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March 2021 – Bond Market Review
Estimates for US gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year have been revised higher. The current Bloomberg consensus estimate for 2021 US GDP growth is 5.5% (following a 3.5% decline last year). Although the labor market is still a long way from a full recovery, robust fiscal support should help support the economy in the […]
3/5– Weekly Economic Highlights
U.S. nonfarm payrolls were stronger than expected in February, up 379,000, versus the Bloomberg consensus forecast of 200,000. January payrolls were also revised up by 117,000. Payrolls in the leisure and hospitality sector improved in February and were up 355,000, following a combined decline of 523,000 in December and January. The unemployment rate declined to […]
Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB): What Is It and How Has It Changed?
You may be thinking to yourself “what is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB), and why may it be relevant to me?” Well, I would like to answer those two questions in the most colorful way possible: first giving you some quick notes on the history of the Act within which the definition of a QIB […]
