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Natural Gas Slides to Fresh Lows Despite Oil Crisis

The US national debt crossed $38.9 trillion this week, adding $23 billion in just three days and growing 6.35% over the past year. That’s roughly $2.3 trillion in new debt since last May — equivalent

American employers hired 5.55 million workers in March, a massive 13.4% jump from February that represents the strongest monthly hiring surge since last July. That’s 655,000 more hires than the month

Americans quit their jobs at the fastest pace in four months, with 3.17 million workers walking away in March — a 4.1% jump from February. But here’s the twist: quit rates are still running 3.5% below

The labor market’s slow-motion cooldown just picked up speed. Job openings fell 56,000 to 6.87 million in March — down 6.1% from a year ago and sitting at the lowest level since February 2021, when th

Gas prices jumped 33 cents to $4.45 per gallon in just one week, marking the sharpest weekly increase since the initial pandemic recovery. That puts pump prices up a staggering 42% from last year — th

The US national debt fell $86 billion yesterday to $38.9 trillion, marking the largest single-day decline since early March. But here’s the thing about daily debt moves: they’re usually about cash man

The 2-year Treasury yield held dead steady at 3.88% yesterday, capping off a week of sideways trading that suggests bond investors are in full wait-and-see mode.

The 10-year Treasury yield dipped to 4.39% Thursday, down just one basis point from the previous day’s 4.40%. But zoom out and the story becomes clearer: yields have climbed nearly 10 basis points ove

The US national debt crossed $38.97 trillion yesterday, up 7.6% from a year ago — the fastest pace of debt accumulation since the pandemic spending surge. What’s striking isn’t just the size, but the

The 2-year Treasury yield dropped to 3.88% yesterday, down from 3.92% the day before — but that 4 basis point decline tells a more complex story than it appears. After bouncing between 3.78% and 3.92%

The 10-year Treasury yield slipped to 4.40% yesterday, down from 4.42% the day before — a small move that caps off a week of subtle but telling shifts in the bond market. While 4.40% doesn’t sound dra

The US national debt reached $38.95 trillion at the end of April, growing at its slowest pace in recent weeks as daily increases dropped to just $300 million — practically a rounding error by Washingt

The 2-year Treasury yield surged 8 basis points to 3.92% on Tuesday — its biggest single-day move in over a week and a clear sign that bond traders are getting nervous about something.

The 10-year Treasury yield jumped 6 basis points to 4.42% yesterday — its highest level in over a week and part of a steady climb that’s pushed rates up 12 basis points in just five trading days.