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Markets and the Economy

Put recent portfolio performance in context with market themes, our outlook and your goals.

The Weekly Five

Mixed Signals

Today’s jobs report beat expectations but revealed downward revisions for recent months, pointing to slowing momentum in the labor market and, in tandem with elevated jobs cuts, a potential turn toward “slow hiring, not-so-slow firing.”

  1. How do this week’s data releases impact your view for the health of the labor market?
  2. What are the takeaways for Fed policy?
  3. How are ongoing trade negotiations impacting the monetary environment outside the U.S.?
  4. How are key tariff negotiations progressing, and how are companies likely to respond to an ultimately higher average rate?
  5. What is the market’s take thus far on the anticipated path of heightened federal spending?
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