2026-01-14 05:31:07

US labor market showing cracks:

Nonfarm payrolls dropped 164,000 over four months when you strip out healthcare and social assistance—the steepest decline since the 2020 crash. Sounds rough, right? But here's the twist: total payroll additions still came in at +41,000 for the same stretch.

What's happening under the hood matters. The peripheral sectors are getting hammered while healthcare keeps the headline numbers afloat. This kind of divergence typically signals economic caution ahead. For crypto and asset markets, employment weakness historically correlates with shifts in monetary policy and risk appetite. Worth watching as it could ripple through financial conditions.

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PumpBeforeRug

· 8h ago

Medical support stocks and other industry plummets, this routine is what the crypto circle understands best, it will collapse sooner or later

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DataChief

· 15h ago

Healthcare is supporting the market, everything else is falling, this is outrageous.

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MetaMisfit

· 15h ago

The healthcare sector is holding up the market, while everything else is dead. Isn't this a sign of an impending recession... the crypto world should be cautious.

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