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Market metrics thru 5/8 - stock indexes, treasury yields and gold, silver, and WTI oil over the past 4 weeks 7 progree Mar 16 Saturday 3 848
This week's (May 4 - May 8) and next week's (May 11 - May 15) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 296
SP500 closed Monday 5/11 at 7413 to new all-time high. Added the May 4-8 reports & May 11-15 calendars 21 progree Mar 2025 Mar 21 14 7105
Project 2025 Tracker + Trump Action Tracker 2 Hugin Dec 2025 Jan 2026 11 1252
How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1697
EF-0. Economy Stats with links to original sources. Links to LBN jobs threads thru 5/8/26 40 progree Sep 2012 Jul 2025 17 50346
Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 4017
Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 6704
Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 2656
Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 2680
Spirit's collapse left dozens of bright yellow jets scattered around the country. 3 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 2 1020
USA Bond Crisis - Joe Blogs 2 TexasTowelie 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 7 375
Researchers find 42% drop in Canadians visiting US metro areas amid Trump 2.0 1 Eugene 19 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 7 284
Massive Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Yesterday Yesterday 13 1490
Gartner Report: AI job cuts are not saving companies money. What's really behind the cuts? 1 jmbar2 Sunday Sunday 3 547
Collapse Widens - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Saturday Saturday 7 559
What to expect in Friday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 301
The Latest Hero of the 'Yimby' Movement Is a Massachusetts Man in a Hoodie 0 question everything Friday Friday 5 547
Over 20,000 Sailors Are Stranded by the Iran War. This Is Who They Call. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 9 573
Jobs report coming Friday as layoff announcements mount, but hiring appears to be on the upswing 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 0 326
Jet-Fuel Prices Are Spiking and Trump's Advisers Are Worried 6 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 13 985
Collapse Spreads - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Wednesday Wednesday 8 584
The House That Built America 3 question everything Tuesday Wednesday 15 529
A Federal Housing Handout Has Ended. Foreclosures Will Follow. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 5 1392
'Godspeed my friend': Inside the final hours of Spirit Airlines 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 3 May 4 21 1297
Collapse Starts - Joe Blogs 2 TexasTowelie May 3 May 3 10 594
Beyond H-1B: How US Tech Firms Exploit PERM Process to Discriminate Against American Tech Workers 0 jmbar2 May 3 May 3 5 273
The Real Cost Of Trump's Iran Escalation, According To Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 3 Rhiannon12866 May 3 May 3 6 390
CSX says more businesses are shipping via rail to avoid surging fuel costs 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 3 10 411
America's Pandemic Car Bubble Is Now Trapping Buyers in Debt 4 question everything Apr 29 Apr 30 11 675

Economy Continued...

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Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores 0 Eugene Apr 29 Apr 29 8 367
Aircraft Technicians Make Six Figures and Airlines Can't Find Enough of Them 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 3 426
The Bank of England is now warning of a market crash 5 bucolic_frolic Apr 25 Apr 25 23 1250
U.S. inflation picture is the worst in almost 4 years 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 25 6 453
This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports 9 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 23 1 441
Another grotesque stock market manipulation today 8 jmbar2 Apr 21 Apr 22 15 877
AbbVie to build $1.4B pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in NC, create hundreds of jobs in Durham, North Carolina 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 2 364
Trump ECONOMIC COLLAPSE Hidden in Plain Sight - MeidasTouch 2 Rhiannon12866 Apr 21 Apr 21 7 778
AI Is Already Replacing These Workers in the U.S. 👤 0 appalachiablue Apr 20 Apr 20 9 554
'If We Net Export Oil, Why Are Gas Prices Going Up?' 2 sop Apr 19 Apr 19 6 548
Actual factory output is up sharply and may be picking up speed, even though factory jobs have slid steadily. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 2 539
The Financial Product That Blew Up the Global Economy Is Back 2 LiberalArkie Apr 18 Apr 18 10 704
Wall Street Journal announces the era of the "mega layoff" 3 jmbar2 Apr 18 Apr 18 11 674
Worst Consumer Sentiment In History: Why Now Is Worse Than 2008 Joanne Hsu 1 bucolic_frolic Apr 17 Apr 18 5 481
Wall Street Is Spending Its Big Windfall on Wall Street 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 16 Apr 17 1 490
IMF Warning - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 16 Apr 16 4 383
Trump's War Fallout Hits FAST Sparking Fears of GLOBAL RECESSION - Talking Feds 0 Rhiannon12866 Apr 16 Apr 16 3 357
Is the "AI Boom" already over? Tech Valuations Back to Pre-AI Boom Levels 8 usonian Apr 12 Apr 13 10 1023
NorthEast Radio Watch 4/6/2026: No More Local Managers at Audacy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 11 1 438
Why Trump Keeps Wrecking The Economy w/ Justin Wolfers - Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast and Justin Wolfers 1 Rhiannon12866 Apr 11 Apr 11 3 566
The government paid $4.5 billion to feds who took the DRP, one estimate shows 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 665
Warner Bros. CEO David Zaslav's 'extraordinary' $887 million golden parachute gets ripped by proxy advisory firm ISS 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 1 420
Ford Asks Trump Administration for Relief as Tariffs Pummel F-150 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 9 687
A Fire Sale Has U.S. Office Buildings Going for 90% Off 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 8 879
U.S. Ford Motor Company Sales In The Red During Q1 2026 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 6 Apr 6 8 851
Gary's Economics: "The Iran Economic Shock: How to Protect Yourself" 15 jmbar2 Apr 5 Apr 6 11 1474
For 10 straight months, monthly job growth has alternated between positive and negative - excellent graph 5 progree Apr 5 Apr 5 6 918
The U.S. Plastics Industry Was in the Doldrums. Then the Iran War Began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 5 2 620
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 5 1 230
The US economy added a higher-than-expected 178,000 jobs last month 9 MichMan Apr 3 Apr 3 0 1074

Economy Continued...

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The March jobs report will be released on Friday. Here's what to expect 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 3 Apr 3 1 615
March jobs report to show updated view of fragile labor market as war unfolded 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2 Apr 2 0 478
This week's (April 6 - April 10) and next week's (April 13 - April 17) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2 Apr 2 1 684
Last week's (March 23 - March 27) and this week's (March 30 - April 3) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2 Apr 2 1 525
Slow Growth Impacts Nation's Largest Counties Hardest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 2 942
US court overturns $16.1 billion judgment against Argentina over oil firm seizure 2 peppertree Mar 28 Mar 28 1 671
Is There Any Sane Reason Why the Market has Not Fallen 10%+ ? 30 GreatGazoo Mar 13 Mar 27 5 2401
Damn... 0 SonOfNebanaube Mar 27 Mar 27 3 713
Current price of fuel in the United States. 4 patphil Mar 22 Mar 22 5 925
Fuel Surcharges Are Pushing Up Package-Delivery Costs 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 6 708
Trump in Economic DEATH SPIRAL as WAR THREATENS IT ALL - Meidas Touch 5 Rhiannon12866 Mar 20 Mar 20 1 873
Canada: Labour Force Survey, February 2026 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 0 565
Bernie Sanders: I spoke to AI agent Claude 0 peppertree Mar 19 Mar 19 6 775
Done With Corporate Life, Black Women Are Starting Businesses in Droves 1 question everything Mar 17 Mar 19 8 776
Prices for any available supplies of fertilizer have spiked more than a third since the war in Iran 4 progree Mar 14 Mar 19 6 829
BLS Report: January job openings and total separations change little; hires unchanged 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 595
This is Spreading - Joe Blogs 2 TexasTowelie Mar 17 Mar 17 9 1002
The Obscure Judge Presiding Over $166 Billion in Tariff Refunds 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 15 Mar 15 7 812
Trump's Dumb Ideas To Save The Economy w/ Justin Wolfers - Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast and Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Mar 15 Mar 15 5 843
How the Iran war could start to impact U.S. retail prices 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 8 735
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