July 2020 Insight Guide: Market Indicators
The Economy As COVID-19 continues to spread in the U.S., Goldman Sachs revised its GDP expectation for the third quarter. The bank now sees GDP growing 25%, down from the original expectation of 33%. The bank also sees total economic contraction worsening to 4.6% from 4.2%. This is largely due to slower-than-expected recovery in consumer […]
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The C’s of Credit: Traditional and Today
The C’s of Credit have traditionally been related to 5 key subjects in credit analysis: Character, Capacity, Capital, Conditions, and Collateral. However, should there be only 5 in today’s world? Are there other C’s that should be considered? This discussion will define the traditional C’s plus additional C’s to contemplate. Character Character refers to the […]
Read MoreJune 2020 Insight Guide: Market Indicators
The Economy The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs in May, a surprising jump as businesses across the nation began to reopen from the COVID-19 shutdown. The unemployment rate fell to 13.3%; this is still high by historical standards, but much better than expected and still an improvement over April’s jobless rate of 14.7%. With […]
Read MoreMay 2020 Insight Guide: Market Indicators
The Economy The U.S. economy cut a record 20.5 million jobs in April, while the unemployment rate climbed to 14.7%, as the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses across the U.S. to temporarily shut down and lay off workers. Key Indicators The Architectural Billings Index fell by 20.1 points to a score of 33.3 for the month […]
Read MoreApril 2020 Insight Guide: Market Indicators
The Economy Initial filings for unemployment insurance in the U.S. totaled a record 6.648 million for the week ending March 28. That more than doubled the prior week’s reported total that was also marked a high record at the time. Economists at Bank of America Global Research believe that, even though the current labor market […]
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In Times Like This: Alan Stein Jr.
“Alan Stein Jr. spoke at our sales conference in January about ‘raising our game.’ I have followed him since reading his book last year and listen to his podcast on leadership and business weekly. This week he posted a free resource on his website with a lot of thoughts on dealing with uncertainty and some ideas for […]
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