Dow Jones futures rose Thursday ahead of weekly initial unemployment claims. Nvidia stock and Tesla dropped in morning trade.

"At about 100% of GDP and growing rapidly, the U.S. national debt drags down economic growth and threatens Americans with reduced opportunity and the consequences of a severe fiscal crisis," they say.

The U.S. jobs market has a “slow leak,” as reflected in the latest weekly data on initial jobless claims, according to Renaissance Macro Research. “The slow leaking higher of unemployment continues,” ...

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