Inflation, interest rates, GDP, and how the economy moves markets.
1. What Is Inflation?
How inflation is measured and why it matters for investors and savers.
2. How Interest Rates Affect Stocks
The relationship between Fed policy, interest rates, and stock valuations.
3. CPI Explained
What the Consumer Price Index measures and how it's calculated.
4. Federal Reserve Basics
What the Fed does, its dual mandate, and its main policy tools.
5. GDP Explained
What gross domestic product measures and why growth rates matter.
6. Unemployment Rate Impact
How the unemployment rate is measured and its relationship to markets.
7. Yield Curve Explained
What the yield curve shows and why an inversion gets so much attention.