data on the jobs market, the unemployment rate, or what could contribute to the unemployment rate

potentially going even higher. Let's get right into this article from CNBC and check this out. I want to show you guys some charts from the Federal Reserve

that I think are going to blow your mind as well.

But starting right here, wholesale prices unexpectedly fell. a bit they're expecting an increase

and prices came down now in some ways

obviously this is good

because this gives the consumer a break I mean I was just

in Orlando and the the prices were staggering even for me and I make a little bit of money, you know, I retired was I won 2012, so it's not like I'm hurting for cash, but my goodness gracious, the sticker shock was really unbelievable.

So it's great that we're seeing prices.

Now this is wholesale prices, not what you're paying.

So they're starting to tick down, but then the question becomes why?

Why are these prices coming down? Is it because we're creating more stuff, which would be a good type of deflation or is it because

demand is declining which would be indicative of an economic slowdown. Let's get into this article. The producer price index

so PPI a gauge of prices that producers get for their goods and services on the

open market decline 0.2% for the month against expectations of a 0.1% increase.

PPI was held back, kind of a weird way of saying it. The PPI, I guess, the main contributor to the

PPI decrease, that's how I'd rephrase that, was a 0.8%

decrease in final demand goods prices,

which was the largest decline since October of 2023.

In other economic news, initial claims and unemployment insurance jumped to

two hundred and forty two thousand for the week. That's the highest level and again this is initial

claims for unemployment.

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