Boom! The U.S. job market just dropped a surprise like Beyoncé at midnight — 177,000 new jobs in April, blowing past the 130K Wall Street was expecting. This isn’t a “meh” Monday kind of report. It’s a wake-up-and-hire-everybody kind of flex from the economy. The Labor Department came in hot Friday morning with the news. … Read more
Yeah, you read that right — the U.S. economy just shrunk. And no, this isn’t an episode of “Stranger Things.” It’s real life, and the GDP dipped 0.3% in Q1 of 2025. First time in three years. Somebody cue the dramatic slow zoom. So what’s the tea? Imports went wild. Businesses were on a “buy … Read more
You ever get the feeling the economy’s just… holding its breath? Well, Jerome Powell, the man steering the Federal Reserve through stormy waters, gave a speech today at the Economic Club of Chicago that did everything but whisper reassurance. It was thoughtful, it was measured, but it wasn’t exactly the warm blanket markets might’ve been … Read more