Luke is Chief Economist and Head of Asset Allocation and Quantitative Services for Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors (WTIA), a part of the M&T Bank family. Luke is also a member of WTIA’s Investment Committee.
After a lackluster performance in February, the job market bounced back in March. February’s number of new jobs was also revised upward, to 33,000 from 20,000.
U.S. stock indexes slumped 2% on Thursday, as investors dumped technology, indus...
Investors realize that coming to a deal is going to be more challenging and that is really harmful to the economic environment. It’s a classic risk-off movement where you’ve got the higher-bated sectors such as financials, industrials and technology selling off the most.
We think the labor market is the strongest thing in the U.S. economy right now. We’re encouraged by the wage gains.