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A 40 basis point (bps) drop in the unemployment rate is substantial in Canada. 🇨🇦
An improvement of this magnitude was last seen at November 2005, outside the period of COVID distortions seen between from 2020 and mid-2022
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An improvement of this magnitude was last seen at November 2005, outside the period of COVID distortions seen between from 2020 and mid-2022
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December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A 40 basis point (bps) drop in the unemployment rate is substantial in Canada. 🇨🇦
An improvement of this magnitude was last seen at November 2005, outside the period of COVID distortions seen between from 2020 and mid-2022
🫴 en.econreporter.com/57547/canad...
An improvement of this magnitude was last seen at November 2005, outside the period of COVID distortions seen between from 2020 and mid-2022
🫴 en.econreporter.com/57547/canad...
Wow, Netflix is even sending out email to subscribers to announce the WB buyout deal
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Wow, Netflix is even sending out email to subscribers to announce the WB buyout deal
Working on data since 2001... 0.4ppt drop in Canada unemployment is the best improvement outside of Covid distortions
December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Working on data since 2001... 0.4ppt drop in Canada unemployment is the best improvement outside of Covid distortions
Participation rate dropped 0.2 ppt
while employment rate ticked up 0.1 ppt
while employment rate ticked up 0.1 ppt
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Participation rate dropped 0.2 ppt
while employment rate ticked up 0.1 ppt
while employment rate ticked up 0.1 ppt
#JobsDayCanada
Employment increased by 54,000 (+0.3%) in November, driven by gains in part-time work... while the unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 6.5%.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
Employment increased by 54,000 (+0.3%) in November, driven by gains in part-time work... while the unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 6.5%.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#JobsDayCanada
Employment increased by 54,000 (+0.3%) in November, driven by gains in part-time work... while the unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 6.5%.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
Employment increased by 54,000 (+0.3%) in November, driven by gains in part-time work... while the unemployment rate fell 0.4 percentage points to 6.5%.
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quo...
I like that Netflix understand the biggest series they are buying is The Big Bang Theory
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I like that Netflix understand the biggest series they are buying is The Big Bang Theory
So there is also a move to accept TikTok's remedy on advertising transparency
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
So there is also a move to accept TikTok's remedy on advertising transparency
I like that BoE always spell "stress test" in a very long way
December 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I like that BoE always spell "stress test" in a very long way
repo rates are back to the middle of IORB level today
And Standing Repo Facility booked zero usage this morning
this doesn't smell "scarce" to me. It may not even be "ample"
And Standing Repo Facility booked zero usage this morning
this doesn't smell "scarce" to me. It may not even be "ample"
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
repo rates are back to the middle of IORB level today
And Standing Repo Facility booked zero usage this morning
this doesn't smell "scarce" to me. It may not even be "ample"
And Standing Repo Facility booked zero usage this morning
this doesn't smell "scarce" to me. It may not even be "ample"
Oh it's really ridiculous on a graph....
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Oh it's really ridiculous on a graph....
The Fed didn't hold any T-bills before 2019??
I am not familiar with this period... is that true?
I am not familiar with this period... is that true?
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The Fed didn't hold any T-bills before 2019??
I am not familiar with this period... is that true?
I am not familiar with this period... is that true?
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
except everyone is driving the wrong way, this pic is nice~
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
except everyone is driving the wrong way, this pic is nice~
hahah this is nice~
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
hahah this is nice~
I think the Standing Repo Facility usage this morning asked the same question....
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I think the Standing Repo Facility usage this morning asked the same question....
Do we really need Reserve Management Purchases by Jan???
December 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Do we really need Reserve Management Purchases by Jan???
i think it flipped the dates??
December 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
i think it flipped the dates??
a very low quality gif to remind Fed monetary plumbing nerds that... Standing Repo Facility is a form of TOMO (Temporary Open Market Operations)
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
a very low quality gif to remind Fed monetary plumbing nerds that... Standing Repo Facility is a form of TOMO (Temporary Open Market Operations)
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 PM
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I am a believer of Anat Admati's way of thinking about bank "capital"
So I am quite unsettled by the BoE's framing that banks' should make use of the newly freed-up "capital resources"
So I am quite unsettled by the BoE's framing that banks' should make use of the newly freed-up "capital resources"
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am a believer of Anat Admati's way of thinking about bank "capital"
So I am quite unsettled by the BoE's framing that banks' should make use of the newly freed-up "capital resources"
So I am quite unsettled by the BoE's framing that banks' should make use of the newly freed-up "capital resources"
SRF also booked some usage this morning
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
SRF also booked some usage this morning
Repo rates were still above Fed target range yesterday
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Repo rates were still above Fed target range yesterday
Back to this SRF as "the Fed's main rate ceiling tool" framing, which I was surprised
Like St Louis Fed's explainer "How the Fed Implements Monetary Policy with Its Tools" still saying discount window
Like St Louis Fed's explainer "How the Fed Implements Monetary Policy with Its Tools" still saying discount window
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Back to this SRF as "the Fed's main rate ceiling tool" framing, which I was surprised
Like St Louis Fed's explainer "How the Fed Implements Monetary Policy with Its Tools" still saying discount window
Like St Louis Fed's explainer "How the Fed Implements Monetary Policy with Its Tools" still saying discount window
Standing Repo Facility usage this morning is kind of "elevated" by its usual standard
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Standing Repo Facility usage this morning is kind of "elevated" by its usual standard