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Why US Bond Yields are Rising (and why it's bad for Trump) - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1084
Bank of Japan poised to raise rates to highest in 17 years 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 795
This week's (Jan. 20 - Jan. 24) and next week's (Jan. 27 - Jan. 31) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 755
Why the US Dollar is Surging (and why it's bad for Trump) - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1183
Vanguard to pay more than $100 million to SEC over violations involving target date retirement funds 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 1079
Stocks could be 'protected' from steep declines by Trump: BofA 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1742
Opinion: Is Trump's bitcoin embrace the biggest 'pump-and-dump' ever? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 1604
Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 1053
Stock investors brace for possibly the 'most important inflation reading in recent memory' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 1339
NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 12 2439
Stock-market investors are getting nervous about this bond-market move that's only happened twice in over 40 years 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 2076
China's Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1194
This week's (Jan. 13 - Jan. 17) and next week's (Jan. 20 - Jan. 24) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 937
IRS 'prepared' for 2025 filing season, but potential spending cuts loom for the agency 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 935
Altice to spend millions on internet upgrades in settlement with West Virginia 0 Eugene Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 853
A delay in GOP's tax plans could push up costs by hundreds of billions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1209
WATCH: Biden speaks on jobs and the economy days before leaving White House - MSNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 861
December jobs report expected to show hiring slowdown, steady unemployment rate 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1013
BLS Report: November job openings, hires, and total separations change little; quits decrease 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 0 942
Editorial: Why Canada should join the EU 4 Unladen Swallow Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 2086
This week's (Dec. 30 - Jan. 03) and next week's (Jan. 06 - Jan. 10) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 929
30Y Mortgage rate 6.91%, highest level since early July. AND NO, INTEREST RATES ARE NOT COMING DOWN 12 nmmi Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 3459
Crypto fugitive Do Kwon extradited to US over $40bn crash 2 nitpicked Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1222
Yellen Warns 'Extraordinary Measures' Will Be Needed to Avoid Default. 3 elleng Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 1941
The 10 Biggest Myths About Our Economy - Robert Reich 3 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1737
S Korean crypto-boss Do Kwon to be extradited to US 0 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1004
Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 2115
Wall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong? 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 2252
Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1029
USDOT issues 2021-24 supply chain review 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 883

Economy Continued...

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This week's (Dec. 23 - Dec. 27) and next week's (Dec. 30 - Jan. 03) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 984
A Looming Threat to Bitcoin: The Risk of a Quantum Hack 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 1681
Insurance and Taxes Now Cost More Than Mortgages for Many Homeowners 7 usonian Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 2390
"The Economist" Cover Curse, Explained. (as in "The Madden Curse" ) and other observations. 0 usonian Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1136
Claudia Goldin, 2023 Nobel Prize winner in Economics: 'Feminism became a very bad word in the United States' 1 cbabe Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 1294
Salaries of $500,000 and up are 'a dime a dozen' in this California region, report says 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 1709
The Surprising Way Credit Cards Make Money - PolyMatter 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1367
These steelworkers want a U.S. Steel sale. Biden and Trump don't. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1083
Packed Cubicles, Empty Corner Office: Remote Work Is Increasingly a Right of the Rich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1225
BLS Report: October job openings, hires, and total separations change little; quits increase 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1889
UHC behind most of stock losses. 1 Cattledog Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1321
The Fed has a big interest rate decision coming Wednesday. Here's what to expect 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1450
Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 1431
This week's (Dec. 16 - Dec. 20) and next week's (Dec. 23 - Dec. 27) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 840
Trump FINALLY ADMITS supporters will SUFFER under his economic SCAM - Meidas Touch 3 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 1503
Despite Trump's claim, deportations likely wouldn't ease housing crisis, most experts say 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1376
US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products 1 nitpicked Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1012
Strong Australian Jobs Data Spurs Paring of Rate-Cut Bets 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 811
Are You In The Top 3% Of Retirees? Here's The Shockingly Low Amount You Need Saved To Rank Among The Richest 11 nmmi Dec 2024 Dec 2024 14 3691
The excuses have already started. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 17 3186
The Truth About Trump's Trade War That No One Will Say Out Loud - Paul Warburg 3 TexasTowelie Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 1983
Scott Bessent, Trump's Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn't Fit His Loyalist Mold. 1 elleng Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1388
Federal Judge Blocks $25 Billion Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Merger. 2 elleng Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 1180
A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He'd Created. Then Came the Backlash 18 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 34 4945
Republicans are feeling great about the economy again. Democrats are really worried 2 Libloom Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1857
This week's (Dec. 9 - Dec. 13) and next week's (Dec. 16 - Dec. 20) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 828
Trump picks former Rep. Billy Long for IRS commissioner 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 1404
Stocks 2 Joe Cool Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 1518
Musk, Ramaswamy have few answers for tough DOGE questions from GOP 3 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 1415
November jobs report expected to show hiring rebound, unemployment hold steady at 4.1% 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 960

Economy Continued...

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Lina Khan @linakhanFTC : Great to sit down with @TeamsterSOB 0 Passages Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 966
Steven Rattner on Trump's Economic Appointees and Tariff-Heavy Agenda - Amanpour and Company PBS 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 925
Founder of failed crypto lending platform Celsius Network pleads guilty to fraud charges 0 Eugene Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 961
Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares steps down as carmaker continues struggle with slumping sales 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1240
This week's (Dec. 2 - Dec. 6) and next week's (Dec. 9 - Dec. 13) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 795
The US labor market has become 'low-hire, low-fire' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 1315
Bonds or bond funds bought 5-15 years ago have been barely positive (and mostly negative after inflation adjust) 2 nmmi Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 1442
This week's (Nov. 25 - Nov. 29) and next week's (Dec. 2 - Dec. 6) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 822
Canada's inflation rate jumps back to 2%, curbing large rate-cut bets 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 901
The Crypto Plot Against America's Gold Reserves 2 Passages Nov 2024 Nov 2024 15 1627
This week's (Nov. 18 - Nov. 23) and next week's (Nov. 25 - Nov. 30) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 980
Can someone help me decipher this Bloomberg view 12 Mike 03 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 3084
Warren Warns of Potential Impact of More Trump Billionaire Tax Cuts, Paid for by Working Families - Senator Elizabeth Warren 4 Rhiannon12866 Nov 2024 Nov 2024 18 1736
Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC's $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services 2 Eugene Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 1402
Jeep prices have gone through the roof. Buyers are bailing and dealers are furious 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 3111
Archegos' Bill Hwang sentenced to 18 years in prison for massive US fraud 0 Eugene Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 977
How Trump's tariffs could spark a trade war and 'Europe's worst economic nightmare' 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1401
Target sounds the alarm bell on holiday shopping 3 bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 Nov 2024 14 2255
The Stock market rose after Nov 5 but seems to have been going down since 5 question everything Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 1669
Truth Social investors hoped to get 'very rich' after Trump's win. Not quite. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 2237
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