Global Economy, Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve, inflation, Economic Indicators, US jobs report
February 16, 2026
Charting the Global Economy: US Jobs, Inflation Send Mixed Signals for Fed
An unusually busy week of economic data in the US sent conflicting signals for the Federal Reserve. January payrolls rose by the most in over a year, and the unemployment rate unexpectedly fell, allaying concerns that the job-market weakness from the previous year had carried over. However, inflation data at the end of the week […]