US labor market cracks widen as job growth nearly stalls in August
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-labor-market-cracks-widen-job-growth-nearly-stalls-august-2025-09-05
https://www.reuters.com/business/us-labor-market-cracks-widen-job-growth-nearly-stalls-august-2025-09-05
Dismal Jobs Report Fuels Expectations of Faster Rate Cuts
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/jobs-report-fed-interest-rate-cuts-65a8a169
Weak summer hiring has traders betting on consecutive interest-rate cuts through year-end, but inflation risks remain a wild card.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/jobs-report-fed-interest-rate-cuts-65a8a169
Weak summer hiring has traders betting on consecutive interest-rate cuts through year-end, but inflation risks remain a wild card.
Mounting Deportations Meet Slow Hiring in a ‘Curious Kind of Balance’
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/business/economy/jobs-immigration-deportations-hiring.html
An influx of immigrants helped ease worker shortages, and now their expulsion is helping to mask America’s weakening demand for labor.
An influx of immigrants helped ease worker shortages, and now their expulsion is helping to mask America’s weakening demand for labor.
The Fed Saw These Jobs Numbers Coming
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/bls-jobs-report-the-fed-saw-this-coming
Markets seem to think Friday’s report drastically changes the outlook. But this is essentially what policymakers expected all along.
Worker Pessimism Is Part of the US Economy Now
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/worker-pessimism-is-part-of-the-us-economy-now
A bounce in job creation won’t fix housing affordability and inflation pressures.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/bls-jobs-report-the-fed-saw-this-coming
Markets seem to think Friday’s report drastically changes the outlook. But this is essentially what policymakers expected all along.
Worker Pessimism Is Part of the US Economy Now
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-09-05/worker-pessimism-is-part-of-the-us-economy-now
A bounce in job creation won’t fix housing affordability and inflation pressures.
Wall Street's wealth engine powers through job-market anxiety
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-wealth-engine-powers-201913148.htmlWall St retreats from record highs as slowdown fears cloud rate-cut optimism
https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-st-retreats-record-highs-slowdown-fears-cloud-rate-cut-optimism-2025-09-05/
https://www.reuters.com/business/wall-st-retreats-record-highs-slowdown-fears-cloud-rate-cut-optimism-2025-09-05/
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My take from May 2025:
Why the Federal Reserve risks falling behind the curve as recession fears rise by Vivekanand Jayakumar, The Hill. May 10, 2025
https://thehill.com/opinion/5292727-data-confusion-market-challenges/
https://thehill.com/opinion/5292727-data-confusion-market-challenges/