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This week's (December 8 - December 12) and next week's (December 15 - December 19) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 233
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 1 275
Busy busy day: ADP payrolls, Retail sales, Producer Price Index, Consumer Confidence 😱 UPDATED with LBN threads 4 progree Nov 25 Nov 25 10 469
ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 332
BLS: Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 23 3 364
S&P 500 closed Thursday 12/11 at 6901, up 0.2% to an ATH # unemployment claims jump # 19 progree Mar 2025 Nov 15 12 4554
'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 1486
How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 824
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 43362
Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 2541
Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 5162
Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 2174
Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 1832
Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 1908
The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 23 min ago 23 min ago 2 75
How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 4 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 9 282
1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 19 appalachiablue 10 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 9 673
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Wednesday 23 hrs ago 5 199
U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Yesterday 7 320
Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Wednesday Wednesday 9 257
Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Tuesday Tuesday 15 664
Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Tuesday Tuesday 8 304
The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 254
Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Monday Monday 1 184
Rail Safety Megathread. Updated December 6, 2025 [View all] 114 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Saturday 5 41165
I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Friday Saturday 1 443
If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Friday Saturday 7 495
Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 280
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 4 328
Construction labor crunch drives up costs and deepens America's housing affordability crisis 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2 Dec 3 2 325

Economy Continued...

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The Hidden Horrors of Whole Foods Grocery Chain 🫒 12 appalachiablue Dec 2 Dec 2 61 2433
Economic Policy Selling the Poor on Spending Like They're Rich 2 Passages Dec 1 Dec 2 26 687
Starbucks to pay $35M to NYC workers after city alleges years of abuses 0 Passages Dec 2 Dec 2 4 284
Economic Policy Sources of America's Hidden Inflation 1 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 5 323
Economic Policy The Historic Reversal of Cultural Affordability 0 Passages Dec 1 Dec 1 1 278
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 3 596
CBS News Journalist Uses Pie To Illustrate Wealth Inequality In America 🥧 8 appalachiablue Nov 26 Nov 27 30 1384
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 1096
The 'S&P 493' reveals a very different U.S. economy WaPo 1 question everything Nov 25 Nov 25 12 646
The Middle Class Is Buckling Under Almost Five Years of Persistent Inflation 1 question everything Nov 22 Nov 22 5 452
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 3 370
Delayed September Jobs Report Expected to Show Continued Weak Growth 12 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 1006
What to expect in Thursday's jobs report 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 0 343
Crypto coins are all dropping. 6 multigraincracker Nov 19 Nov 19 6 759
US Department of Labor welcomes senior Trump Administration appointees 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 2 631
US jobless benefits rolls in mid-October were the highest since August, Labor Dept says 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 19 Nov 19 7 433
10 Reduced inequalities Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 2 282
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 3 705
World Inequality Report 2026 Coming out soon 0 Passages Nov 16 Nov 16 1 424
Apple intensifies succession planning for CEO Tim Cook, FT reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 15 Nov 15 1 384
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 2 277
Private Equity's Big Scheme, Gut Everything from Red Lobster to Hospitals, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) 3 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 14 11 607
The Boss Has a Message: Use AI or You're Fired 8 question everything Nov 11 Nov 11 4 732
Trump goes after America's meat producers over rising prices after failed bid to boost Argentine beef 8 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 2 584
Trump team is secretly handing out massive tax breaks to wealthy American corporations: report 1 Eugene Nov 9 Nov 9 10 570
U.S. freight-rail traffic drops 3.9% in Week 44 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 9 Nov 9 7 419
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 11 457
USA in Chaos - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Nov 6 Nov 6 6 440
'Fentanyl Capitalism': How Tech Venture Capital Is Eating the World Catherine Bracy x Gil Duran 1 AStern Nov 5 Nov 5 2 337
Looking to experts for how the Supreme Court will rule on tariffs? They aren't sure either. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 371

Economy Continued...

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ADP Employment Report set to show modest rebound in October amid Fed policy uncertainty 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 5 Nov 5 1 382
'Big Short' investor Michael Burry is betting big against Nvidia and Palantir 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 5 6 505
Denny's to be acquired and taken private in a deal valued at $620 million 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 4 626
Bitcoin plummets to $100,000 as selling pressure mounts, government shutdown 'stalls' tailwinds 2 modrepub Nov 4 Nov 4 3 503
169-year-old outdoor store chain to shutter half its stores by next year, citing tariffs 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 7 724
ADP Rolls Out Weekly Payrolls Data After Halting Data to Fed - Bloomberg Businessweek 0 SouthBayDem Oct 31 Oct 31 7 522
🧰 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 7 530
AI and the Future of Work - 1 hour discussion at CUNY Graduate Center 2 BootinUp Oct 31 Oct 31 1 424
Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them 4 Eugene Oct 30 Oct 31 8 553
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 1 444
Sora Proves the AI Bubble Is Going to Burst So Hard 7 Warpy Oct 23 Oct 24 5 866
September CPI preview: Inflation seen holding firm near 3% as tariffs complicate Fed's path 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 24 3 475
Trump takes wrecking ball to U.S. Economy and White House (3 articles) 1 Ranting Randy Oct 22 Oct 22 7 791
Andrew Ross Sorkin Explains the 1929 Financial Crash and Lessons for Today - Amanpour and Company PBS 1 Rhiannon12866 Oct 20 Oct 21 11 469
US to publish CPI report for annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustment 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 8 489
This week's (October 20 - October 24) and next week's (October 27 - October 31) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 2 377
The UPS chaos shows tariffs have finally arrived on our doorsteps (snafus abound) 2 progree Oct 18 Oct 19 12 714
Why is No One Talking About This? Economic Correction - Thom Hartmann 0 Rhiannon12866 Oct 18 Oct 18 5 567
Tariff rollercoaster prompts Chinese exporters to 'give up' on US 1 Eugene Oct 17 Oct 17 9 477
Coincidence? In three days, two items I ordered from Amazon --- 5 3Hotdogs Oct 15 Oct 17 6 735
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