Charts I’m Watching: Jun 5, 2025

More weak economic data was released this morning but was quickly followed (a coincidence?) by news of a phone call between Trump and Xi.

Initial claims were 247k versus consensus of 239k and unit labor costs rose a whopping 6.6%, up from an already inflationary 5.7%. This is a combination that supports our expectations of stagflation.

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