Reflections on Last Friday’s Jobs Report: The News Still is Bad
Stocks reacted positively to the jobs report released Friday morning before selling off sharply that afternoon on geopolitical fears.
Stocks reacted positively to the jobs report released Friday morning before selling off sharply that afternoon on geopolitical fears.
Men are not infallible; they err very often.
Three months have passed since quantitative easing officially began.
The optics of the event were likely the idea of a proud Biden staffer leaning into the “Dark Brandon” aesthetic that has become popular among regime loyalists on Twitter. To Americans outside of this Very Online echo chamber, the imagery drew connotations of sinister authoritarian regimes.
The Federal Reserve cannot reliably forecast economic outcomes, or what the results of its own actions will be, or even what its own actions will be. Of course, neither can anybody else.
I recently dug into our government’s convoluted unemployment insurance system.
Does society really need, and can it benefit from goals designed to achieve statistical “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” metrics?