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Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 11 7 3410

S&P 500 closed Monday 6/16 at 6033, up 0.9% for the day, up 4.3% since election day, down 1.8% from all time high 12 progree Mar 2025 Apr 2 12 2199

Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 1218

Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 960

Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 4 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 10 1233

Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1110

Economists WARN Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Will Cause a Recession For Working Americans - Thom Hartmann 1 Rhiannon12866 8 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 3 157

New Real-Estate Math: Half a Million More Sellers Than Buyers 6 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 587

Consumer sentiment surges blah blah, University of Michigan 3 progree Friday Friday 4 431

The market for houses must be good in Central Michigan. 7 multigraincracker Wednesday Thursday 9 524

There's a Fascinating Hidden Reason That So Many High-Earning Tech Workers Are Getting Laid Off Now 12 littlemissmartypants Wednesday Wednesday 61 2625

The US labor market is creating new jobs, but maybe not yours 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 412

Bipartisan lawmakers seek to reverse Trump's staff cuts at program that helps Americans afford heat, air conditioning 3 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 7 284

Top CFPB enforcement official to resign, citing 'devastating' shifts under Trump 0 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 5 327

What they're hell we going to do 1 chowmama Tuesday Tuesday 3 461

How the Maker of the 'Most Complex Machine Humans Ever Created' Is Navigating Trade Fights 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 588

7 Nations Flee to Canada: Trump's Tariffs Trigger a U.S. Economic Collapse! Electric Vehicles, Trade - Piston Pundit 0 TexasTowelie Jun 7 Jun 7 7 803

Dish TV and Boost Mobile owner EchoStar prepares potential bankruptcy filing amid FCC review, WSJ reports 3 Eugene Jun 7 Jun 7 4 408

Trump-Musk Spat Creates More Problems for Tesla 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 322

Tariffs are causing Alaska Airlines to cancel flights. Here's why. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 7 494

Trump officials delayed farm trade report over deficit forecast 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 6 10 570

IRS needs 11,000 hires to 'maintain' phone support for 2026 filing season, plans on 60% cut to IT staffing 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 1 341

Yahoo Finance: May jobs report expected to show hiring slowdown, flat unemployment rate 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 5 Jun 5 1 305

BLS Report: April job openings, hires, and total separations change little 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 3 1 259

This week's (June 1 - June 6) and next week's (June 9 - June 13) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 3 3 319

Economic WARNING: Trump's Banking Rules Will Crash Economy WORSE THAN 2008 Financial Crisis - Thom Hartmann 2 Rhiannon12866 Jun 3 Jun 3 6 572

Trump administration requests another pause in tariff ruling on two toy companies 1 Eugene Jun 3 Jun 3 7 452

Trump budget proposes closing Northeast heating oil reserve 1 Eugene Jun 2 Jun 2 1 423

USA Dollar Crash Continues - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2 Jun 2 7 672

US Supreme Court turns away challenge by Alpine Securities to FINRA 1 Eugene Jun 2 Jun 2 1 529

Economy Continued...

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'No one knows what the end goal is': Economics reporter reveals insider info on Trump's tariffs - MSNBC Reports 4 Rhiannon12866 Jun 1 Jun 1 9 1936

Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression. 12 littlemissmartypants May 31 May 31 13 983

Trump humiliated on the international stage by his own courts - David Cay Johnston - Times Radio 0 TexasTowelie May 29 May 29 4 496

CEO confidence registers sharpest fall-off in a half-century, new survey finds 1 Bernardo de La Paz May 29 May 29 6 422

Why Trump's Tariffs Are Doomed To Fail 4 Warpy May 29 May 29 7 749

Denmark to raise retirement age to 70 4 k_buddy762 May 27 May 27 0 694

Fed Quietly Buys $43,600,000,000 in US Treasuries in Alleged 'Stealth QE' Operation After China Abruptly Dumps Billions 10 littlemissmartypants May 26 May 27 44 3261

Trump's New Plan for the Economy is Worse Than You Think - Paul Warburg 0 TexasTowelie May 26 May 26 9 673

This week's (May 19 - May 25) and this week's (May 26 - May 30) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 23 May 23 1 400

Target badly misses on earnings, slashes guidance as it battles DEI backlash and reinvigorated Walmart 6 Eugene May 21 May 22 6 765

USA Bond Crisis Deepens - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie May 22 May 22 4 523

What Trump could do if he's serious about trying to make companies 'eat' tariff price hikes 2 Eugene May 21 May 21 2 499

Trump warns America's businesses: Eat my tariffs, or pay the price 14 Eugene May 19 May 20 17 1190

USA Bond Costs Soar - Joe Blogs 3 TexasTowelie May 19 May 19 6 718

USA Bonds Crisis - Joe Blogs 3 TexasTowelie May 17 May 17 8 664

Why More Americans Are Being Pushed Into Poverty CNBC Marathon 0 IronLionZion May 16 May 16 3 552

Amgen owes $406 million for monopolizing cholesterol drug market, US jury says 1 Eugene May 15 May 15 2 418

The bottom 60% of US households -- the vast majority -- don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living. 5 Efilroft Sul May 15 May 15 11 690

Trump wants Apple to stop building iPhones in India -- just as production ramps up 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 15 May 15 5 566

US wholesale prices unexpectedly drop 0.5% in April 16 progree May 15 May 15 2 899

Funds from migrants sent back home help fuel some towns' economies. A GOP plan targets that 1 Eugene May 14 May 14 5 451

Trump blames other countries for high US drug prices. Experts say it's not their fault 4 Eugene May 14 May 14 3 613

Last week's (May 5 - May 9) and this week's (May 12 - May 16) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 2 464

The Ultimate Bait and Switch of Trump's Tariffs 2 littlemissmartypants May 14 May 14 8 583

April CPI report expected to show first signs of Trump tariffs' inflationary impact 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 13 May 13 4 497

Who owns the world's debt? 11 min video that explains how the US debt actually works 2 jmbar2 May 12 May 12 1 586

Senators demand probe into Trump family's ties with Binance 2 Eugene May 11 May 11 6 565

'We don't have a choice': A business group decides to push back on Trump 2 Eugene May 10 May 10 11 942

USA Announces UK Trade Deal - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie May 10 May 10 2 410

Manufacturers Say Trump Has Made Opening U.S. Factories Impossible 14 Eugene May 10 May 10 73 2828

Economy Continued...

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China's exports surge as shipments to Southeast Asian countries offset plunge in U.S. trade 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 5 505

More than $220 million in contracts canceled by Musk and DOGE have been brought back 0 Eugene May 9 May 9 3 426

U.S. farm economy is starting to see first hits from Trump tariffs 2 Eugene May 9 May 9 10 763

Trump aims at 'fool' Powell after Fed rate hold ... "too late" Powell who "doesn't have a clue", May 8 4 progree May 8 May 8 7 692

US labor market stays resilient, but workers less productive in Q1, Reuters, 5/8/25 2 progree May 8 May 8 1 447

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in multi-billion-dollar crypto fraud case 2 Eugene May 8 May 8 4 470

US senators urge USDA to explain DOGE review of farm loans 1 Eugene May 8 May 8 6 530

Tariffs Caused 90% of U.S. Economic Indicators to Turn Negative Fundraiser - Econ Lessons 0 TexasTowelie May 5 May 5 5 627

'The Golden Age is here': US Labor Secy. reacts to April jobs data, 5/2/25 5 progree May 3 May 3 6 818

Jobs market defies expectations amid fears tariffs could soon spur economic downturn - PBS NewsHour 4 Rhiannon12866 May 3 May 3 3 662

Top Trump economist derided as 'incoherent' on tariffs after closed-door meeting with investors 6 Eugene May 1 May 2 12 960

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Friday, 2 May 2025 2 Tansy_Gold May 1 May 2 5 534

Jobs report Friday to provide important clues on where the economy is heading 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 2 4 722

Social Security may lose thousands more staff under new Trump rule 8 Eugene Apr 27 May 1 10 945

USA Tariff Reversal - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie May 1 May 1 2 599

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 1 May 2025 2 Tansy_Gold Apr 30 Apr 30 4 574

BLS Report: March job openings and total separations change little; hires unchanged 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 0 441

How Chili's Won When America Raged About Fast-Food Prices 10 question everything Apr 29 Apr 29 10 1235

STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Wednesday, 30 April 2025 0 Tansy_Gold Apr 29 Apr 29 7 471

Tr-mp tariffs expose US weak flank in services 1 usonian Apr 29 Apr 29 4 556

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