The labor market continues decelerating

🇺🇸🚨 Job vacancy in the US has dropped by 20.3% from its peak. Will employment data in the coming months see a similar declinehttps://t.co/rE61n1gCqU — MacroMicro (@MacroMicroMe) May 2, 2023 There is a 50% decline in software-development job postings compared …

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Pickup truck market is impossible

Truck dealers went from not being able to get vehicles due to chip shortages, to being flooded with inventory they can’t sell. Odd that people aren’t lined up to pay $110,000 for an electric pickup truck or $85,000 for a …

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Inflation Alert! March SCE Labor Market Survey: The average full-time offer wage received in the past four months increased to $62,088 from $59,834 in November 2022. The average reservation wage—the lowest wage respondents would be willing to accept for a new job—rose to a new series high of $75,811

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/sce/labor#/ The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data today released the March 2023 SCE Labor Market Survey. The SCE Labor Market Survey, fielded as part of the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) since March 2014, provides information on …

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The USD and bond market made simple

by okie1 Many have leveled the accusation that my previous posts were too long or convoluted, and I guess that’s kind of fair. It’s taken me a lot of concerted effort to come to the place I’m at with my albeit …

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The Market Bottomed In October. Now What?

by Lance Roberts The market bottomed last October despite ongoing concerns about inflation, higher rates, recessionary risks, and a banking crisis. While the media headlines and youtube podcasts are filled with “crisis” headlines, as noted in “Analysts Raise Estimates,” expectations for growth and earnings are …

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First time home buyers face the least affordable market on record… financial disaster brewing in housing markets… The bank stocks continue to sink.

First time home buyers face the least affordable market on record, per Bloomberg. pic.twitter.com/K8F6u5lA5L — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 6, 2023 The bank stocks continue to sink. Regional banks (orange) are now at a new closing low since the bank failures …

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