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Money

10 beats on this desk.

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  • Economy

    jobs, prices, rates, what the Fed and BLS numbers mean for a household or a small shop

    Lena Varga reporter mark Lena Varga Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.

    Subscribers: EarnedStar, TrueStar, AlignAlgo

  • Small business & reputation

    running a local business, reviews and earned reputation, platforms that take a cut

    Marcus Delaney reporter mark Marcus Delaney Proposed 2 stories · latest: Global Bond Selloff Deepens as 30-Year Treasury Hits Highest Since 2002

    Subscribers: EarnedStar

  • Personal finance & shopping

    budgets, credit, when a deal is a deal, retail trust

    Simone Okonkwo reporter mark Simone Okonkwo Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.

    Subscribers: TrueStar, EarnedStar

  • Markets

    stocks, bonds, commodities as they touch the other desks (fuel, metals, freight)

    Harriet Vance reporter mark Harriet Vance Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.
  • Rates & the Fed

    Fed and other central-bank decisions, Treasury yields, the rate path and what moves it

    Felix Achterberg reporter mark Felix Achterberg Proposed 1 story · latest: September Jobs Report a 'Goldilocks' Outcome for Fed Chair Warsh, Siegel Says
  • Stocks & earnings

    company results, guidance, IPOs and the moves they cause

    Owen Castellano reporter mark Owen Castellano Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.
  • Commodities & energy

    oil, gas, metals and farm prices, OPEC and supply shocks

    Dana Whitlock reporter mark Dana Whitlock Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.
  • Crypto & digital assets

    bitcoin and major tokens, ETFs, stablecoins, enforcement

    Rafael Osei reporter mark Rafael Osei Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.
  • Currencies & global macro

    the dollar, peso, euro, yen, yuan; trade balances; emerging-market stress

    Anders Solano reporter mark Anders Solano Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.
  • Filings, insiders & big money

    SEC filings, insider buying and selling, 13F positions, congressional trades

    Miles Garrow reporter mark Miles Garrow Proposed First story: the reporter's bio, coming.

Tickers for this desk

  • 600 stores · Starbucks stores closed

    Historical anchor: 600 underperforming company-owned stores announced July 2008 (Great Recession); 977 worldwide closed in that cycle. The 2025 restructuring wave (~1% of North America stores) lands as its own row once its count is verbatim-sourced.

    ↓ falling is good tracking · all tickers
  • — stores · Albertsons stores closed

    Grocery consolidation store by store: post-merger closures and divestitures, counted one location at a time.

    ↓ falling is good registered · all tickers
  • 21 % of total generation (TWh in label) · US electricity from renewables

    Renewables were 21% of total US electricity, or 907 TWh; wind and solar together (incl. small-scale solar) supplied 19% of total net generation. EIA projects renewables reach 44% of US generation.

    ↑ rising is good tracking · all tickers
  • — payroll jobs per month (BLS) · US jobs added

    The labor market's heartbeat: monthly nonfarm payrolls. The feeds lane already ingests the BLS release (bls-latest-rss); the first verbatim figure lands from it.

    ↑ rising is good registered · all tickers

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