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US March employment data came in below expectations at 175K versus estimates of 243K. The prior month was revised higher to 315K from the previously reported 303K. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% from 3.8%, while average hourly…

Markets:Gold down $2 to $2335US 10-year yields down 5 bps to 4.62%WTI crude oil down $1.10 to $82.76S&P 500 up 0.3%NZD leads, JPY lagsIt was all about the yen today after what looks like a round of intervention from the MoF. A Dow Jones…

Nasdaq index gets creamed as high flyers take it on the chinFeds Financial Stability Report: Persistent inflation/tigher policy biggest riskBank of Canada's Macklem: Inflation is continuing to become less broad-basedCrude oil futures settle…

America’s housing shortage has gotten so bad, politicians are looking left, right, underfoot, and downtown to see what we could possibly turn into residential buildings. Nearly a decade of underbuilding has led to a shortfall of 3 million…

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Markets:Gold up $33 to $2323WTI crude oil up 14-cents to $86.73US 10-year yields up 8.1 bps to 4.39%S&P 500 up 57 points to 5204USD leads, CAD lagsAs we wind down the day, the FX changes are small but that doesn't tell the whole…

Blame it on the culture. That’s one takeaway from a new report by automotive research firm JATO Dynamics investigating what’s keeping US EV adoption “in the slow lane.” The report explains why US sales of battery-electric vehicles…

Markets:Markets closed for Good FridayFX essentially unchangedA holiday throughout global markets usually makes for a quiet news day but that wasn't the case today with US PCE, Powell and some other odds-and-ends. The PCE report had…

The USD is ending the day mostly higher with gains vs all the major currencies with the exception of the JPY and CHF (-0.16% and -0.06 respectively). The strongest to the weakest of the major currenciesThe greenback rose the most vs the AUD…

US stock market close: Record closes but early enthusiasm sagsVideo: What's next. Market trends and strategies in the big macro pictureCrude oil futures settle at $81.07AI might be a no-moat business and it will reshape everythingUS sells…