Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Week – w5 (2023)

Retail trading orders, as a percentage of volume, have surpassed the 2021 meme-mania peak.

(via @business @luwangnyc)https://t.co/iVJh5T7sby pic.twitter.com/VQFRukInMn

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 2, 2023

Two trends that are a bit concerning:

1) Record options volume, the highest ever

2) Record retail participation as a % of total market volume

Both happening at the same time. pic.twitter.com/hhvHRjVd3a

— Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) February 3, 2023

🇺🇸 From Bloomberg reporter (Ye Xie): Employment in temporary help services, which is considered a leading indicator for the job market, increased 26,000, the biggest gain since February 2022. pic.twitter.com/S3Hidain3b

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) February 3, 2023

And now it is over 3 million, the biggest in history https://t.co/wcOs5tdHEh

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 3, 2023

🇺🇸 US Job Openings Surge Past 11 Million as Fed Zeros In on Labor – Bloomberg
*Ratio of openings to unemployed climbed to near-record 1.9https://t.co/EdQOjOoNlo pic.twitter.com/sbMoAhzSdB

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) February 1, 2023

🇺🇸 US employers in January announced the most job cuts since 2020, according to data compiled by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
*Businesses reported 102,943 cuts in the month, more than twice those announced in December and up 440% from January 2022.https://t.co/dKTbPVfJhn

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) February 2, 2023

NFIB Survey Suggests A Recession Is Coming https://t.co/PKtLju8nHk

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 3, 2023

🌎 A Wave of New Container Ships May Help Ease #Inflation Sting – Bloomberghttps://t.co/HOfasV1te6 pic.twitter.com/gpJwrU8n1E

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) February 1, 2023

🇺🇸 #Housing | #Rents nationally fall by 0.3% month-over-month; prices still up 3.3% year-over-year – Apartment List
*"This is the fifth consecutive monthly decline"https://t.co/eJd0oWYHlc pic.twitter.com/xxlnxt6PWV

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) January 31, 2023

🇪🇺 #Housing | #Eurozone #mortgage demand falls at record pace – FThttps://t.co/uhzMsG6vWQ pic.twitter.com/jnCizKoi15

— Christophe Barraud🛢🐳 (@C_Barraud) February 1, 2023