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On Thursday, September 11, financial markets will be closely watching a trio of key economic data releases that will provide new insights into the state of the U.S. economy and could influence expectations for future Federal Reserve policy.
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Oracle Corp.’s latest earnings report has triggered a historic day for the company and its stock, fueled by unprecedented demand for its cloud services, particularly from the artificial intelligence sector. While the reported earnings per share of $1.47 slightly missed some analyst estimates, and total revenue of $14.9 billion was a modest 12% increase year-over-year, these figures were completely overshadowed by the company’s bold future projections and massive contract backlog. The company announced its remaining performance obligations (RPO)—a measure of future contracted revenue—skyrocketed by 359% to $455 billion, with executives stating they expect it to exceed half a trillion dollars soon. This massive backlog, which reportedly includes a significant five-year, multi-billion-dollar deal with OpenAI, has instilled extreme confidence in investors about Oracle’s long-term growth.
Payrolls rose by only 22,000 in August, significantly below the predicted Non Farm payroll increase of 75,000. The unemployment rate edged up from 4.2 to 4.3%. This as the Fed meets to discuss decreasing interest rates in just 11 days. Part of the drag on jobs is the ongoing reductions at the federal government level, with an estimated 10-thousand jobs per month being lost. This number could increase in October since many workers took deals that allowed them to be paid through the end of September.
Global financial markets are on edge today as investors eagerly await further signals from the U.S. Federal Reserve regarding its monetary policy path. Persistent inflation, which has shown signs of stubbornness in recent economic data, continues to be the dominant narrative, fueling speculation about the timing and magnitude of potential interest rate adjustments.
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Gold prices have reached a new all-time high, with the precious metal topping $3,570 per ounce in today’s trading. The record-breaking rally, which has seen gold gain more than 33% since the beginning of 2025, is being fueled by a perfect storm of global uncertainty, shifting central bank policies, and a flight to safety among investors.
In this stark and sometimes disturbing discussion, Jimmy Connor speaks with “Dr. Doom” Marc Faber, who offers his brutally honest assessment of the global and U.S. economies, asserting that while financial markets may be at all-time highs, the real economy is struggling, particularly for the middle and lower classes. He says the severe wealth inequality exacerbated by central bank interest policies that — contrary to popular belief, actually inject more liquidity into the hands of the wealthy — even as the middle class is about to be hit by what he says is an unfair tax due to tariffs. Faber also goes hard at politicians and weighs in on Elon Musk’s new party, while discussing the decline of the U.S. dollar’s long-term purchasing power, preferring precious metals like gold, silver, and platinum as stable anchors against currency debasement. Ultimately, Faber warned that the current path of excessive government intervention and wealth disparity is creating an “unstable environment” that could eventually have severe repercussions, even for the super-rich.
Economist Steve Hanke says a U.S. recession is almost inevitable, and warns that the Fed, Wall Street, and Donald Trump are all looking in the wrong direction. In this sharp, wide-ranging interview with James Connor, he explains why ignoring money supply is a fatal flaw in today’s policy and why the economy may be headed for a major contraction.
Windrock Wealth Management’s Chris Casey joins Trey Reik to deliver a stark warning: the new budget bill is being dangerously misunderstood, and it could unleash a fiscal and market crisis. With U.S. debt surpassing $37 trillion and deficits exceeding $2 trillion, Casey explains why 2025 may be the year the financial reckoning finally goes mainstream, and how investors may be blindsided by a triple threat: rising interest rates, a looming recession, and inflation.