Indicators

Indicators

Labor Market Flexes Muscle and Exhibits Flab in Latest BLS Data

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Job gains are heavily concentrated in healthcare and social assistance, which added 125,000 jobs last month for the lion’s share of new gigs.

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Molasses-Like Jobs Growth Not Enough to Trump Fed’s Rate-Cut Inertia

Hiring in January was not just slower than expected, according to ADP. It was way, way, way slower than expected.

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Artificial Intelligence

Amazon’s Latest Layoffs Add Fuel to White-Collar Recession

Recent layoffs at Amazon, Meta, Pinterest and chemicals company Dow are bringing fears of robots taking human jobs to a boiling point.

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Real Estate

Home Remodeling Set to Slow in Sluggish Sign for Housing Market

New data on Americans’ home improvement plans hints at a potential slowdown in the US housing market slowdown towards the end of 2026.

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Indicators

Small Business Owners Grow More Confident About the Year Ahead

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In a survey, the National Federation of Independent Business said its small-business optimism index jumped in December.

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Indicators

Will Fed’s Latest Rate Cut Be Powell’s Last?

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The latest reading of policymakers’ preferred inflation gauge is still coming in well above officials’ 2% target at 2.8%.

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Private Employers Add 42,000 Jobs, Marking First Net Gain Since Summer

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Overall employment was likely roughly flat in October due to layoffs in the federal government amid the longest shutdown in history.

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