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US federal agency that produces economic data, including employment, inflation, and consumer price statistics, used to track the labor market and prices.

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Colleagues at one professional services firm opened up after going remote, a management scholar reports

In 275 interviews and about 330 hours of observation at one firm, a management scholar found colleagues more open after it went mostly remote. The study covers a single professional services company, so it documents one case.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption36
Hype gap+15
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence55
investConfirmed2 publishers

CoinShares reports $434 million of crypto fund outflows as CPI and retail sales data land hot

Crypto investment products lost $434 million in the week through October 16, CoinShares reported, after September CPI came in at 3.7% against a 3.6% forecast. Gasoline supplied roughly half the monthly rise, so one week of flows is thin evidence of a lasting Fed link.

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence65
investOne report1 publisher

Senior roles take 71% of the rebound in US software job postings

Senior roles drove 71% of the rise in US software job postings in the year to May 2026, Indeed Hiring Lab data show. Postings are still 27.5% below pre-pandemic levels, and the new openings favor experienced people who can check AI-written code over juniors.

Publishers:cnbc.com

Reality

Evidence58
Adoption55
Hype gap+15
Incentives40
Confidence55
investConfirmed4 publishers

Retail sales fell 0.6% in July, and the bad-news trade is about a hike, not a cut

Spending and Michigan sentiment both slipped, pushing odds of a Fed hold to 71.2%. For rate-sensitive books, the print that removes hike risk adds credit risk.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 5%
Operator
Operator 30%
Investor
Investor 65%

Reality

Evidence84
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives30
Confidence78
scienceOne report1 publisher

Women's stated job interest followed the advertised gender ratio in Emory's experiments

Psychologists at Emory ran questionnaire experiments with 1,680 US adults recruited on Prolific, and women reported more interest in jobs advertised as having more women, even when the abilities the ads listed were stereotypically male.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence45
investOne report1 publisher

A 29-cent recovery rate thins out 10.53 points of triple-C spread

Spreads on the weakest US corporate credit widened to 10.53 points from 8.08 a year earlier, but with defaulted bonds returning 29 cents instead of the usual 40, the extra 2.45 points buys a lender less cover than it did.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+15
Incentives65
Confidence50
productOne report1 publisher

A blood-draw robot clears the FDA at 1m49s a stick. The missing number is per supervisor

Vitestro's Aletta was authorised through De Novo on 19 August 2026 for supervised outpatient use. The labour it saves per draw is worth about $1.75, so the case has to rest somewhere else.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption22
Hype gap+15
Incentives58
Confidence55
investOne report1 publisher

One in ten new jobs is temp, and the denominator is doing much of the work

The staffing industry's own chief economist says contingent work is now structural. The counts he cites are real; the share flatters them.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence40
Adoption45
Hype gap+40
Incentives85
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

Volatile hours are a health exposure, and the bill arrives differently for men and women

An Illinois study of 61,000 US workers finds week-to-week swings in hours track with worsening health. Men stay in the job and get sicker; women cut hours or leave.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence61
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+14
Incentives56
Confidence54
investOne report1 publisher

Beef Demand Finally Blinked: Volumes Fell in the Quarter They Never Fall

US beef volumes slipped 0.3% in the 13 weeks to mid-July after two years of roughly 5% growth, and cattle futures have priced the change faster than the herd data can.

Publishers:fortune.com

Reality

Evidence54
Adoption66
Hype gap+14
Incentives58
Confidence56