With mounting economic data suggesting the US is headed for a slowdown, investors have ramped up their expectations of a rate cut at the Fed's Oct. 29-30 meeting, according to an Oct. 3rd article in The New York Times. “Clearly the data have shifted the narrative for the market,” said Matthew Luzzetti, chief United States economist at Deutsche Bank. “The data in July and September were more mixed — it is now clear that a slowdown has taken hold.” The Times points to surveys f

Everybody's talking about the influx of newcomers from California. But census data tell a different story, according to a recent article by Margaret Carmel, a staff writer at The Idaho Press. It turns out that the majority of people relocating to Ada county between 2013 and 2017 are coming from other counties in Idaho, especially Canyon County, which comprises Nampa and Caldwell and borders Ada county to the west. During those years, 9,260 folks came from all over Idaho. Me