Strong Labor Market And Productivity Dogged By Slowing Growth And Stubborn Inflation, Fritz Meyer, May 2024
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Fritz MeyerTuesday, May 21, 2024 4PM EST CFP® Live CPA IWIProgram Id: 439479243
Job openings still outnumber job seekers, making this moment unusual in financial history, and productivity of U.S. workers has recently jumped. However, the battle against inflation stalled and the bright 2024 outlook dimmed in early May.
Attendees of financial economist Fritz Meyer May 2024 CE/CPE class for CFP, CPA, CFA, CIMA and other investment advisers learn answers to the following questions:
- Why it’s important that the number of job openings outnumber job seekers?
- What’s to know about the Federal Reserve’s May 1 meeting?
- Is wage inflation a growing problem for policymakers?
- What does the two year rise in labor productivity tell us?
Objectives of Fritz Meyer's monthly classes for investment advisors include:
● contextualizing current financial economic metrics into the long-term historical record
● providing knowledge to explain your outlook concisely
● explaining Federal Reserve actions and outlook
● implementing a prudent discipline for fiduciaries managing portfolios ERISA assets
● analyzing the latest financial data, including:
● M2 is down slightly and still very high relative to its history
● FOMC's last meeting and policy pronouncements
● new-job formation
● job openings still far exceed job seekers
● savings rate plunge
● personal spending
● consumer income and spending
● DPI and savings
● household balance sheets
● PCED and CPI
● savings rate
● retail sales
● housing starts
● latest consensus WSJ Survey
● latest GDPNow forecast
● Conference Board's LEI capitulation
● Fed funds/10-year yield curve
● labor participation rate
● 12 month S&P 500 earnings price multiple
● manufacturing and services PMI
● auto sales
● S&P 500 expected, current and historical p/e
● the best approach to investing
This monthly class is eligible for one hour of CE credit towards the CFP® , CIMA® and CPWA® certifications, and PACE credit for the CLU® and ChFC® designations.
Who Should Attend: Financial Advisors, CFPs, EAs, CFAs, CPAs financial planners, CPA/PFSs, CIMAs, CLUs and ChFCs.
Cost: Free to members of Advisors4Advisors ($60/Qtr).
CPE credit: 1 hour, in the Economics field of study
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Course Level: Update
Course Delivery Method: Group Internet-Based
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