by AIIS Staff | Jun 16, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters
June 2020 Market Update In the first bit of economic news in several months that qualifies as “good,” the economy added 2.5 million jobs in May, lowering the unemployment rate 1.4 percentage points. The gains in May clawed back a small portion of the job losses that...
by AIIS Staff | May 19, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, Uncategorized
May 2020 Market UpdateWith unemployment numbers approaching levels last seen during the Great Depression, parts of the United States are tentatively trying to restart their economies, though COVID-19 remains a threat.The U.S. economy lost more than 20 million jobs in...
by AIIS Staff | Apr 8, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters
April 2020 Market Update The unprecedented economic disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has, in less than two months, thrown the United States into its worst economic crisis since the Great Recession. With much of the economy shut down to slow the spread of the...
by AIIS Staff | Mar 13, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters, Uncategorized
March 2020 Market Update The U.S. economy is at risk of being laid low by a virus.With coronavirus continuing to spread around the United States and the world, supply lines are being interrupted, major events are being canceled, schools are cancelling classes, travel...
by AIIS Staff | Feb 23, 2020 | Blog, Newsletters
February 2020 Market Update Judging by gross domestic product (GDP) growth, the U.S. economy is fair to middling, having expanded by 2.3 percent in 2019, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. According to many Americans, though, the economy is the best it has...
by AIIS Staff | Sep 20, 2019 | Blog, Newsletters
September 2019 Market Update The word “recession” is being heard more often in discussions of the future of the U.S. economy. Although the year started strong, with growth in the first quarter reaching an annualized rate of 3.1 percent, the pace of expansion slowed...
