In our payrolls preview we said that contrary to whisper expectations of a 122K number, and even more widespread mumbled expectations of a negative print, the actual February number would “not be as bad as feared” (contrary to last month when we correctly warned the number would be a disaster), and sure enough moments ago […]

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A CBS News poll finds that the vast majority of Americans related to President Trump’s Congressional address and viewed it very favourably from multiple angles. As we earlier highlighted, Democrats thoroughly embarrassed themselves during Trump’s address, screeching and holding up puerile slogans on paddles. They sat with faces like […]

from the to-dumb-to-understand-downstream-benefits dept Last year Trumplicans killed a popular program that provided poor people with $30 off of their monthly broadband bill. The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was unsurprisingly very popular, with more than 23 million Americans benefitting at its peak. At the time, the GOP claimed they were simply looking to save […]

US equity futures erased a modest rebound from yesterday’s 1.8% rout ahead of today’s 8:30am jobs report and Powell’s 12:30pm speech. As of 8:00am ET, S&P futures were unchanged and well off session highs, while Nasdaq futures rose 0.1%, with Mag 7 names mixed, led by NVDA’s +1.4% pre-market gain after the bullish AVGO (+13%)  […]

The US and Ukraine will give it another try, after the ‘missiles for minerals’ deal has faltered amid President Zelensky’s resistance to signing the deal, and the big diplomatic blow-up and spat of last Friday. Top US and Ukrainian officials are expected to meet in Saudi Arabia next Wednesday to discuss a ceasefire effort with […]