. Fed Chair Jerome Powell was quoted saying, "We have both the tools we need and the resolve that it will take to restore price stability on behalf of American families and business."

Consumers are feeling blue in June

Our brand new Peek of the Week doubles down on the feelings of the American consumer: feeling blue. About half of Americans are spending less due to inflation and 79 percent of consumers anticipate business conditions to decline during the next 12 months. Investors are choosing to see the good with the fact that the Federal Reserve may slow its rate hikes, or may raise rates by less, since consumers are spending less and manufacturing growth has slowed.