The Federal Reserve publishes the minutes of its June 16–17 meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, and the release will either validate Bitcoin's week-long recovery or pull out its foundation. Traders bought the rebound on a single macro assumption: a weakening US labor market limits how long the central bank can stay hawkish. The […]
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Good news for the American worker came at the worst possible moment for Bitcoin. Initial jobless claims fell by 4,000 to 226,000 for the week ending June 13. Layoffs are in the historically low range they've held for most of the post-pandemic era, and the unemployment rate has remained at 4.3% for a third straight […]
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The US economy added 172,000 jobs in May, more than double the 80,000 that Wall Street economists had expected, and the unemployment rate held at 4.3%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also revised March and April higher by a combined 93,000 positions, which left the spring looking much stronger than anyone believed a month […]
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At 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for April, and a market that spent years branding Bitcoin as an escape hatch from central banks now hangs on whatever the numbers imply about the Federal Reserve's next move. This is due to a long […]
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At 8:30 on a Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped one of the more surprising jobs reports of the past year. The US economy added 178,000 jobs in March, and the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.3%. When put against a Wall Street consensus calling for roughly 57,000 nonfarm payrolls, the number was […]
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US markets move in seconds when the jobs report hits. February payrolls fell by 92,000 jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, and prior months were revised down by 69,000. Together, that's 161,000 fewer jobs than the numbers showed at the start of the year. But the number traders react to first often isn't the […]
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Bitcoin remained under pressure even as the data likely puts back in play the chances of Fed rate cuts in the first half of 2026.
Financial markets keep rallying, but a look beneath the surface paints a much riskier picture for the months ahead. Many investors now warn that Wall Street is ignoring growing cracks in the U.S. job market and real economy, a disconnect that has led to major trouble before. Why Wall Street is so out of step […]
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The August jobs report is in, and depending on your perspective, it’s either worrying or the next big catalyst for crypto. While economists were expecting jobless claims of 230,000, the reality arrived at 237,000. Job openings also missed the mark, coming in at 7.18 million versus the projected 7.38 million. Along with July’s figures, the […]
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Crypto markets have fallen sharply over the past few days as stronger than expected economic data sent interest rates surging and called into question the idea that the Fed will continue easing monetary policy.