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August 7, 2025
In the latest installment of Talking Data, Jim discusses the payroll report, the labor market, and population growth.
Today's topics include Trump to name new Fed governor this week, Paulson & Geithner voice concern over U.S. fiscal outlook, still waiting to assess impact of tariffs, more on updating government data collection, data integrity crucial to TIPS market, checking in on stock market sentiment, tech earnings, and another gold arbitrage
Jim Bianco joins Bloomberg Asia to discuss the US Economy, Tariffs, Fed Policy, Retail Traders, the Budget Deficit & the Bond Market with Haslinda Amin.
Jim Bianco joins Bloomberg Asia to discuss the US Economy, Tariffs, Fed Policy, Retail Traders, the Budget Deficit & the Bond Market with Haslinda Amin.
Through Monday, 335 (67%) companies have reported and the year-over-year annualized quarterly growth rate stands at 9.14%. This is below recent quarters, but well above last week's estimate.
Today's topics include retail trading, more on data collection after the BLS commissioner's firing, more on population growth, Dudley on the two dissents at the last FOMC meeting, the market's reliance on AI & Nvidia, reorienting the Fed's dual mandate toward productivity, Treasury returns, insider selling, trend-following strategies suffer, and spot crypto trading coming to an exchange near you
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss an overhaul of economic data collection, fiscal dominance & why rate cuts fail with Charles Payne.
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss an overhaul of economic data collection, fiscal dominance & why rate cuts fail with Charles Payne.
Slowing payrolls and massive revisions might have more to do with collapsing population growth than a slowing economy. This is because the border is closed. Cutting rates to stimulate job growth will only lead to more inflation and exacerbate the problem.