
Fed repo injections hit $125B as bank liquidity tightens, housing affordability locks out first-time buyers, and layoffs accelerate across the U.S. economy

The U.S. labor market is weaker than headline jobs suggest. Massive BLS revisions, falling private payrolls, and data flaws reveal years of slowdown.

Inflation and unemployment are 0.1 points apart, 6.2 million workers have disappeared from the jobs data, and China's consumer just posted its first spending drop since 2022

Explore why bank lending remains loose despite high rates, how China’s EV glut is spreading globally, and why U.S. job growth keeps getting revised lower.

U.S. labor demand gets closer to supply, France's debt risks mount and employer health insurance costs rise faster than wages, squeezing workers.