For decades, markets rewarded management teams that could master a strategy, stick to it, and talk about it in perfect bullet points. Today, investors are quietly rerating a different skill: the ability to discard that strategy on demand when the world—and the…
US wholesale prices jumped more than expected in January, complicating the “soft landing” narrative but stopping well short of an outright inflation scare.
Wholesale Prices Run Hotter Than Forecast
The Labor Department’s producer price index (PPI), a key gauge of inflation before…
U.S. jobless claims just posted their sharpest rise in two months, but the numbers still paint a picture of a labor market that is cooling, not cracking.
Jobless Claims Jump – But Stay in the “Comfort Zone”
For the week ending January…
