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Was Macy's the latest victim of the strong labor market? That doesn't make sense, of course, and now the government data has been revised massively lower to better align what really happened last year with where we are this year. The new figures show not just one-third fewer jobs gained, more importantly what that does the rate of change in the rate of change (2nd derivative). It ends up in Macy's sales forecast. Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis CNBC Macy’s cuts sales forecast as department stores struggle to draw shoppers https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/21/macys-m-q2-2024-earnings.html Macy's Quarterly Results https://www.macysinc.com/newsroom/news/news-details/2024/Macys-Inc.-Reports-Second-Quarter-2024-Results/default.aspx BLS QCEW Home https://www.bls.gov/cew/ BLS QCEW CES Preliminary Benchmark Announcement https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprelbmk.htm https://www.eurodollar.university Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffSnider_EDU |