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Oil has dipped to around $82 amid a depressed global economic environment.
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Good morning. I'm senior reporter Phil Rosen. 

Thursday's jobs data showed the labor market right now basically resembles the opposite of what it should look like ahead of a recession. It's as robust as ever, even as fears of a downturn have yet to abate. Not to mention the economy itself, which is still growing. 

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A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange January 6, 2014.
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The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC
The US has hit the $31.4 trillion borrowing limit.
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Good morning. I'm Phil Rosen, reporting from Los Angeles. 

The good weather here has left me postponing my return to wintry New York. After weeks of sunshine, a few seconds of Manhattan air just might give me frostbite at this point.

And speaking of cold hard reality, the Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk is trying to raise fresh funds to pay off some of the pricier bits of his $13 billion Twitter loan.

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The drop in commodities has raised hopes that inflation will start to cool.
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A home for sale with a price reduction sign
House prices are likely to have fallen 6% from their peak by the time they stop sliding later this year, according to Goldman Sachs.