US Consumer Outlook Weakens as Inflation Expectations Climb, Durable-Goods Demand Stays Firm
Friday's Main Street data created a mixed growth-inflation picture with implications for Fed policy, Treasury yields and markets.
US Private Sector Hits High Gear But Pricing Power Puts Fed in a Bind
Barring the spike in demand following the opening up of the economy after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the latest improvement in business activity is the greatest recorded since early 2015
US Economy Shows Resilience as Jobless Claims Fall, Philadelphia Manufacturing Expands, But Inflation Complicates Fed Outlook
Taken together, the three reports released Thursday morning suggest an economy that has not lost significant momentum, but is becoming increasingly uneven.
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All trader profilesZero Day Jay
Zero Day Jay is a US-based prop-firm futures trader who streams the 3 to 5 pm Eastern power hour live on YouTube every trading day, trading gold and Nasdaq futures across a stack of funded accounts. He started his first Apex evaluation in October 2023, has documented every payout request since his first in May 2024, and has grown the channel from under 200 subscribers in April 2024 to about 9,400 in October 2026.
Gold futures · NQ · MNQ
Aaron Korbs
Aaron Korbs is a US-based S&P futures trader and educator who specialises in Volume Profile and auction market theory. He founded the Tradacc academy and its Profile Method programme, hosts the Speculators Podcast, whose 2023 interview with Inner Circle Trader has passed a million views, and publishes Volume Profile education to about 58,500 YouTube subscribers.
ES · MES · Index futures
Adam Mancini
Adam Mancini is a Canada-based full-time futures trader who day trades the E-mini S&P 500 and has posted his levels and setups publicly on X since 2016. He writes the paid daily Trade Companion newsletter on Substack, ranked among the top finance publications on the platform, and is best known for the Failed Breakdown setup and a strict level-to-level style of trade management.
ES · Index futures · ETFs