Jeff For Banks

APRIL 22, 2018

Tax cuts are adding stimulus and leading to improved business and consumer optimism, but there are some offsetting factors in the form of Fed tightening, low productivity, and large levels of debt, especially at the federal government as they fund what could be a $1 trillion plus deficit this fiscal year. Gas prices remain below $3.00

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 12, 2015

We all have been reading for years how the United States was dramatically increasing energy production, especially from a method of extracting oil and natural gas in shale regions of the country known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Suddenly the US was the world leader in oil production. Consumer can and will rejoice and spend.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The markets believe the chance of tax hikes, repeals of tax cuts, and gigantic initiatives are greatly diminished. Our regional economy, covered by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s Third District, is doing well into the fourth quarter. Stock prices are rising strongly, but bond prices have fallen from their highs.

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