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A truer signal from the unemployment rate

Historically, a substantial rise in the unemployment rate has been associated with a recession. But changes in the unemployment rate can be amplified or damped by

US Labor Market: Cracks Beneath The Surface

The US unemployment rate has clocked in below 4.5% for 33 consecutive months. However, this historicallylow rate camouflages nascent cracks in the US labor market.

Regime Indicator weakened, Recovery in question

Regime Indicator slips. Downturn next?Our US Regime Indicator declined in July for the first time since December 2023,

Market expectations of the Fed's labormarket reaction

Today's chart explores how these changes as well as other dynamics over recentyears may have affected market expectations of the FOMC's reaction to the labormarket, drawing onaspecialquestiontheNYFed periodicallyincludesin

The yen carry trade-what if Japaninstitutions decide to unwind?

Public pension funds. lhe GPlF is the big one here, with other smallerfunds believed to generally follow its lead. There's a growing view that theGPIFcould cutforeign bond exposure when it announces its next policy mixin 2025.

What Companies Are Saying: StillWaiting And Seeing

Companies broadly report steady growth butnota lotofupward momentum as theyand their customers are still in a pervasive wait and see loop given lingeringuncertainties around inflation, interest rates, domestic politics, elections,

The Major bond letter Free to View Fixed Income - Rates Global #52. Turning points

Head fake or the real thing? The question bond investors and traders are debating today is whether the events of the last few weeks will mark a decisive turning point

Is the VlX spike a signal of wider credit spreadsahead?

A key debate last week was whether equities were sending a signal for creditThe massive spikes in cross-asset volatility in early August (e.g., 2, 4, 5 sigma moves in1Oyr USTs, IPYUSD, and VlX) have left investors actively