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Healthcare jobs, which have been propping up labor market, just shrank for first time in four years

March 10, 2026 10:48 am

Healthcare has been propping up a shaky labor market. For the first time in over four years, the sector shed thousands of jobs Despite making up nearly a fifth of the U.S. economy and providing a much-needed set of crutches, …

Global GDP released – U.S. GDP shrank. China’s manufacturing is rolling over. Mexico barely avoided technical recession. Europe? Artificially propped up…

April 30, 2025 9:37 pm

The latest GDP data just dropped from the U.S., China, Europe, and Mexico… And at first glance?It doesn’t look disastrous.But under the surface — there’s a payback wave building.U.S. GDP shrank.China’s manufacturing is rolling over.Mexico barely avoided technical… — Jeffrey …

The S&P 500 risk premium shrank to near zero this week, the lowest level since 2002. The Titanic is about to hit the iceberg

November 14, 2024 9:23 am

The S&P 500 risk premium shrank to near zero this week, the lowest level since 2002 pic.twitter.com/5nzx4fuOMX — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 14, 2024 Last "week’s widening move in swap spreads appears to reflect a measure of de-regulatory optimism, particularly with …

Lowriding! US Personal Savings Lower Than Pre-Covid As Core Inflation Still Hurts At 4.70% YoY (Large Bank Loan Volumes Shrank Last Week As Deposit Outflows Re-Accelerated)

August 20, 2023 8:29 pm

by confoundedinterest17 US personal savings are being exhausted as The Fed raises rates to fight inflation. I call this phenomenon “low riding” where consumers are being punished by The Federal Reserve and Biden Administration. Meanwhile, large bank loan volumes are shrinking. With money-market …