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Fed likely to pause rate cuts with clouds gathering over the economy 2 nitpicked Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 999
Tariffs on lumber and appliances set stage for higher costs on new homes and remodeling projects 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1012
5 Trillion Wiped: US Stocks Crash; Europe's Defense Spending; Asia Responds To US Tariffs - Market Update 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 881
This week's (March 17 - March 21) and next week's (March 24 - March 28) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 590
Swiss National Bank (SNB) expected to cut 25 bps this week, nearing ZIRP. 2 roamer65 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 812
Expert economic forecasting with P. Krugman and his guest 1 BootinUp Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1195
Jamie Dimon raises concerns about tariffs two months after his now-famous 'get over it' line 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 903
Top Trump official Kevin Hassett blames 'Michigan people' for souring consumer confidence survey 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1281
Canadian grocery stores are sidelining US products -- and American businesses are feeling the pinch 8 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1743
DOGE Is Trying to Make It Harder to Track All Its Savings Lies 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1163
Gold vaults $3,000 in rush for safety from market - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1014
Some student loan repayment plans have been suspended. Here's what borrowers should know 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 913
How often do stock market corrections occur (down more than 10% from recent high): Answer: every couple of years 17 progree Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 2884
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims for the week ending March 8 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 887
The real reason Trump is waging a global trade war -- economics gurus, can you parse this? 2 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1305
USA Markets Crash - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1085
What do LinkedIn, FedEx, BurgerKing, Hewlett Packard and Fortune magazine have in common? 4 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1580
Tariffs Will Increase US Debt - Econ Lessons 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 714
Why the US Trade Deficit is Actually Getting Bigger - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 655
DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Mar 2025 8 1363
"Pension funds, retail investors and money managers are worrying about the future of American capital markets." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 12 1132
U.S. Moral Bankruptcy Could Lead to Economic Depression Fundraiser - Econ Lessons 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1183
Americans Fall Behind on Car Payments at Highest Rate in Decades 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 1123
Wall Street is turning its back on Elon Musk 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 923
A robocaller is trying to use Trump's anti-regulation rhetoric to get an FCC enforcement action reversed 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 775
Trump administration throws hundreds of affordable housing projects into limbo after contract cuts 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 780
US okays higher-power cellphone service for Musk's Starlink despite objections 0 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 881
Retail observations 5 bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 1720
The US job market added fewer jobs than expected in February as unemployment unexpectedly rose 21 bucolic_frolic Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 4559
Exploding SpaceX Starships, tumbling Tesla stock: Elon Musk business ventures on a downhill path? - DW News 4 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1485

Economy Continued...

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This week's (March 10 - March 14) and next week's (March 17 - March 21) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 780
Fact check on aisle 47: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1091
February jobs report is expected to show hiring uptick, unemployment rate holding steady 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 1252
Republicans can't meet their own budget target without cutting Medicare or Medicaid, budget office says 4 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 1321
Venture Capital's government bailout begins (The hits just keep on coming) 0 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 928
Intel defeats shareholder lawsuit over foundry losses, $32 billion plunge 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 899
Trump plans executive order to strengthen US shipbuilding, blunt China domination 1 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 967
Congressional Republicans 'don't see a huge appetite' for Trump's push to repeal the CHIPS Act 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 999
Trading Volume In This Nasdaq-Listed Firm Soared Before Don Jr. And Eric Trump Were Announced As Board Members 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 997
The Trump Depression 5 Tansy_Gold Mar 2025 Mar 2025 16 1493
I was trying to explain to DH what I think is going to happen with housing, owned and rental, in this current insanity. 7 chowmama Mar 2025 Mar 2025 15 2189
CFPB drops lawsuit against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo over Zelle fraud 2 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1185
The Trump Election Bump Is Over. Tariffs Were the Fatal Blow 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1598
U.S. Economy Russiafied: Following the President's Orders - Econ Lessons 2 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1192
The US national debt is going to skyrocket upwards under Trump - Richard J Murphy 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1017
Elon Musk and DOGE promised up to $2 trillion in government savings. How much have they actually saved so far? 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1156
Economists expect Recession to hit by end of 2025, early 2026. 2 DetlefK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1161
Tariff War Risks Sinking World Into New Great Depression 1 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 956
I would like to take a moment... 7 Hugin Mar 2025 Mar 2025 14 1697
Trump/Musk want to "revalue" Ft. Knox gold to buy crypto for the "Sovereign Wealth Fund" 27 jmbar2 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 35 6289
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm Sells $33 Million in Stock 3 modrepub Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 1363
American farm exports were worth $179 billion in 2022 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1036
Dow drops 300 points, Nasdaq slides 1% to start March as economic and tariff worries swirl: Live updates 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1451
Trump Labor Department appeals ruling that blocked Biden overtime pay rule 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 895
Brilliant tactic for amplifying shopping boycotts by messing with ad targeting 6 jmbar2 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 2036
This week's (March 3 - March 7) and next week's (March 10 - March 14) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 890
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts 3 Eugene Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1353
Modeling the Tariff Pass‑Through as a First‑Order Lag 1 mikelewis Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 938
Musk In Your Computers: Paul Krugman Interviews Nathan Tankus (cross-posted in GD) 0 usonian Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 837
This is a serious question 19 JMCKUSICK Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 3976

Economy Continued...

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Atlanta Fed predicts negative 1.5 percent GDP growth in first quarter 5 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 1484
"Disaster From Day One" Daily Economic Damage Report 13 usonian Jan 2025 Feb 2025 34 4359
The CFPB drops its enforcement lawsuits against Capital One, Rocket Homes and more 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1107
AAR: U.S. Rail Traffic Down for Week 8 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1227
Oil Train Safety Megathread. Updated February 27, 2025 [View all] 79 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 Feb 2025 5 48964
Yanis Varoufakis 1 Be Leave On Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1205
Gov. JB Pritzker and state's Democratic delegation in Washington say White House withholding $1.9 billion in federal fun 2 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1125
Egg prices could jump another 41% this year, USDA says, as Trump's bird flu plan unveiled 2 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1139
Mass firing of federal workers by Trump White House not showing up in jobless claims. Yet. 6 progree Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1584
Reuters Factbox-Where does the US get its copper? 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1084
Cryptocurrency firm founder extradited from Portugal to face US fraud charges 2 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1108
Unusual SEC Request on Musk Lawsuit Raises Internal Concerns 1 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1126
IRS: Contractor leaked more than 400k returns 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 16 1480
International comparison of hours you have to work to escape poverty 5 jmbar2 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 1908
AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending February 15, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 894
Joann to shutter all 800 fabric stores after failing to find a buyer to save its locations 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 10 1461
Bitcoin slides below $90,000 as crypto selloff gathers steam 9 modrepub Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1851
The Krasnov stock market is underwater - it closed below the last pre-inauguration level for the first time today 1 progree Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1295
Antivirus software company Avast ordered to pay customer $16.5M 0 Eugene Feb 2025 Feb 2025 7 1012
This week's (Feb. 24 - Feb. 28) and next week's (March 3 - March 7) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 798
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