The July Jobs Report, Congress at a Stalemate, and Trade Tensions

By Marc Odo, CFA®, CAIA®, CIPM®, CFP®, Swan Global Investments The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July jobs report the first week of August, highlighting that the U.S. added 1.8 million jobs in July, a small step forward for a country that’s still down 12.9 million jobs during the...