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From Newsweek today: Source: Zandi Via Newsweek. Here’s a map indicating q/q AR NFP growth through July…

by Calculated Risk on 8/30/2025 08:11:00 AM The key report this week is the August employment report on Friday.Other key…

President Trump fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, Erika McEntarfer, after July’s jobs report showed very little job growth…

For the first time in four years, I get to teach a course on the Financial System,…

We’ve long been told that if there’s one issue economists agree on… it’s free trade. Maybe economists still agree, but…

I’d say “yes”. From RealClearPolitics: So, if the BLS job numbers are so unpredictable, and we employ so many people…

by Calculated Risk on 8/28/2025 07:47:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Friday:• At…

“Fiscal dominance” refers to the state’s expenditures (fiscal policy) dominating monetary policy. Instead of the legislature (Congress in the US)…

The 10yr term premium has risen, as has the 5yr TIPS-Trsy breakeven, in the wake of Mr.…

by Calculated Risk on 8/27/2025 07:53:00 PM Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.Thursday:• At…