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- Uncle Sean's Update - 9/4/26
Happy Friday and Happy Labor Day Weekend!!! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 9/4/26 (subscribe here for free): A couple of quick macroeconomic headlines: 💥In a bombshell report, the BLS August Jobs Report showed a very strong +162,000 jobs added (about 3X the Dow Jones estimate […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 8/28/26
Happy Friday!!! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 8/28/26 (subscribe here for free): The BEA released July PCE coming in flat over last month showing an annual 3.7% (June was 3.7%) with Core PCE coming in at 3.3% (June Core PCE was 3.3%).Worth noting that spending on Goods was […]
- Bank Failure Alert - Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank
Fifth bank failure of 2026… On 8/21/26, Tioga-Franklin Savings Bank in Philadelphia (FDIC 33802; total assets $68M; total deposits $67M) was closed by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 8/21/26
Happy Friday!!! Holy smokes – is this heat wave ever going to end 🥵??? Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 8/21/26 (subscribe here for free): ICYMI… The U.S. has officially surpassed $40 Trillion this week with the Congressional Budget Office projecting a 2026 Fiscal deficit of […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 8/14/26
Happy Friday!!! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 8/14/26 (subscribe here for free): The BLS July CPI report came in fairly benign at 3.4% YoY (June was 3.5%) with Core CPI at 2.5% (June was 2.6%).Although we are all feeling the pain at the gas pump with prices about 25% higher than […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 8/7/26
Happy Friday!!! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 8/7/26 (subscribe here for free): The BLS released the July Jobs Report this morning showing -23K jobs for July (estimate was 88K and June was revised down to 20K), but the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1% (last month was 4.2%) due […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 7/31/26
Happy Friday!!! Hard to believe we are already welcoming the month of August this weekend (although I admit I am done with this Texas heat)! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 7/31/26 (subscribe here for free): A couple of economic updates: It’s Fed Week!!! The FOMC voted 9-3 […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 7/24/26
Happy Friday!!! Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 7/24/26 (subscribe here for free): A quick fist-bump 👊 to my friends at Acceleron for their SOC 2 certification per their LinkedIn July newsletter, The Exchange - International Payments Newsletter!!!“For community banks and credit […]
- Bank Failure Alert - Small Business Bank
Fourth bank failure for 2026 and the second in two weeks… On 7/17/26, Small Business Bank in Lenexa, Kansas (FDIC 25744; total assets $73M; total deposits $69M), was closed by the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation […]
- Uncle Sean's Update - 7/17/26
Happy Friday!!! Thoughts and prayers 🙏 to all those affected from the record Texas Hill Country flooding this week… Here is the Uncle Sean Update for 7/17/26 (subscribe here for free): 💥 Big news from CSI this week as they continue on their multi-year acquisition trail. CSI […]
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