Economy
Post-Pandemic Labor Market
December 8, 2023
Wall Street economists are making much of the recent declines in open jobs relative to the unemployed. But even these lower levels are higher than anything we saw before the pandemic.
Wall Street economists are making much of the recent declines in open jobs relative to the unemployed. But even these lower levels are higher than anything we saw before the pandemic.
Traders reached as far out the risk curve as they could in November, piling into some of the most speculative stocks they could find.
The Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research aggregates monthly SEC filings from money market funds to show industry-wide statistics.
The number of homes sold each month has fallen considerably from the January 2021 high. In October, 399k homes were sold.
A long-term look at the price of wheat
Some interesting charts from our recent posts
Jim Bianco joins CNBC to discuss No Landing, Real GDP Growth, Sticky Inflation & the End of TINA with Kelly Evans, Steve Liesman & Nancy Tengler.
Economists’ median estimate for tomorrow’s payroll release is 186k. Estimates range from 45k to 275k. Seventy-two economists offered forecasts.
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses the impact of liquidity on asset prices.
Today's topics include are the markets misinterpreting the Fed?, the Fed's impact on the economy, the battle against inflation, consumers' inflation perceptions, gold, and crypto activity picking up
Today's topics include higher for longer..., ...might not be the worst scenario for markets, inflation perceptions, does the Fed have a forward guidance problem?, assessing term premium & long-term 10-year yields, the growth of bond ETFs, zombies & corporate defaults, and the BOE voices concern over the basis trade