Local council is blasted for 'insulting' Holocaust remembrance event after no Jewish speakers invited and references made to ongoing Gaza conflict

found 2025 › Feb › 03 (Mon) @ 16:22 UTC

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Professor Lawrence Goldman accused Lowestoft Town Council of not being 'sincere' in its sympathy for Jewish loss after the extraordinary oversight last week.

Initial Q1 GDP Tracking: Mid-to-high 2% Range

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 21:47 UTC

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From Goldman:

We launched our Q1 GDP tracking estimate at +2.6% (quarter-over-quarter annualized) and our Q1 domestic final sales estimate at +2.3%. We launched our past-quarter GDP tracking estimate…

FOMC Preview: No Change to Policy

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 20:52 UTC

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Most analysts expect no change to FOMC policy at the meeting this week, keeping the target range at 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 percent. Market participants currently expect the FOMC to be on hold at the Janua…

Q4 GDP Tracking: 2.3% to 3.0% Range

found 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 07:22 UTC

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From BofA:

Since our last weekly publication, our 4Q GDP tracking estimate has moved up two-tenths to 2.3% q/q saar. [Jan 24th estimate]
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From Goldman:

We left our Q4 GDP tracking and dom…

Goldman Sachs taps new generation to lead key Wall Street units

found 2025 › Jan › 21 (Tue) @ 17:55 UTC

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Bank promotes clutch of executives to run banking and trading divisions and reshuffles international arm

Q4 GDP Tracking: 2.1% to 3.0% Range

found 2025 › Jan › 18 (Sat) @ 06:57 UTC

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From BofA:

Since our last weekly publication, our 4Q GDP tracking estimate has moved up three-tenths to 2.1% q/q saar. [Jan 17th estimate]
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From Goldman:

Following this morning’s data, w…

Goldman Sachs hands chief David Solomon $80mn retention award

found 2025 › Jan › 17 (Fri) @ 20:54 UTC

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Wall Street executive’s 2024 salary also boosted by 26% to $39mn

December Employment Preview

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

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On Friday at 8:30 AM ET, the BLS will release the employment report for December. The consensus is for 160,000 jobs added, and for the unemployment rate to be unchanged at 4.2%.

There were 227,000 …

Q4 GDP Tracking: 1.8% to 2.7% Range

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

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From BofA:

Since our last weekly publication, our 4Q GDP tracking estimate has moved down three tenths to 1.8% q/q saar. The final estimate of 3Q GDP came in at 3.1% q/q saar, close to our tracking…

Goldman on Employment Report and FOMC

found 2025 › Jan › 15 (Wed) @ 05:55 UTC

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A few excerpts from a Goldman Sachs research note:

Nonfarm payrolls rose 256k in December, well above consensus expectations. ... The household survey was also strong. The unemployment rate fell 0.15…