U.S. and Canadian labor statistics
Intensifying Flight to Safety
April 4, 2025
Normally the first Friday of every month is focused on the U.S. Labor Department release of the prior month’s jobs report but not this time. The radical program of reciprocal tariffs unveiled late Wednesday afternoon by President Trump continued to reverberate around world financial markets and government halls overnight. Inevitable retaliation from former ally and […] More
Sovereign Debt Yields Settle Somewhat Back
December 2, 2016
U.S. and Canadian labor statistics for November were released today. U.S. labor market data were mixed. Fed officials remain virtually certain to raise the fed funds target this month, but the size of the increase won’t exceed 25 basis points. The data do not suggest that the Fed has fallen far behind the curve and […] More
