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This week's (December 15 - December 19) and next week's (December 22 - December 26) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 166

Busy busy day: ADP payrolls, Retail sales, Producer Price Index, Consumer Confidence 😱 UPDATED with LBN threads 4 progree Nov 25 Nov 25 10 506

ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 349

S&P 500 closed Tuesday 12/16 at 6800, down 0.2% # Big jobs report:: Oct & Nov combined: minus 41k 😬! # Retail sales... 19 progree Mar 2025 Nov 15 12 4628

'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 1513

How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 843

EF-0. Economy Stats with links to original sources. Links to LBN jobs threads thru 11/20/25 40 progree Sep 2012 Jul 2025 17 43429

Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 2576

Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 5198

Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 2202

Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 1858

Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1927

'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 2 appalachiablue 50 min ago 28 min ago 5 240

Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 8 mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 5 264

The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves 16 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 8 579

Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 1 183

Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 210

Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Sunday Sunday 4 373

1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Thursday Friday 11 878

The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Friday Friday 5 233

How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Thursday Friday 10 402

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday Thursday 5 261

U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Thursday 7 358

Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Wednesday Wednesday 9 352

Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Tuesday Tuesday 15 714

Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Tuesday Tuesday 8 333

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 2 274

The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 292

Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 8 Dec 8 1 205

Rail Safety Megathread. Updated December 6, 2025 [View all] 114 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Dec 6 5 41237

Economy Continued...

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I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 5 Dec 6 1 480

If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 521

Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 1 301

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 4 355

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 1 297

Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 3 2 356

The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 61 2491

Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 1 Dec 2 26 715

Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2 Dec 2 4 303

Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 5 342

Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 1 299

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 3 631

CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 26 Nov 27 30 1420

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 1121

The 'S&P 493' reveals a very different U.S. economy WaPo 1 question everything Nov 25 Nov 25 12 670

BLS: Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 23 3 393

The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation 1 question everything Nov 22 Nov 22 5 469

This week's (November 17 - November 21) and next week's (November 24 - November 28) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 388

Delayed September Jobs Report Expected to Show Continued Weak Growth 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 1037

What to expect in Thursday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 0 359

Crypto coins are all dropping. 6 multigraincracker Nov 19 Nov 19 6 787

US Department of Labor welcomes senior Trump Administration appointees 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 670

US jobless benefits rolls in mid-October were the highest since August, Labor Dept says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 452

10 Reduced inequalities Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 2 300

Bill Maher on Mamdani, A.O.C., Bernie and Democratic Socialists. So he goes off on the failures of Socialism. 4 3Hotdogs Nov 16 Nov 16 3 733

World Inequality Report 2026 Coming out soon 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 1 452

Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 1 403

This week's (November 10 - November 14) and next week's (November 17 - November 21) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 13 Nov 14 2 297

Private Equity's Big Scheme, Gut Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) 3 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 14 11 630

The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You're Fired 8 question everything Nov 11 Nov 11 4 760

Economy Continued...

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Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef 8 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 2 613

Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report 1 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 10 586

U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 7 445

Let me relate my perspective on the Trump Tariff's...from an international. small business perspective. 4 OAITW r.2.0 Nov 7 Nov 8 11 476

USA in Chaos - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 6 6 460

'Fentanyl Capitalism': How Tech Venture Capital Is Eating the World Catherine Bracy x Gil Duran 1 AStern Nov 5 Nov 5 2 355

Looking to experts for how the Supreme Court will rule on tariffs? They aren't sure either. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 388

ADP Employment Report set to show modest rebound in October amid Fed policy uncertainty 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 400

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is betting big against Nvidia and Palantir 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 5 6 524

Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 4 647

Bitcoin plummets to $100,000 as selling pressure mounts, government shutdown 'stalls' tailwinds 2 modrepub Nov 4 Nov 4 3 525

169-year-old outdoor store chain to shutter half its stores by next year, citing tariffs 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 746

ADP Rolls Out Weekly Payrolls Data After Halting Data to Fed - Bloomberg Businessweek 0 SouthBayDem Oct 31 Oct 31 7 539

🧰 Jobs Are Harder To Find, It's Not Just You, Let's Talk About The Economy - Sen. Elizabeth Warren 5 appalachiablue Oct 31 Oct 31 7 552

AI and the Future of Work - 1 hour discussion at CUNY Graduate Center 2 BootinUp Oct 31 Oct 31 1 448

Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them 4 Eugene Oct 30 Oct 31 8 575

This week's (November 3 - November 7) and next week's (November 10 - November 14) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 31 Oct 31 1 459

Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard 7 Warpy Oct 23 Oct 24 5 881

September CPI preview: Inflation seen holding firm near 3% as tariffs complicate Fed's path 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 24 3 495

Trump takes wrecking ball to U.S. Economy and White House (3 articles) 1 Ranting Randy Oct 22 Oct 22 7 816

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