Today's topics include previewing tomorrow's CPI report, Cook to remain a governor for now, Miran's nomination could affect the Fed's summary of economic projections, Bessent takes aim at the Fed, QCEW revisions, labor market supply & demand, real wages stagnate, regional banks outperforming broad financial sector since April, and central banks' gold holdings
Today's topics include today's preliminary benchmark revision, a bond bull market, Trump continues his battle against the BLS, Dems demand Miran resigns as Chief Economic Advisor to be named to Fed board, the bull case for stocks, the oil industry reins in spending, a call to move to biannual earnings reports, and French yields converge with Italian yields
An argument can be made that the labor market's breakeven rate, an estimate of how many jobs the U.S. economy needs to create to keep up with population changes, is nearing zero. If so, cutting rates to stimulate an economy with no excess capacity risks pushing already elevated inflation higher.
Jim Bianco joins Bloomberg to discuss Global Bond Markets, the US Labor Market & September Fed Meeting with Jonathan Ferro & Lisa Abramowicz.
The Commitments of Traders report enables investors to track changes in positions among various groups of traders/investors.
Nonfarm payrolls grew by 22k jobs in August, below economists' median estimate of 75k. While this is low, the question remains how many jobs must be created each month to support population changes.
Today's topics include Miran seems likely to be confirmed despite dual role, diverging bond markets, beating the S&P 500, what's at stake for the Fed, RRP & liquidity, a unique ETF trade, and Tether looks to more gold for stablecoin backing
Jim Bianco joins Fox Business to discuss Tariffs, Productivity, the Global Bond Market Rout, Fed Independence, Gold & AI's Impact on the Labor Market with Charles Payne.
When the payrolls report is released, the attention will be on the number of jobs created in August. The focus should be on the job creation necessary to cover population growth and new entrants into the workforce. Slowing population growth suggests 40k new jobs each month might be enough.