Subject: Econ Forecast for Dec. 7-12, 2025

Econ Forecast for Dec. 7-12, 2025

December 7th, 2025 at 12:07 pm EST

Hi Folks. So Friday (Dec. 5th, aka the First Friday of the Month) came and went without an NFP release. Since the BLS had it still listed last week as a 12-5 report, I was more than a little surprised we didn't see the number, so I went back into t ...

How To Be Both Right and Wrong At The Exact Same Time

December 1st, 2025 at 4:29 pm EST

Hi Folks. Last night I wrote to alert you that my Coaching Class has reopened for 5 new students, but forecast that all 5 slots would likely be sold out in the first 24 hours. I was both right and wrong about that, as 5 spots sold, but 2 of them ar ...

"So How Is That Coaching Thing Going?"

November 30th, 2025 at 5:21 pm EST

Hi Folks. That's the question I've been getting a lot lately, and I haven't said a word about it since the last group signed up a few weeks back, so here is the update. 36 total students. 27 have graduated meaning they reached a point where they ...

Econ Forecast for Nov. 30 - Dec. 5, 2025

November 30th, 2025 at 9:27 am EST

Hi Folks. So the avalanche of postponed numbers I was fearing has not happened yet, and honestly, looks like it may never happen.  As noted last week, FF and the Department of Labor jammed about 8 or 9 unreleased Unemployment numbers into the rele ...

Econ Forecast for Nov. 23-28, 2025

November 23rd, 2025 at 5:14 pm EST

Hi Folks. So the US Government shutdown is officially over, just in time for the Holiday Silly Season to get underway. We start off Silly Season with the US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday (banks and markets are all closed) and only a partial work ...

Econ Forecast for Nov. 16-21, 2025

November 16th, 2025 at 9:41 am EST

Hi Folks. So it seems I got a little ahead of myself (and the US Government) when I sent that email out last week declaring the shutdown was over.  It turned out it was only mostly over which as we all know, mostly over means still ongoing . But i ...

Econ Forecast Update (Good News I Guess)

November 10th, 2025 at 6:56 am EST

Hi Folks. I woke up this morning to the news a bunch of senators caved overnight and voted to reopen the US Government. As of this morning there is no noticeable change to the FF calendar, but I expect those changes to begin almost immediately. I w ...

Econ Forecast for Nov. 9-14, 2025

November 9th, 2025 at 10:53 am EST

Hi Folks. Welcome to yet another week of Government Shutdown Trading. I've pretty much given up trying to guess when the necessary pulling of heads out of asses will occur and our elected officials will begin to at least fake giving a damn about th ...

Econ Forecast for Nov. 2-7, 2025

November 2nd, 2025 at 8:02 am EST

Hi Folks. As of today (Friday, Oct. 31) we have officially endured 31 days of the US Government shutdown. The record, according to Google, is 35 days, set in 2018 during the first Trump Administration. So unless they get this thing solved by mid-we ...

Econ Forecast for October 26-31, 2025

October 26th, 2025 at 5:11 pm EST

Hi Folks. A quick word about last week's CPI. Last week I wrote it was unlikely to make a Friday appearance as scheduled on the FF calendar, and yet, there it was Friday morning at 8:30 as promised. I was as shocked as anyone to see the charts go n ...