“Yesterday I asked my kindergartener what she did in school, and she replied ‘nothing,’ then later I went on Instagram and her teacher had posted a picture of her holding an alligator.” To keep your child safe from harm, or increase their boredom, next week, April 27th, is “Bring your child to work day.” I am not quite sure how that works with the hybrid office/work from home situation that many are doing now. “Come with me into the living room; I’ve arranged your desk on the coffee table.”? Lenders and vendors have been able to reduce office leases and overhead, but working from home has certainly impacted the feeling of “corporate culture,” and some would argue makes it easier for competitors to hire key personnel away. Meanwhile, NAMB “applauds” Congressional lawmakers for advancing H.R.2656, legislation designed to end the use of trigger leads, and if passed and signed by the President would
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, traditionally associated with love. But on the opposite side of the spectrum, an Ohio animal shelter is offering to write your ex’s name in a litterbox, and let its adoptable cats “go to town.” Someone there knows good PR. Did you know that some countries never know who won the Super Bowl? As the pre-printed “Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl 2023 Champs” t-shirts are shipped off to places like Guatemala or El Salvador, in this country bond market traders and investors are focused on inflation. The Consumer Price Index report for January is tomorrow and forecast to show a 0.5 percent month-over-month rise with energy prices higher again. The headline year-over-year inflation reading is expected to drop to +6.2 percent from +6.5 percent in December. We probably won’t see inflation back in the 2 percent range unless the labor market softens considerably, and that is not evident. Too much inflation will k