Numbers up front: 10.8 million open jobs. That kind of demand creates wage inflation which contributes to the issue the Fed is trying to fix. 

Inflation isn’t behaving. The Fed's goal is 2%. There is a lot of daylight between that and the current inflation rate of 6.4%. 

ZipRecruiter and Indeed are reporting postings on their sites declined at the end of last year and into this year. 

A new Lending Tree report says 60% of all US adults are living paycheck to paycheck.

If this is a productivity multiplier, we might be at a tipping point in just a few years. 

Meta, Twitter, and Snap are all in the process of releasing a paid version of their platforms. Do people need social media so much that they'll pay for it?

Because of ChatGPT and similar tools, being a prompt engineer might be the hot new job. 

Walmart reported quarterly earnings today and while it easily topped expectations, it also gave a weaker-than-expected outlook for the year ahead. 

The retail spending report yesterday was strong. Today, PPI came in higher. So were initial jobless claims.  This isn’t data the Fed wanted to see. 

Traditional TV’s daily average is just under 3 hours. Streaming is expected to jump to 3 hours and 11 minutes. Not a huge margin—but a symbolic passing of the torch.