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Don't move a muscle!

Don't move a muscle!

Marketplace vor 3 Wochen

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First-time unemployment claims (layoffs, basically) have come in
below 200,000 for four weeks running — the longest stretch since
1969. At the same time, the economy only barely added jobs in
September. Few layoffs, barely any new jobs, and it makes ya
start to wonder, just how petrified can this labor market get?
Also in this episode: AI doomers touch grass at a monthly Bay
Area picnic, the personal savings rate ebbs to a 4-year low, and
Kai explains central bankers’ balance sheet agita.

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Read the stories in today’s episode:

A frozen job market means nobody's getting laid off, but
nobody's getting hired

Only in San Francisco: A picnic to discuss AI risk

Not too big, not too small: The just-right Fed balance sheet

Here's where home heating will cost more this winter

Americans are saving less money — some can't afford to,
others are focused on investing

Using retirement to finally dig into family history