2026-01-07 18:28:13

US job openings just came in lower than expected. November saw 7.146M openings against a forecast of 7.648M—a miss that hints at cooling labor demand. This kind of employment data tends to ripple through risk assets. When job growth slows, it often signals broader economic headwinds, which crypto markets tend to price in pretty quickly. Worth keeping an eye on as we see how central banks respond to weaker labor conditions.

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SelfCustodyIssues

· 20h ago

Damn, the job opening just fell through again. Why do we have to cut interest rates again this time?

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ClassicDumpster

· 01-10 02:08

Work data has crashed again. Now the Fed probably has to change its mind. They should have cut interest rates earlier.

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0xOverleveraged

· 01-07 18:58

Damn, the job openings just dropped again. The crypto world is about to fall.

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ProofOfNothing

· 01-07 18:57

Lowered again? Is it really going to fail this time?

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MoonWaterDroplets

· 01-07 18:38

Damn, the job openings just dropped again. The crypto world is about to get turbulent.

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DegenWhisperer

· 01-07 18:37

Job data is once again disappointing; this time even the central bank has to get involved.

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DaoDeveloper

· 01-07 18:35

the labor market cooling off like this... ngl it's basically the consensus mechanism failing to reach agreement lol. 7.146M vs 7.648M — that's a pretty gnarly deviation. what gets me is how fast crypto reprices this stuff compared to tradfi. been watching the game-theoretic implications play out in real-time, and it's actually fascinating how markets are already positioning for the fed's next move

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NonFungibleDegen

· 01-07 18:30

ngl job data misses like this are when i actually open tradingview instead of just pretending i know what's happening... labor cooling = fed might pivot = crypto probably goes brrrr soon right? or we all get liquidated idk ser, either way gonna ape in harder lol

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