U.S. Jobs Market Eyes March Recovery Amid Inflation Pressures 
Oil Prices Surge Amid Middle East Tensions as Houthi Attacks Escalate Conflict 
Asian Stocks Rebound as Trump Delays Iran Strike Deadline 
Oil Prices Slip as Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire Deadline Amid Ongoing War Fears 
Middle East Conflict Drives Dollar Surge as Yen Hits Critical Threshold 
South Korea March Exports Expected to Surge to Near Five-Year High Amid AI-Driven Chip Demand 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady Amid U.S.-Israel-Iran Tensions and BOJ Signals 
Russell 1000 Companies Hit $2.2T Cash Record While Aggressively Reinvesting in Growth 
Asia Markets Tumble as Gulf Conflict Drives Oil Prices to Historic Highs 
President Trump may continue to tout his economic performance and calling the current state of the economy as the greatest ever. If the unemployment rate is the only measure, then this might truly be the greatest U.S. economy ever, but if we hover beyond just the unemployment rates, and look into labor force participation and growth forecasts, the story is different.
Last week’s non-farm payroll report showed that despite the ‘greatest economy ever’, the labour force participation rate is multi-decade low, while last night’s ‘GDPNow’ forecast projected U.S. economic growth at just 1.4 percent for the 2nd quarter of 2019, which s higher by just 0.1 percent compared to the previous forecast on 5th July.
If 1.4 percent turns out to be the final GDP reading, it would be the weakest growth in 10 quarters.
