MCNAIR MONTHLY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Economic outlook pinpoints causes of our inflation-driven crisis

Economic outlook pinpoints causes of our inflation-driven crisis

The major causes of our current inflation-driven crisis are the roughly $6 trillion in largely excessive spending the Trump and Biden Administrations spent in the name of COVID relief and economic recovery; President Biden’s reregulation of the U.S. economy; and the dramatic expansion of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s balance sheet from $4.14 trillion (January...

By Dr. Timothy Nash

MCNAIR MONTHLY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK JANUARY/EARLY FEBRUARY 2022

MCNAIR MONTHLY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK JANUARY/EARLY FEBRUARY 2022

INTRODUCTION The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished 2021 at 36,338.30, up 18.73% for the year, while the S&P 500 closed 2021, at 4,766.18, up 26.89% for the year and the NASDAQ ended the year at 15,644.97, up 21.39%. At the end of the first full week in February 2022, these major indices have given back...

By Dr. Timothy Nash