LexRegPulse Daily - Sep 5, 2026
Alex here. This is LexRegPulse Daily for Saturday, September 5, 2026.
Friday's jobs report defied the forecast. Employers added 162,000 positions in August, against forecasts near 55,000. Unemployment held at 4.1%. July's reported decline got revised into a gain. Strong data should calm markets. Instead, equities fell and Treasury yields jumped — investors read the report as rate risk, not reassurance.
Within hours, the President demanded rate cuts and threatened to halt trade with every country running a surplus against the United States, tying that threat directly to the Federal Reserve's…
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