Google to invest $10B in Anthropic at $350B valuation with up to $30B more tied to AI growth targets

Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/google-plans-invest-40-billion-155018538.html Google will invest $10 billion in Anthropic PBC, with another $30 billion potentially to follow, strengthening the relationship between two companies that are at once partners and rivals in the race to build artificial intelligence. Anthropic said that Google …

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Private payrolls near zero after revisions, bond market flashes pre 2008 style signals. ‘Nonexistent growth in labor force, which we’ve never had in our history’

Job creation in the US has slowed to essentially zero, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday as the Fed released its latest economic projections, which included slightly higher economic growth than previously projected and little change to the unemployment …

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An oil spike in a weakening economy is not inflationary – it is contractionary! FED needs to LOWER rates to counter the effects of higher Oil Prices. “The Income Effect” is the reason. Morgan Stanley still expects Fed cuts, oil shock threatens growth. $150 oil warning, recession risk climbs to 20%

Let me be very clear! An oil spike in a weakening economy is not inflationary – it is contractionary! The FED is extremely misguided if they are going to treat a Supply-Driven Oil-spike as an inflationary trigger. FED needs to …

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Either corporations are squeezing workers to the bone while selling the illusion of growth, or government spending is inflating numbers that won’t exist in real life.

This isn’t just “jobless growth.” It’s a signal the system is quietly hollowing out. 🚨What is happening with the US economy? US non-farm payrolls increased just +0.1% YoY in 2025, the weakest job market expansion in 22 YEARS, excluding recessions. …

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1 in 4 unemployed people, or 1.8 million Americans, have been job searching for over half a year. Goldman Sachs says it is using AI to “limit future head count growth,”

1 in 4 unemployed Americans is stuck in the trap. After 6 months:→ Employer callback rates drop ~45%→ ATS systems flag the gap automatically→ Network connections go cold→ Savings run out The job market seems to be structurally punishing people …

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The U.S. has growth without jobs and 2025 just proved it. The U.S. economy added only 50,000 jobs in December and a meager 584,000 jobs in all of 2025. Inflation is falling off a cliff.

It's starting to look like maybe an AI driven productivity boom. pic.twitter.com/UC6fxl3NcJ — infinite monkey (@RobertDobalina7) January 9, 2026 Inflation is falling off a cliff. It now sits at 1.9% The Federal Reserve must cut rates by another 100 basis …

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