🗞️ Job Openings Rise And A Cyber Monday Record

December 3rd, 2024

Good Evening 🇺🇸,

What happened today,

• The JOLTS jobs report came out today and U.S. job openings in October rose by 372k up to 7.74 million openings way above expectations

• U.S. consumers spent $13.3 billion on Cyber Monday, this was the biggest online shopping day in history

• DOW down .17% / S&P up .05% on the day

• 60% Americans don't plan to get the most current Covid vaccine per the Pew Research Center

• Florida Sheriff, Chad Chronister, withdraws as Trump's nominee to lead DEA

• Trump says he will block the Japanese company, Nippon Steel, from acquiring U.S. Steel

• Less than a week after the ceasefire came into effect between Israel and Lebanon there has been deadly Israeli strikes on south Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket launches on an Israeli military post putting the truce in jeopardy

• South Korea’s President Yoon declared martial law, later in the day South Korea’s parliament voted unanimously to lift the martial law, and hours later after that President Yoon himself said he was lifting the martial law ruling…a wild day in South Korea

Plus: A look at the purchasing power of the dollar over the years…

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