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6 Jun 2025

U.S. May. Nonfarm Payrolls: 139K, [Est. 130k, Prev. 177K]

May. Unemployment Rate: 4.2%, [Est. 4.2%, Prev. 4.2%] May. Average Hourly Earnings (MoM): 0.4%, [Est. 0.3%, Prev. 0.2%] May. Average Hourly Earnings (YoY): 3.9%, [Est. 3.7%, Prev. 3.8%] Source: Bloomberg

6 Jun 2025

U.S. treasury just bought back $10 billion of its own debt, the largest buyback ever

Source: Department of the Treasury

5 Jun 2025

ECB lowered interest rates for the 8th time in a year after inflation dipped <2% and the economy suffered repeated blows from US tariffs.

ECB cut the deposit rate by 25bps to 2% and reiterated that it’s not pre-committing to a particular path. ECB balance sheet shrank to €6.3tn. Note that ECB deposit rate has fallen below the German inflation rate for the first time since September 2023. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg

5 Jun 2025

Elon Musk: "Flatten the curve"

Source: Future timeline

5 Jun 2025

World debt has now officially crossed $300 trillion

And still continues to climb aggressively Source: Bravos Research

4 Jun 2025

US private sector hiring rose by just 37,000 jobs in May, the lowest in more than 2 years… Trump had this to say 👇

Source: Stocktwits

4 Jun 2025

Elon keeps pounding the table on the fiscal & debt side...

He probably feels that D.O.G.E didn't go far enough...

4 Jun 2025

China's manufacturing activity plunges to lowest level since September 2022 📉

Source: Barchart, LESG

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