The rebound on Wall Street dodged a bullet Friday, when stocks managed to avoid losses
Year: 2022
What One Popular Strategist Sees For 2023
I’ve said it before, and there’s no telling how many more times I’ll say it
Payback And Back Pay
Big tech isn’t the US economy, folks. A few ostensible “experts” seemed surprised Friday by
Jobs Report Is (Very) Bad News For Fed
The US economy added more jobs than economists anticipated in November and wage growth rose
Macro Riddle Has Just One Solution
The recent rally in equities in part reflects the market front-running an eventual negative payrolls
This May Be Fed’s ‘Final Phase Shift’
On Thursday, in “Powell Didn’t Try To Kill The Rally. And That’s Notable,” I contextualized
Powell Didn’t Try To Kill The Rally. And That’s Notable
There wasn’t much America’s beleaguered technocrat in chief could’ve said differently this week to short
Good. Bad. What’s The Difference?
Bad news. Good news. What’s the difference these days? It’s hard to say in an
Same Picture, Different Data
The BEA handed markets a generally cooperative set of data on Thursday, one session on
Beloved Comrades
There’s a raging bull market in news out of China. Every day brings a new
Why The Fed May Have To Relent, According To Marko Kolanovic
“Until late summer, we thought corporate and consumer resilience [would] be able to withstand the
Powell Delivers 2,400-Word FOMC Statement
Jerome Powell was pretty specific on a number of key points in prepared remarks for
In Housing: ‘Difficult Months’
News sections on real estate websites read like obituaries these days. Not so long ago,
‘Normal’ Still Elusive In US Labor Market
Good news: There are less available jobs in the world’s largest economy. That doesn’t sound
Manufacturing Payrolls Plunge As Private Sector Hiring Decelerates
US private sector employers added fewer jobs than anticipated in November. At 127,000, the headline
In Europe, A Sight For Sore, Irrelevant Eyes
Rejoice! The rate of annual price growth in Europe decelerated this month by the most
The Tragedy Of America’s $3.5 Trillion In ‘Extra’ Savings
Back in June, I told readers the “sad, sad story” of $3 trillion in pandemic
Blame Gas Prices?
US consumers felt incrementally worse this month about their economic prospects. That’s according to a
Ban Free Speech
Economists and academics aren’t exactly famous for producing models that approximate reality while attempting to
Overthrowing Xi Could Mean The End Of The World
I assume this is obvious, but what’s obvious to me isn’t always clear to the
‘Since Tiananmen’
Over the weekend, in Shanghai, a man strode unimpeded down what looked to be a
There’s No Such Thing As ‘Woke Capitalism’
I’ve reached an intellectual limit with the comically farcical notion that corporate America is engaged
He Hates These Jobs!
[Editor’s note: For my younger readers, the title of this article is a classic American
A Popularity Contest For The Unpopular
I saw a pitiable statistic the other day. Just 6% of voters in America are
Mourning Lost Mayhem
I assumed (wrongly, perhaps) that in the era of “everything analytics” brought to you by
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