Although core inflation looks a bit more benign than topline inflation, RSM expects July’s U.S. labor data to reflect flat growth in real wages amid an ongoing affordability crisis. … READ MORE >
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Healthcare industry trend watch: Week of Aug. 3, 2026
In this week’s trend watch: Healthcare’s cyber resilience challenge and how data can help. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: What’s behind the U.S. labor market strength?
Since December 2024, 594,000 jobs have been created in health care and 411,000 in social assistance, much of it to serve an aging population. … READ MORE >
Job openings ease in June but remain solid
The headline number on job openings edged down a bit in June, but underneath the surface, the labor market still looks very healthy. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Why did Japan and the U.S. prop up the yen?
Japan wanted to prevent a disorderly depreciation of the yen. The U.S. wanted to suppress the increase in Treasury yields and avoid a selloff by Japan. But it won’t last. … READ MORE >
Manufacturing sector posts fastest growth since 2022
The employment index turned positive for the first time in a long time, suggesting the momentum is not going away anytime soon. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Natural gas prices, not oil, pose bigger inflation risk in UK
If wholesale natural gas prices were to surge again, UK inflation could climb back above 4% and remain elevated throughout much of 2027. … READ MORE >
5 things to know in life sciences: Week of July 27, 2026
Each week we highlight five things affecting the life sciences industry. Here’s the latest. … READ MORE >
Back-to-school outlook: Record on the surface; K-shaped underneath
Businesses that plan inventory, pricing and messaging around a bifurcated, careful-but-willing consumer will be best positioned as back-to-school gives way to the holidays. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: The Warsh effect and U.S. financial conditions
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh says he wants the financial markets to figure it all out without the forward guidance of the Fed. … READ MORE >