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Barkin: U.S. Economy: The Road Ahead
Thanks for that kind introduction. Today, I want to share my views on the economy, as well as my sense of where it’s headed. These are my thoughts only and not those of anyone else on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) or in the Federal Reserve System. The Fed has a dual mandate from Congress: stable prices and maximum employment. If either part of our mandate moves too far from its target, our job is to guide the economy back home. That’s what happened coming out of the pandemic. Inflation spiked, helping us remember a painful lesson from the ’70’s — just how much we all hate inflation. It feels ... (full story)
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BARKIN: RATE CUTS SO FAR HAVE HELPED INSURE HEALTH OF JOB MARKET WHILE FED COMPLETES "LAST MILE" OF RETURNING INFLATION TO TARGET
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) February 3, 2026
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FED FBARKIN ECONOMY REMAINS "REMARKABLY RESILIENT" || GIVEN GROWTH, LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, HARD TO IMAGINE EITHER BUSINESSES OR CONSUMERS MOVING TO THE SIDELINES
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) February 3, 2026
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BARKIN: RISE IN PRODUCTIVITY SUGGESTS FIRMS CAN BEAR HIGHER INPUT COSTS WITHOUT PRESSURE TO RAISE PRICES || FIRMS SAY DEMAND IS FINE AND ARE NOT DOING LAYOFFS "AT SCALE" ...
— MarketNewsFeed (@MarketNews_Feed) February 3, 2026
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From bnnbloomberg.ca|Feb 3, 2026Gold prices swung violently over the past week, surging to fresh record highs before suffering their steepest daily decline in more than a decade. The rapid reversal pushed prices ...
From @FirstSquawk|Feb 3, 2026|11 commentsFED MIRAN: I THINK WE NEED TO CUT RATES MORE THAN A POINT THIS YEAR FED'S MIRAN: WARSH IS A FANTASTIC CHOICE TO LEAD FED - FOX BUSINESS ... MIRAN: DON'T SEE A LOT OF STRONG PRICE PRESSURES IN ECONOMY FED'S MIRAN : MARKET YIELDS HAVEN'T GONE UP BY THAT MUCH MIRAN: LONG-TERM YIELDS UP PARTLY ON BETTER GROWTH EXPECTATIONS
From agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br|Feb 3, 2026Industrial production fell 1.2% from November to December 2025, accentuating the predominantly negative trend observed since September 2025, a period in which it accumulated a ...
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From cnbc.com|Feb 3, 2026Silver’s rapid surge and equally dramatic reversal in recent weeks has led market watchers to ask a fundamental question: when does an asset stop trading on fundamentals and start ...
From dailyforex.com|Feb 3, 2026Silver continues to see a lot of noisy behavior as the market initially tried to recover on Monday after plunging right at the open. That being said, we have seen the sellers come ...
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