3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (375+ words) January's U.S. jobs data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics clearly illustrates the cyclical stagnation and weakness beneath the surface of the headline figures. Nonfarm payrolls rose by 130,000 jobs in January 2026 " nearly double the 70,000 economists had forecast " and significantly stronger…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (547+ words) The Commerce Department's advance retail sales report for December revealed that total US retail receipts were essentially unchanged from November, coming in flat after a 0.6 percent increase in November and well below economists' expectations for a 0.4 percent rise in December....

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (261+ words) Polymarket and Kalshi agreed to provide free groceries for a limited time. That is not a solution; it is a publicity stunt designed to exploit public anger over the rising cost of living. The real danger is that politicians like…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (387+ words) Another day, another set of disappointing data. Data this week from Challenger, Gray & Christmas indicate that the US labor market is no longer merely cooling. According to the latest report, US employers announced 108,435 job cuts in January, the highest January…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (303+ words) QUESTION: Marty, January posted the largest January job loss numbers since the Great Recession of 108,435, which was a 118% increase from a year earlier. This seems to be in line with Socrates" going into February where it projected a rise in…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (48+ words) PRIVATE BLOG " Socrates on Gold & Iran Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please visit'Ask-Socrates.com. https://ask-socrates.com/ PRIVATE BLOG " Socrates on Gold & Iran Posted Feb 5, 2026 by Martin Armstrong |...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (420+ words) Private payroll processor ADP reported that U.S. private employers added just 22,000 jobs in January, far below the consensus expectation of roughly 45,00046,000 and softer than December's revised figures. This weak headline comes just as official government jobs data has been delayed, yet…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (70+ words) COMMENT: Hyperinflation and sanctions on cue in Iran, 103.2 years before Weimar. Iran headed to 47.3 year peak in early 2027 on ECM from hostage taking, after which people will no longer have confidence in revolutionaries (on public/private ECM alternation). Why not…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) Cycles are often systemic, predictable, and, as I have long argued, often the result of policy distortions interacting with underlying structural forces. The latest data showing where the cost of living is rising fastest in the United States is a…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (505+ words) Jerome Powell came out to defend the integrity and sovereignty of the Federal Reserve. "The point of independence is not to protect policymakers or anything like that. It is just that every advanced economy and democracy in the world has…...