July Jobs Shock: US Lost 23K Workers, Below Lowest Estimate, As Unemp Rate Drops To 4.1%

Futures Flat As Traders Brace For Weekend Iran Escalation US equity futures are flat on the final trading session of the week, with Tech lagging, as traders hold off on big bets ahead of the weekend, with the fragile truce in the Middle East keeping geopolitical risk front of mind. Overnight, the US said Iran talks will continue, a positive step amid the recent escalation near the Strait of Hormuz (then again the market never reacted negatively to the latest strikes in the first place). As of 7:45am ET, S&P futures are...

Germany's Migrant Crime Crisis Explodes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Germany's federal government just dropped numbers that should end every soft-border talking point still circulating in European capitals. Of the 1,087 suspects identified in 751 recorded gang rapes last year, 53 percent were foreign nationals. Non-Germans make up less than 17 percent of the population. The 772 victims were overwhelmingly German: 619 of them, or 80 percent, including 565 women. New figures released by the German federal government show that 53% of the 1,087 suspects in 751 recorded gang rapes last year were...

The USS Gerald R. Ford will return to the US after nearly a year at war.  The Ford is one of three aircraft carrier strike groups in the Middle East. The Washington Post reported speaking with US officials who said USS Ford will be leaving the region in the coming days and return to the […]