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Initial jobless claims fell to 205,000 last week, down 8,000 from the prior week and marking the lowest reading in over a month. The drop breaks a six-week stretch where claims had been stuck in a fru

The US national debt hit $39.02 trillion yesterday, up $24.6 billion from the day before and 7.74% from a year ago. Here’s what most people are missing: that 7.74% annual growth rate is actually the s

Brent crude jumped 12.8% to $96.16 per barrel last week, its biggest single-week spike since early 2022. That pushes the international benchmark up 45% over the past year, breaking decisively above th

WTI crude just spiked 17.2% in a single week to $91.85 per barrel, marking a 50% surge over the past year. That’s not just an energy story — it’s an inflation story that could derail the entire econom

US crude oil stocks just posted their largest single-period decline on record, plummeting 19.2 million barrels to just 8.4 million barrels — a stunning 70% drop that signals either massive demand or a

Natural gas prices spiked 6.7% this week to $3.19 per million BTU, the biggest single-week jump since early February. But here’s the twist: prices are still down 13% from last year, suggesting this ra

February’s 0.58% monthly jump in core producer prices — the biggest single-month gain since November — signals that wholesale inflation pressures are intensifying just as the Fed thought they had thin

The Producer Price Index for final demand surged 0.87% in February, its biggest monthly jump since last summer, pushing the year-over-year rate to 3.5%. What makes this particularly notable: producer

The US national debt crossed $39 trillion for the first time this week, adding nearly $90 billion in just three days. More concerning: the debt is now growing at 7.67% annually — well above the econom

Bond markets are having a conversation with themselves about what comes next. The 2-year Treasury yield dropped to 3.68% yesterday from 3.73% last Friday — a small move that caps off a week of unusual

The 10-year Treasury yield fell to 4.23% Monday, down from 4.28% Friday and hitting its lowest level since late February. That might not sound like much, but in bond math, it represents a 1.17% drop i

Gas prices spiked $0.22 to $3.72 per gallon last week, the biggest weekly jump since early 2022. That’s a 6.2% increase in seven days and puts pump prices 17.4% higher than a year ago.

The 2-year Treasury yield dropped to 3.73% yesterday, down from 3.76% the day before — a small move that caps off a week of notable volatility. More telling: yields have jumped 17 basis points since M

American industrial production edged up 0.15% in February, marking the fourth consecutive month of growth and pushing output 1.4% higher than a year ago. That might sound modest, but it’s the most sus

The US national debt crossed $38.9 trillion yesterday, adding $18.5 billion in a single day and pushing the year-over-year growth rate to 7.41%. That’s roughly $2.7 trillion in new debt over the past