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Briefly: Figure 1: Change since January 2025 in private nonfarm payroll employment, BLS official (blue), implied preliminary benchmark BLS private NFP (brown), and ADP private NFP (green), all in 000’s, s.a. Source: BLS, ADP via FRED, BLS, and author’s calculations. To place things in perspective, here is the ADP series against some alternative business cycle indicators (for those followed by NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committeee, see this post). Figure 2: Implied Nonfarm Payroll early benchmark (NFP) (bold blue), civilian employment adjusted to NFP concept, smoothed population controls and 3 month centered moving average (bold orange), manufacturing production (red), consumption in…

Newcastle came from behind three times to win in the 102nd minute. Eddie Howe struggled to put Newcastle United‘s thrilling 4-3 victory over Leeds United into words after seeing his side come from behind three times to prevail at St James’ Park. It was an emotional night on Tyneside following the news that beloved former manager Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with cancer. Fans sang his name throughout the game, which proved to be the kind of topsy turvy encounter Keegan’s ‘Entertainers’ frequently produced in the 1990s, with attacking quality high and defensive solidity at a premium. Brenden Aaronson looked…

New York Jets legend and member of the College Football Hall of Fame, Marty Lyons, joins FOX Weather to discuss the potential impacts for the first round of the playoffs, along with Week 16 match-ups in the NFL.The NFL playoffs are finally upon us, as teams kick off wild-card weekend amid wet weather that could make an impact.The NFL Wild Card Weekend begins on Saturday with the Buffalo Bills traveling to Jacksonville to face off against the Jaguars at 1 p.m.The FOX Forecast Center has selected five games with significant ROWI (Risk of Weather Impacts) that could affect them.Los Angeles…

One of President Donald Trump’s promises after the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro by the United States is private American investment in the country’s unproductive oil fields. “We will have our big American oil companies, the largest in the world, come in, spend billions of dollars, repair the oil infrastructure, which is badly damaged, and start generating revenue for the country,” said Trump on January 3 at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago. He reiterated it on January 4 to journalists at the Air Force Onesaying: “We will have to have large investments from the oil companies to recover the…

Since the full-scale invasion, the IFIs’ role shifted toward emergency response and resilience. They became even more important partners for Ukraine’s resilience and emergency recovery, providing financial resources, policy advice, and technical assistance. This report synthesizes findings on the role of international financial institutions (IFIs) in Ukraine’s recovery – World Bank Group (WBG), EBRD, EIB, and KfW/DEG – prepared by the RRR4U consortium. The introductory chapter distills how IFI instruments operate in Ukraine, why investment flows are slower than needed, and what must change to accelerate priority financing, especially for resilient infrastructure and private sector growth. It is based on…

Serie A5:30 PMJanuary 7, 2026Regular Season – 19Renato Dall’Ara StadiumReferee: Marco Di Bello, Italy Copy and paste this HTML code into your webpage to embed. Bologna World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Atalanta World Class 0 Solid 0 Bang Average 0 Lucky 0 Shocking 0 Turn off spoiler to view match statistics1.05Expected goals (xG)1.32Passing319 (77%)Accurate passes288 (75%) Turn off spoiler to view match events 13 G Federico Ravaglia 6.6 33 D Juan Miranda 6.3 14 D Torbjørn Heggem 6.3 41 D Martin Vitík 5.7 20 D Lucky Nadir 6.2 19 M Lewis Ferguson (C)…

Teams across the NBA and EuroLeague have spent the opening months of the 2025–26 campaign rolling out a wave of digital payment upgrades. Faster mobile ticketing, streamlined in-arena purchases, and new wallet integrations are all becoming part of the standard matchday routine. Clubs aren’t simply chasing convenience; they’re responding to fans who increasingly expect the […] The post How digital payments are reshaping fan experiences across the 2025–26 basketball season appeared first on TalkBasket.net.

Two men were stranded across the Fork Mojave River after attempting to cross fast-moving water to rescue a dog in distress. San Bernardino County Fire conducted a swift water rescue, bringing both men and the dog to safety.HESPERIA, Calif. – Two men were left stranded after they tried to rescue a dog across a fast-moving river on Monday night in Hesperia, California.San Bernardino County Fire crews responded to a swift water rescue call on the Fork Mojave River. When units arrived, they found two adult males and a dog on the opposite side of the river.The two men had crossed…

The first year of U.S. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in Southeast Asia has been demonstrably mixed. On the one hand, Trump unexpectedly strengthened U.S. multilateral engagement by working with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). His administration also deepened key bilateral relationships with the Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia—and even sought improved ties with Cambodia, despite its record as a serial human rights abuser. On the other hand, these achievements have been significantly offset by the long shadow of Trump’s highly unpopular tariffs on the region’s exports to the United States. More broadly, Trump’s transactionalism—though it can be a…

by Calculated Risk on 1/07/2026 07:00:00 AM From the MBA: MMortgage Applications Decreased Over a Two-Week Period in Latest MBA Weekly SurveyMortgage applications decreased 9.7 percent from two weeks earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 2, 2026. The results include an adjustment for the holidays.The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 9.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from two weeks earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 28 percent compared with two weeks ago. The holiday adjusted Refinance Index decreased…