Spending slows down, layoffs speed up. Bonds are setting up the ultimate catch-up trade. All the hard data that feeds bonds is looking great (oil prices, housing data, growth data).

And now, it is showing up in the hard data. Credit card transactions began falling in a highly unseasonal manner in the last week of April. Spending slows down, layoffs speed up. It’s just that simple. pic.twitter.com/I7zBVDie5u — Spencer Hakimian …

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Loan growth flat for three years straight

Commercial and industrial loan growth has completely stalled over the past three years. The current level of interest rates is putting considerable pressure on both credit expansion and overall economic activity, in my view. The longer this restrictive rate environment… …

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Analysts revise 2025 profit growth down to 9.4%, from 12.5% earlier. Bill Ackman warns: Tariffs trigger pain for small businesses, with gross margins plummeting 60%.

"For all of 2025, [analysts] see profits rising 9.4%, compared with a projection of 12.5% at the beginning of the year."@NKniazhevich pic.twitter.com/bArD2ic1wC — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) April 9, 2025 DELTA CEO: GROWTH HAS ‘LARGELY STALLED’ WITH TRADE UNCERTAINTY || TAKING …

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