Economic Indicators

IMF downgrades growth forecasts, and more . . .

Fast growing economies, including China, India, and Brazil, are slowing in the face of weak demand from western goods market countries.

October 9, 2012

1 min read

Help clients buy bonds

Due to unstable markets, your clients are looking for yield opportunities. Patrick O’Toole offers tips on how to help them.

October 9, 2012

3 min read

Fed eyes jobless rate

Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, the interest rate setting body of the U.S. Federal Reserve, indicate the latest round of stimulus was weighed carefully and that reducing unemployment has now become a higher-priority goal for the Fed.

October 5, 2012

2 min read

5 reasons the Fed is wrong

Interest rate guru James Grant is disgusted with the Fed.

By Melissa Shin |October 5, 2012

3 min read