Strange Jobs Report

Today is Fed rate day. This afternoon Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh announced a unanimous decision to increase the Fed funds rate by 0.25%. Today we’re going look deeper into the bond market functioning and not focus on the Fed. But the real question is whether the Fed lea ...  Afficher plus

On September 11, the U.S. Department of Energy launched a new initiative called Building America New Construction Support program.The stated goal is pretty simple.Help builders build faster, reduce costs, and deliver lower-cost, higher-quality buildings.The program is available t ...  Afficher plus

Dante joins the podcast to break down the January employment report. Fitting for Groundhog’s Day, the jobs report delivered an eerily similar upside surprise to what we saw in January 2023. Following the January meeting of the FOMC this week, the team discusses what the Fed is ...

Canada’s unemployment rate rose in June, despite a significant increase in the number of jobs. What impact will this mixed data have on the Bank of Canada as it gives its latest decision on interest rates? This episode, Chief Economist Eric Lascelles discusses what’s new in Canad ...  Afficher plus

Dante joins the podcast to break down the June employment report. While everyone agreed that the report was mostly good, concerns remain around the concentration of job gains and the slowdown in hiring. With job growth moderating and the unemployment rate edging higher, the te ...

President Biden has claimed the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers, with around one million people hired since the turn of this year.With inflation falling and the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rate ...  Afficher plus