“To cut rate or not to cut rates…that is thy question.” My high school literature teacher would be proud of my attempt to blend classic…
The question on everyone’s mind lately has been “When will the Fed cut rates?” This question seems to have been answered over the last month…
The last several years have been nothing but an ever-changing, dynamic environment for financial institutions to operate in. First, the pandemic induced the recession of…
Happy Jobs Friday, everyone! As I sit here and wait for the stock market to open, I’m interested to see if a man who goes…
Happy Thursday Everyone! This week’s edition of Baker Market Update comes to you a day earlier than normal, due to our offices and the markets…
The great financial crisis of 2008 brought a slew of new banking regulations and guidance. More specifically, guidance related to best practices for liquidity risk…
Happy Friday, everyone! It is March 1st already and the rule of thumb is that the jobs report comes out the “First Friday of the…
The big news this Friday morning is whether the groundhog (aka Punxsutawney Phil) saw his shadow or not. After years of seeing his shadow, he…
The days can be long, but the years seem to fly by! As we wind down another year and continue to draft our 2024 New…
Ferris Bueller once famously said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. This…
Happy Friday, wherever you may be reading this! Here is your economic week in review! All eyes were on the Federal Reserve this week as…
Happy Friday Everyone! I hope everyone is finally enjoying some cooler weather and some good football games. This week brought us some key inflation releases…
I recently joked that I have read an article every week for the past year that says a recession is starting the next month. But…
Happy Friday everyone! The economic calendar was rather light this week and professional golf has gotten more headlines this week than the economy. As my…
This week, various Federal Reserve Presidents were scattered across the country speaking at various events. Minneapolis Fed President, Neel Kashkari, said the central bank probably…
The recent bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have shown that liquidity risk can produce a bank failure instantly versus a slower,…
As Ferris Bueller once wisely said “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”…
How is it already March? I guess I’ll blame it on February having 28 days. Normally, the first Friday of the month brings us a…
Welcome to the end of the last week of the year! I hope you have been using the ever hilarious saying this week of “see…
Happy Christmas Eve…Eve! This morning, my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter asked me “Daddy, what do you want for Christmas?” I told her “I’d love for this inflation…