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Does the United States have the labor capacity to handle any benefits from its trade deal with the EU?

From my trade desk … Yesterday, I had a brief conversation with my landlord about how tough it is in today’s labor market. I shared with him that my son had just left for graduate school up north. He shared his congratulations. I then shared with him how my son was one of the lucky … Continue reading Does the United States have the labor capacity to handle any benefits from its trade deal with the EU?

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Jobs report may have voters asking whether Harris or Trump is the better steward of the future economy

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 114,000 jobs were created in July 2024. That is a miss from the 175,000 added jobs estimated by the financial markets. Unemployment has ticked up to 4.3%, another miss from the consensus estimate of 4.1%. Most job growth occurred in the non-productive sectors of the economy, namely … Continue reading Jobs report may have voters asking whether Harris or Trump is the better steward of the future economy

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Threat to democracy? How about messaging on the threat to employment

Employment will be on the minds of the financial press between now and 2 August when the jobs situation report data is released. Between now and then, two unemployment claims reports will be released and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System would have made their decision on the federal funds rate. The … Continue reading Threat to democracy? How about messaging on the threat to employment

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Kamala Harris strengthens her street cred with labor. Gets support of the AFL-CIO.

Donald Trump’s criticism of labor unions last week at the Republican national convention apparently gave unions further license to support the Democrats. That support, due to a decision by President Joe Biden to not pursue his party’s nomination for a second term, has passed directly to Kamala Harris. Today, the AFL-CIO unanimously endorsed Ms. Harris … Continue reading Kamala Harris strengthens her street cred with labor. Gets support of the AFL-CIO.

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Retail foreign exchange trader news scan as of 9:35 am AST; 4-week moving average ticks up by 2,500

Federal Reserve reference rates Interest on reserve balances: 5.40% Discount window: 5.50% Effective federal funds rate: 5.33% Source: Board of Governors-Federal Reserve System Foreign exchange rates AUD/USD=0.6676 NZD/USD=0.6110 USD/JPY=154.6672 GBP/USD=1.2674 EUR/USD=1.0873 USD/CAD=1.3631 USD/MXN=16.7314 Source: x-rates.com, as of 7:21 am EST Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Neel Kashkari. Inflation. While at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, … Continue reading Retail foreign exchange trader news scan as of 9:35 am AST; 4-week moving average ticks up by 2,500

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Prop trader news scan as of 8:47 am EST. What is a prop trade challenge? Labor estimates miss.

Proprietary trading. News trading. Singapore. “FNG has learned that a number of leading (and not-so-leading) retail prop trading firms have begun to implement rules for their clients that restrict the trades that can be made (or, profit that can be booked) by traders immediately around major news events. The practice, known as News Trading, is … Continue reading Prop trader news scan as of 8:47 am EST. What is a prop trade challenge? Labor estimates miss.

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Interbank market news scan: Most of us are digital serfs. Some of us will learn to trade.

The upside for the “knowledge worker” is that if she plays her cards right, she can go from being a digital version of a tenant farmer and trade her own coin. She has the research ability and given the digital tools that she likely helped develop, she can identify opportunities for trade and actively enter the markets. This is why I shed no tears about engineers being laid off from Facebook, Google, or Twitter. You have the digital skills and the severance pay to become traders. Continue reading Interbank market news scan: Most of us are digital serfs. Some of us will learn to trade.

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Interbank Market News Scan: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.

You would swear that America has a labor centric economic policy especially when jobs day comes around. The labor centric sentiment is fleeting. The inordinate amount of attention that is given to the Federal Reserve and monetary policy tells me its more about the financial markets and a lot less about the labor markets. Continue reading Interbank Market News Scan: The real free market is the one between commodities owners, merchants, and traders.

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Interbank market news scan: How to sell the idea of CBDCs? By paying labor at the end of the day.

The takeaway: A strategy for selling the idea of CBDCs: Paying labor by the end of the day. It is time for non-asset holding members of the labor class to look at ourselves as traders of time versus mere employees. The trader spends his or her day managing their financial and time capital converting one … Continue reading Interbank market news scan: How to sell the idea of CBDCs? By paying labor at the end of the day.