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Final jobs report for 2025 set for release on Friday 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 567
BLS report: November job openings and hires change little; total separations unchanged 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 815
They Are Building A Monument To Your Poverty: The Ultimate Insult⚡⚡ 0 appalachiablue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 9 693
Our Economy Is In Danger, Here's Why: Robert Reich 💸 4 appalachiablue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 908
Traders - The Pentagon Pizza index 1 jmbar2 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 732
Thinking of investing in AI? 6 mdbl Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1051
This week's (January 5 - January 9) and next week's (January 12 - January 16) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 539
USA Dollar Crashes - Joe Blogs 7 TexasTowelie Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 1098
Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closing all stores nationwide: Full list of current locations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 805
They Want You Working Until You Die (Social Security In Danger) Retirement Is Dead - Large Man 7 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 13 1293
List of H1-B jobs accepting applications, by state and agency 2 jmbar2 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 808
AI being deployed to cap future wages/layoffs of new recruits 3 jmbar2 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 766
USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 5 TexasTowelie Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1085
Bank of America CEO says "the market will punish people if we don't have an independent Fed" - Face the Nation 8 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1057
50% of Americans Can No Longer Afford Rent, IT'S OVER. Private Equity. Half of Americans Risk Homelessness 8 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1869
This week's (December 28 - January 2) and next week's (January 5 - January 9) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 540
Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 29 1704
One Strong GDP Print vs. Zero Job Growth: Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Data - Justin Wolfers BBC News 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 739
Justin Wolfers: Why the Media Gets the Economy--and the Market--Wrong - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 778
Jobs Could Soon Replace Prices as Focus of Anxiety - Greg Ip 2 question everything Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 762
Healthcare Future, A CEO Wanted To Run Healthcare Like TACO BELL Fast Food Restaurant 🔔 How His Patients Are Doing 0 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1156
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 591
Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me 0 peppertree Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 697
Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 991
Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats 4 peppertree Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 833
Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 701
Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members 10 TexasTowelie Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1060
Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 1139
'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 5 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 19 1547
The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 1107

Economy Continued...

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Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 544
Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 553
Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 741
1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 2307
This week's (December 15 - December 19) and next week's (December 22 - December 26) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 534
The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 591
How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1100
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 626
U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 793
Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 767
Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 1187
Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 956
This week's (December 8 - December 12) and next week's (December 15 - December 19) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 683
The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 616
Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 571
I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1072
If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 2025 Dec 2025 7 882
Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 604
Layoffs 2025: Tech and government hardest hit as more than 1 million job losses announced so far this year 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 792
This week's (December 1 - December 5) and next week's (December 8 - December 12) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 637
Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 804
The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 61 3337
Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 26 1099
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 592
Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 666
Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 612
Abercrombie & Fitch, Walmart, Nike, and other major brands that say Trump's tariffs are pushing them to raise prices 2 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 971
CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 30 2022
The Poverty Line is actually $140K for a family of 4. Why so many are struggling and angry. 8 jmbar2 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 21 1753
The 'S&P 493' reveals a very different U.S. economy WaPo 1 question everything Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 966

Economy Continued...

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Busy busy day: ADP payrolls, Retail sales, Producer Price Index, Consumer Confidence 😱 UPDATED with LBN threads 4 progree Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 872
ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 747
BLS: Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 774
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation 1 question everything Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 744
This week's (November 17 - November 21) and next week's (November 24 - November 28) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 658
Delayed September Jobs Report Expected to Show Continued Weak Growth 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 1831
What to expect in Thursday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 596
Crypto coins are all dropping. 6 multigraincracker Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 1224
US Department of Labor welcomes senior Trump Administration appointees 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 997
US jobless benefits rolls in mid-October were the highest since August, Labor Dept says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 786
10 Reduced inequalities Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities 0 Passages Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 591
Bill Maher on Mamdani, A.O.C., Bernie and Democratic Socialists. So he goes off on the failures of Socialism. 4 3Hotdogs Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 1087
World Inequality Report 2026 Coming out soon 0 Passages Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 716
Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 658
This week's (November 10 - November 14) and next week's (November 17 - November 21) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 594
Private Equity's Big Scheme, Gut Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) 3 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 968
The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You're Fired 8 question everything Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 1273
Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef 8 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 1075
Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report 1 Eugene Nov 2025 Nov 2025 10 818
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 752
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