Average hourly earnings 0.2% (MoM), 4.3% (YoY) If you’re a Federal Reserve official, you’ll find it hard not to be very pleased with the way this...
The headline jobs number in the August employment report was at expectations, however, employment for the previous two months was revised down by 110,000, combined. The...
"If Anything, The Data Is Almost Weak Enough To Spur Recession Fears..." Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, If not Goldilocks,...
Unemployment Rate Unexpectedly Surges As BLS Revises Payrolls For Every Month In 2023 Sharply Lower Ahead of today's payrolls report consensus...
From the BLS: Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 187,000 in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 3.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics...
US The month started with a bang with the US jobs report but the following week is looking a little more subdued, starting with the bank...
Overview: Beijing's seemingly steady stream of measures to support the economy and steady the yuan are beginning to produce the desired effect. The yuan...
The latest monetary policy decision made in August was to hold the cash rate at 4.10 per cent. With the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) monetary policy...
FINDINGS Credit: Wikimedia Commons FINDINGS People from socioeconomically distressed communities who underwent heart transplantation between 2004 and 2018...
Swiss retail sales decline by 2.3% Swiss inflation expected to dip to 1.5% US unemployment claims drop to 228,000 US PCE Price Index rises by 3.3%...
- by New Deal democratI’ll post on personal income and spending a little later.But first, initial jobless claims declined -4,000 to 228,000 last...
Flash HICP in August 5.3% (5.1% expected, 5.3% in July) Flash core HICP in August 5.3% (5.3% expected, 5.5% in July) Key moving average provides resistance...
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
Overview: Position-squaring ahead of today's US personal consumption data and perhaps tomorrow's jobs report is giving the dollar a firmer profile against...
Frustrated Trader Asks "Why Am I Looking At Numbers At All?" By Stefan Koopman, Senior Macro Strategist at Rabobank Jolly JOLTs The first...
- by New Deal democratFor the past 18 months, I’ve likened the job market to a game of reverse musical chairs, where there are more chairs...
Credit Is Least Priced For A Recession Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Credit spreads, high yield and investment grade,...
FOCUS ON: Traders Prepare for Collection of Big News Announcements Investors and traders prepare for batch of important news announcements Key US Non-Farm... ...
Euro slips below 1.08 but recovers German GfK consumer climate falls US consumer confidence and job openings decelerate The euro fell below the 1.08 line...
Ten Reasons To Doubt The Possibility Of A "Soft Landing" Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, There is a growing consensus that...
Futures Flat Ahead Of Data Dumpfest US stock futures erased gains of as much as 0.3% following another parade of modest China stimuli as...
US Stocks Are Underpricing Recession Risks Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, There continues to be compelling signs that...
US releases consumer confidence and job openings later on Tuesday Australia releases CPI on Wednesday The Australian dollar is in positive territory on...
Overview: The dollar was threatening to break higher at the end of last week, and the euro and sterling closed below key supports. However, so far this...
Australian retail sales rebounds with 0.5% gain Fed’s Powell keeps door open to further hikes The Australian dollar started the week with gains but then...
The most important economic data for this week are: Tuesday: US Job openings at 14:00 GMT for the month of July where market expects the figure...
This post takes up from two previous posts (part 1; part 2), asking just what do we (we economists) really know about how interest rates affect...
Here is a graph of the Fannie Mae mortgage serious delinquency rate and the unemployment rate since 1998 (ht @CharlieAllievo). For the last two recessions, the...
Key Events This Week: Payrolls, GDP, JOLTS, PCE And ISM Thanks to a UK holiday, it's a quiet start to what is shaping up as a...
Higher For Longer Will Soon Face Its First Test Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Rates markets have begun to accept the...