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Stories on job losses on UK high streets, wage battles in Britain and bubbles in crypto and startup tech companies

The big topics in today's newsletter are immigration in Europe, US jobs numbers, Tesla's expansion plans, monetization of WhatsApp, and US consumer confidence

I was out when the US jobs numbers came out on Friday. But they were good. And strangely, that's particularly because the unemployment rate increased.

GDPNow for the second quarter is still at a breathtakingly high 4.5%. And it's beginning to look like we are going to come in well above 3% growth for the quarter. Consensus estimates are at 3.5%. Meanwhile the yield curve continues to…

I am using Tesla as an example here more than anything. I am not about to delve into Tesla's loss-making operations and make a case against the stock specifically. But I do want to highlight the 'bubble' that Tesla represents.

The macro data are good enough for the Fed to dismiss economic concerns for adding a hike in December. The market is only pricing in this hike at 33.2%.

I have talked a decent bit about the jobs report in my last two posts here. So I want to say more about what the information in that report says to Fed members, given recent Fed guidance and speeches. I am going to lean heavily on comments…

The biggest positive takeaway is that trend growth in non-farm payrolls is heading up. For me, it suggests that the economy has legs.

By Marc Chandler This post first appeared on Marc to Market The US jobs data was stronger than expected and yet the impact on the dollar is modest.  The market is as confident of a hike at the June 13 FOMC meeting as it gets about…

The US jobs number just came out and the figures were quite good. Two-year yields spiked on the news.