rekinhavoc
Deus Vult
- Joined
- Aug 22, 2007
- Messages
- 18,110
- Likes
- 35,212

Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Vindicated by Jobs Slump; Powell Humiliated
The July jobs report was a disaster for the American worker, the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve, and Jerome Powell.

Theoretical models explain the mechanics. In Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) economic models—the very ones the Fed uses to guide policy—rate hikes suppress demand for capital goods and increase the cost of investment. Sectoral frictions and credit constraints amplify the damage. Employment falls not evenly, but along predictable fault lines: construction sites, factory floors, and white-collar firms that plan their hiring around growth expectations.
Meanwhile, more insulated sectors—health care, education, social assistance, and government—often continue to grow, cushioning the aggregate figures and masking the damage beneath.
Policymakers long relied on this knowledge—at least prior to losing their minds to Tariff Derangement Syndrome. It told them to expect weakness in the interest-sensitive corners of the economy to show up early in a tightening cycle. They should monitor whether that weakness metastasizes. But they took their eyes off the leading indicators in order to express their fear and loathing of import duties.
This month’s jobs report fits the historical pattern perfectly. It doesn’t indict trade. It indicts tight money. And it warns that the pain is no longer theoretical.