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Economics Headlines
The ‘low-hire, low-fire’ economy may be starting to shift with more layoffs—but not more hiring cnbc.com
Layoffs last month hit their highest January total since 2009, according to a report released Thursday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
Source: cnbc.com
Big Tech’s $630 billion AI spree now rivals Sweden’s economy, unsettling investors: ‘We’ve never invested this much on anything before’ fortune.com
Big Tech’s $630 billion AI spending spree now rivals Sweden’s economy, unsettling investors: ‘We’ve never invested this much on anything before’
Source: fortune.com
Americans weigh in on state of the economy in new CBS News poll cbsnews.com
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Fed’s Daly says outlook feels ‘precarious’ reuters.com
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly said while businesses are largely cautiously optimistic, households are not sure, aware as they are that the current “low-hiring, low-firing” job market could quickly turn into a “no-hiring, more-firing” labor market.
Source: reuters.com
Fed’s Jefferson cautiously optimistic about economy, sees job market stabilizing, inflation falling reuters.com
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Philip Jefferson said on Friday he was “cautiously optimistic” about the 2026 economic outlook, with growth expected to remain slightly above trend, the labor market stabilizing, and inflation resuming a decline to the U.S. central bank’s 2% target.
Source: reuters.com
Fed’s Daly says U.S. economic outlook feels ‘precarious’ detroitnews.com
While businesses are largely cautiously optimistic, she said, households are less confident.
Source: detroitnews.com
Both Parties Are Missing Something Big on Immigration bloomberg.com
Not so long ago, demographers were predicting that it would take until the year 2081 for the number of people in America to shrink for the first time. Now, with the Trump administration’s aggressive campaign to attack both illegal and legal immigration, some say that could happen as soon as this year.
Source: bloomberg.com
Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy closes in on a trade agreement with China 10tv.com
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Facing Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy says it’s close to China trade deal abcnews.go.com
China and South Africa have signed a framework agreement for a new trade deal
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Exclusive: Euro zone ministers to weigh euro-stablecoins, more joint debt issuance to boost role of euro, economic security reuters.com
Euro zone finance ministers will discuss on February 16 how to boost the global role of the euro and strengthen Europe’s economic security through issuing euro-denominated stablecoins and more joint EU debt, a paper prepared for them shows.
The document, seen by Reuters, was prepared by the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm. It comes as the global economy is buffeted by trade tensions, doubts about the dollar as a safe-haven currency and rapid innovation in payment technologies.
Source: reuters.com
Perspectives on supply chains and inflation brookings.edu
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Relative-price shocks and inflation dynamics brookings.edu
Hassan Afrouzi and Saroj Bhattarai examine monetary policy choices in response to the propagation of price shocks through the economy.
Source: brookings.edu
Housing policy, inflation, and monetary policy brookings.edu
Gabriel Chodorow-Reich and Neil Mehrotra examine inflation measurements and the links between housing markets and monetary policy.
Source: brookings.edu
Belladrum brought £7.8m to Highland economy say organisers bbc.com
What Americans think about the economy ahead of 2026 midterms cbsnews.com
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