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US adds 64K jobs in November, Ford navigates $19.5B hit from EV pivot

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US adds 64K jobs in November, Ford navigates $19.5B hit from EV pivot Morning Brief host Julie Hyman breaks down the biggest market stories developing on December 16, 2025…
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  • Current rate cut forecast of 1 cut in 2026

    80% confidence
  • 3-month average job growth of 22,000 is well below 50,000 breakeven

    80% confidence
  • Target rate normalization to 3.5% or 3.0%

    80% confidence
  • 2026 GDP growth of 2.3-2.5%

    80% confidence
  • Unemployment exhibits this really unfortunate dynamic in which it increases slowly and then rapidly

    80% confidence
  • Forecasting a very strong economy for next year

    80% confidence
  • Forecasts labor market weakness continuing

    80% confidence
  • Would take a skeptical eye to this data because the shutdown is going to not give us a full clear picture

    80% confidence
  • Jolts quits rate at the lowest levels since 2014 outside of COVID

    80% confidence
  • Sees inflation at 2.5% in 2026

    80% confidence
  • Degree of difficulty in analyzing this jobs report is enormous with pretty big margin of error

    80% confidence
  • 2025 GDP growth of 1.0-1.5% YoY, described as lost year

    80% confidence
  • Fed's going to be forced to cut sooner than people are currently pricing in

    80% confidence
  • Real poverty line for family of four is $140,000

    80% confidence
  • Something wrong in the labor market

    80% confidence
  • November unemployment rate going to reaffirm that making a move in December was appropriate, but it's gonna open up January

    80% confidence

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Ford Motor Company · ev asset writedowns8 billion_USD
Ford Motor Company · cash charges5.5 billion_USD
Ford Motor Company · charges12.5 billion_USD
Ford Motor Company · total charges19.5 billion_USD
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Both facts give cash for Ford Motor Company at the same point in time (2025-12-31; FY 2025 year-end and Q4 2025 year-end are the same date). Both are labelled USD, but the values are 23,356,000,000 and 23.356, which cannot both be true in USD. The two numbers agree once the second is read as billions (23.356 bn = 23,356,000,000), so the economic content is consistent and the conflict is a unit/scale error in the Q4 2025 record. The period is not the reason for the conflict: a Q4 and an FY figure at the same year-end date should match.
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