Markets
In Des Moines, a hot payrolls print overheats the map
The number that moved Washington on May 12, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 12, 2026
TB
Economy Correspondent
Thomas Bergeron
Thomas Bergeron covers the Federal Reserve, the Treasury, Wall Street and the North American factory floor.
290 stories in the Washington archive
Recent work
Canada’s stake in shelter inflation just got larger
May 11, 2026
Washington stays late on shelter inflation
May 10, 2026
Bill 2615 and the problem of the September FOMC
May 9, 2026
Bill 2603 and the problem of credit-card delinquencies
May 8, 2026
The strategic petroleum rider hiding inside a factory-orders stall
May 7, 2026
Canada’s stake in a hot payrolls print just got larger
May 5, 2026
The file
Markets
Canada’s stake in a factory-orders stall just got larger
The number that moved Washington on May 4, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 4, 2026
Markets
Ways and Means turns to credit-card delinquencies as Savannah watches
The number that moved Washington on May 3, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 3, 2026
Markets
What 44 per cent in Manchester says about a factory-orders stall
The number that moved Washington on May 2, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 2, 2026
Markets
Grand Rapids cannot look away from a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on May 1, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · May 1, 2026
Markets
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 30, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 30, 2026
Markets
A hot payrolls print: the view from Capitol Hill
The number that moved Washington on April 29, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 29, 2026
Markets
The September FOMC: the view from the border
The number that moved Washington on April 28, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 28, 2026
Markets
Boise cannot look away from the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on April 27, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 27, 2026
Markets
Foggy Bottom stays late on the gasoline shock
The number that moved Washington on April 26, 2026 was not a speech. It was the gasoline shock, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 26, 2026
Markets
What 41 per cent in Fresno says about a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 25, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 25, 2026
Markets
The border supplemental hiding inside the September FOMC
The number that moved Washington on April 24, 2026 was not a speech. It was the September FOMC, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 24, 2026
Markets
A factory-orders stall: the view from Langley
The number that moved Washington on April 23, 2026 was not a speech. It was a factory-orders stall, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 23, 2026
Markets
Homeland Security turns to the strong-dollar problem as Allentown watches
The number that moved Washington on April 22, 2026 was not a speech. It was the strong-dollar problem, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 22, 2026
Markets
Saskatchewan’s grain elevators confront a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 21, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 21, 2026
Markets
Quebec’s aluminum towns confront a hot payrolls print
The number that moved Washington on April 20, 2026 was not a speech. It was a hot payrolls print, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 20, 2026
Markets
Credit-card delinquencies: the view from K Street
The number that moved Washington on April 18, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 18, 2026
Markets
Canada’s stake in credit-card delinquencies just got larger
The number that moved Washington on April 17, 2026 was not a speech. It was credit-card delinquencies, and the Canadian reading is harsher than the American one.
Thomas Bergeron · Apr 17, 2026
The rest of the desk
Elena Voss
Washington Bureau Chief
James Whitfield
White House Correspondent
Amrita Shah
Congressional Correspondent
Peter Lang
Politics Editor
Lila Okada
World Affairs Correspondent
Marcus Hale
Pentagon Correspondent
Claire Fontaine
Courts Correspondent
Nadia Rahman
Immigration Correspondent
Owen MacLeod
Energy Correspondent
Sophie Tremblay
Canada–U.S. Correspondent
Rachel Okonkwo
Health Correspondent
David Chen
Technology Correspondent