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Sluggish Jobs Report Hints at Cooling Labor Market | Bloomberg Businessweek Daily 12/16/2025
On today's episode of Bloomberg Businessweek Daily, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec discuss US job growth remaining sluggish in November and the unemployment rate rising to a four year high, all pointing to a cooling US labor market. Bloomberg's Michael McKee joins the show to break it down. Plus, Whalen Global Advisors Chairman Chris Whalen joins to discuss market risks, private credit, tech investments, and more. Also on today's show, MARA CEO Fred Thiel discusses how bitcoin fatigue is setting in as the token heads for its fourth yearly decline, and US Department of Labor Chief Economist Julia Pollak on today's payrolls data.
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Bloomberg Businessweek Daily Starts
00:03:40 - Michael McKee on Unemployment Rate Hitting Four-Year High, October Payroll Decline Largest Since End of 2020
00:06:15 - Whalen Global Advisors Chairman Chris Whalen Talks Potential Risks in Private Credit, Growing Investor Concern About AI Circularity
00:21:33 - MARA CEO Fred Thiel Discusses Bitcoin Fatigue Setting In as Token Heads for Fourth Yearly Decline
00:34:56 - US Dept. of Labor Chief Economist Julia Pollak on Payrolls Rising 64,00 After October Drop, Unemployment Rising
00:43:45 - Carmen Reinicke with Stocks on the Move
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Published Dec 16, 2025