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This week's (January 12 - January 16) and next week's (January 19 - January 23) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 174

Project 2025 Tracker 1 Hugin Dec 17 Dec 18 11 448

ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 508

S&P 500 closed Friday 1/9 at 6966 up 0.6% to new ATH # Lots of job reports - ADP, BLS, JOLTS, unemployment claims 19 progree Mar 2025 Nov 15 12 5005

'It's like when you see the tsunami coming in': Agricultural economists sound the alarm about produce prices doubling 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Oct 22 18 1701

How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 969

EF-0. Economy Stats with links to original sources. Links to LBN jobs threads thru 1/9/26 40 progree Sep 2012 Jul 2025 17 44063

Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 2836

Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 5422

Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 2384

Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 2003

Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 2088

Rail Safety Megathread. Updated January 12, 2026 [View all] 115 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 9 hrs ago 5 42837

Barry's Economics: How power really wins (and what we can do about it). 2 jmbar2 23 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 0 253

This Is What Tin Pot Dictators Do to Their Central Banks, Says Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 3 268

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell - Federal Reserve 4 Rhiannon12866 21 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 11 395

USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Yesterday Yesterday 11 415

How Trump Broke the US Economy w/ Justin Wolfers - Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast and Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Yesterday Yesterday 3 222

Slowest Labor Market in Years Leaves Job Seekers Stuck 1 question everything Saturday Saturday 5 334

US exempts some foreign-made drones from Trump import ban on new models 1 Eugene Friday Friday 3 227

December jobs report will provide a final read on U.S. employment in a year of uncertainty 3 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 315

Final jobs report for 2025 set for release on Friday 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 216

BLS report: November job openings and hires change little; total separations unchanged 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 371

They Are Building A Monument To Your Poverty: The Ultimate Insult⚡⚡ 0 appalachiablue Wednesday Wednesday 9 349

Our Economy Is In Danger, Here's Why: Robert Reich 💸 4 appalachiablue Tuesday Tuesday 10 440

Traders - The Pentagon Pizza index 1 jmbar2 Monday Monday 6 373

Thinking of investing in AI? 6 mdbl Jan 2 Monday 3 542

This week's (January 5 - January 9) and next week's (January 12 - January 16) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 210

USA Dollar Crashes - Joe Blogs 7 TexasTowelie Jan 2 Jan 2 3 601

Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closing all stores nationwide: Full list of current locations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 2 490

Economy Continued...

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They Want You Working Until You Die (Social Security In Danger) Retirement Is Dead - Large Man 7 appalachiablue Dec 31 Dec 31 13 732

List of H1-B jobs accepting applications, by state and agency 2 jmbar2 Dec 31 Dec 31 2 354

AI being deployed to cap future wages/layoffs of new recruits 3 jmbar2 Dec 29 Dec 30 7 389

USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 5 TexasTowelie Dec 29 Dec 30 8 649

Bank of America CEO says "the market will punish people if we don't have an independent Fed" - Face the Nation 8 Rhiannon12866 Dec 29 Dec 29 5 562

50% of Americans Can No Longer Afford Rent, IT'S OVER. Private Equity. Half of Americans Risk Homelessness 8 appalachiablue Dec 27 Dec 27 15 1144

This week's (December 28 - January 2) and next week's (January 5 - January 9) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 1 265

Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 27 29 1147

One Strong GDP Print vs. Zero Job Growth: Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Data - Justin Wolfers BBC News 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 4 404

Justin Wolfers: Why the Media Gets the Economy--and the Market--Wrong - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 8 488

Jobs Could Soon Replace Prices as Focus of Anxiety - Greg Ip 2 question everything Dec 22 Dec 23 2 445

Healthcare Future, A CEO Wanted To Run Healthcare Like TACO BELL Fast Food Restaurant 🔔 How His Patients Are Doing 0 appalachiablue Dec 22 Dec 22 6 699

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 3 353

Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me 0 peppertree Dec 21 Dec 21 15 439

Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 8 528

Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats 4 peppertree Dec 18 Dec 18 5 361

Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 351

Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members 10 TexasTowelie Dec 17 Dec 18 5 502

Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 17 5 620

'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 5 appalachiablue Dec 16 Dec 17 19 1125

The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 8 784

Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 326

Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 2 338

Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Dec 14 Dec 14 4 537

1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Dec 11 Dec 12 11 1220

This week's (December 15 - December 19) and next week's (December 22 - December 26) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 2 321

The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 12 Dec 12 5 371

How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Dec 11 Dec 12 10 574

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 10 Dec 11 5 402

U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 11 7 506

Economy Continued...

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Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Dec 10 Dec 10 9 493

Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Dec 9 Dec 9 15 890

Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Dec 9 Dec 9 8 517

This week's (December 8 - December 12) and next week's (December 15 - December 19) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 441

The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 439

Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 8 Dec 8 1 346

I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 5 Dec 6 2 655

If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 653

Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 1 431

Layoffs 2025: Tech and government hardest hit as more than 1 million job losses announced so far this year 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 4 501

This week's (December 1 - December 5) and next week's (December 8 - December 12) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 1 434

Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 3 2 490

The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 61 2725

Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 1 Dec 2 26 859

Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2 Dec 2 4 432

Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 5 467

Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 1 426

Abercrombie & Fitch, Walmart, Nike, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices 2 Eugene Nov 27 Nov 27 3 774

CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 26 Nov 27 30 1609

The Poverty Line is actually $140K for a family of 4. Why so many are struggling and angry. 8 jmbar2 Nov 26 Nov 27 21 1307

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