The SHJ Blog

Investment education, market insights, and other thoughts from our financial services team to help you Plan, Invest, and Succeed.

Inside the Economy: Inflation and the Fed

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we address new economic data. CPI jumped month over month, largely due to the increase in oil prices. How will this impact the Fed’s…

Inside the Economy: Wages & Housing

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we look at wages and housing. Wage and salary growth has moved back to pre-pandemic levels, with the highest income households seeing the slowest…

Inside the Economy: The Consumer & Housing

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we continue to wade through the summer doldrums. The consumer is still spending and enjoying historically elevated home equity values. As the Fed continues…

Inside the Economy: The Economy is Slowing Down

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we discuss some key data pieces. From a year ago, inflation has trended lower, unemployment has stayed the same, and treasury yields continue to…

Inside the Economy: Current State of Affairs

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we look at the lending market, housing, the Federal Reserve, and other economic data. Lending data is showing delinquencies at record lows, as we…

Inside the Economy: Unemployment & Personal Savings

| Economic Discussion, Economy, SHJ Blog | No Comments
This week on “Inside the Economy”, we look at unemployment and personal savings. Unemployment has continued to be a driver for the Fed decisions and after recently ticking back up,…