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The economy's momentum during high inflation
The economy's momentum during high inflation

It may not be what investors want to hear but there is indeed a slowdown happening in our economy. We're facing labor market challenges on top of inflation running over 2 percent. Today's Peek of the Week explains how the historically high growth rates of 2021 (that reflected the economy reopening after the pandemic) have shifted to the place where we're at now. Currently, we have high inflation to focus on.

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Lifestyle, Peek of the Week, Stock marketLeif HagenAchievement Financial#inflation, #workers, #america, #economy, #GDP, #stockmarket, #slowdown, #value, #goods, #worth
Cooling markets during the heat of summer
Cooling markets during the heat of summer

Today's Peek of the Week has the latest insight into how the stock markets are cooling down now that the U.S. economy isn't burning as hot as it once was. With that being said, and even after the last two quarters of slowed growth, the United States economy continues to surprise us. Unemployment has fallen quite low, the labor market is on fire, and the main driver for this shift has been women returning to the workplace. With all this "job talk" brings more "recession talk" and today's PEEK of the WEEK shares some second quarter business activity data to follow up on the whole recession idea.

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Lifestyle, Investment, World Events, Stock marketLeif HagenAchievement Financial#stockmarket, #stocks, #bonds, #news, #marketcommentary, #america, #inflation, #work, #workers, #jobmarket, #financialnews, #finance, #investing, #investors
Adjusting outlooks after economic developments
Adjusting outlooks after economic developments

The Fed's minutes from their December meeting were released last week and investors found themselves surprised by "the change in tone" for future outlooks. Our Peek of the Week tells the story of the Federal Reserve and how 2020 forced our country to make adjustments to avoid a deep recession or depression, and how we continue to pivot going forward.

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Money, Stock market, Peek of the WeekLeif HagenAchievement Financial#unemployment, #jobs, #americans, #economy, #economicrecovery, #stimulus, #inflation, #thefed, #federalreserve, #employer, #supplyanddemand, #supply, #demand, #wages, #minimumwage, #wagewar, #data, #workers, #financialplanning, #advisor, #mn
Employment exceeds expectations in vaccination nation
Employment exceeds expectations in vaccination nation
Money, Lifestyle, Community Involvement, Peek of the Week, World EventsLeif HagenAchievement Financial#unemployment, #employment, #blog, #moneymarkets, #stocks, #bonds, #stockmarket, #employm, #america, #americanworkers, #workers, #PEEKoftheWeek, #yields, #yield, #inflation, #stockprices, #vaccine, #vaccination, #coronavirus, #recession, #recovery, #economy, #fiscalstimulus, #federalreserve, #money, #savings, #financialindustry, #finance, #labor, #nasdaq, #dowjones