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Project 2025 Tracker + Trump Action Tracker 2 Hugin Dec 17 Jan 14 11 508

This week's (January 12 - January 16) and next week's (January 19 - January 23) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 9 Jan 9 2 251

ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 551

S&P500 closed Wednesday 1/21 at 6876, up 1.2%, recovers half of yesterday's loss # TACO Trump ❤️Europe 19 progree Mar 2025 Nov 15 12 5109

'It's like when you see the tsunami coming in': Agricultural economists sound the alarm about produce prices doubling 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Oct 2025 18 1771

How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1013

EF-0. Economy Stats with links to original sources. Links to LBN jobs threads thru 1/9/26 40 progree Sep 2012 Jul 2025 17 44219

Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 2904

Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 5502

Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 2432

Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 2050

Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 2125

Trump vs Jamie Dimon at Davos: JPMorgan CEO Warns Credit Card Rate Cap Could Backfire - WION 2 TexasTowelie 3 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 2 351

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 peppertree 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 0 24

Despite Trump bailout, Argentina slips back into recession in November 0 peppertree 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 3 365

Transcripts from the Fed's 2020 policy meetings are out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 293

The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All 0 question everything Sunday Sunday 6 323

"Six Lies In One Sentence" -- Justin Wolfers Fact-Checks Trump's Economy Claims - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Saturday Saturday 4 411

BLS Report: November jobless rates up over the year in 259 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 313

Canada could lose jobs and still see unemployment fall. Here's why 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 238

Higher Oil Prices: Confused Mercantilism or Geopolitical Games? - Econ Lessons 0 TexasTowelie Jan 14 Jan 14 3 222

What Happens Every Time the POTUS Seizes the Fed? 0 GreatGazoo Jan 13 Jan 13 2 418

USA Dollar Crash Continues - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Jan 13 Jan 13 5 412

Why Threatening to Jail Jerome Powell Threatens The Economy, Explained by Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 12 Jan 12 2 236

Rail Safety Megathread. Updated January 12, 2026 [View all] 115 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 Jan 12 5 43101

Barry's Economics: How power really wins (and what we can do about it). 2 jmbar2 Jan 11 Jan 12 0 351

This Is What Tin Pot Dictators Do to Their Central Banks, Says Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 12 Jan 12 4 346

Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell - Federal Reserve 4 Rhiannon12866 Jan 11 Jan 11 12 513

USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Jan 11 Jan 11 11 541

How Trump Broke the US Economy w/ Justin Wolfers - Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast and Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 11 Jan 11 3 299

Economy Continued...

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Slowest Labor Market in Years Leaves Job Seekers Stuck 1 question everything Jan 10 Jan 10 5 508

US exempts some foreign-made drones from Trump import ban on new models 1 Eugene Jan 9 Jan 9 3 336

December jobs report will provide a final read on U.S. employment in a year of uncertainty 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 9 Jan 9 2 379

Final jobs report for 2025 set for release on Friday 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 1 274

BLS report: November job openings and hires change little; total separations unchanged 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 3 452

They Are Building A Monument To Your Poverty: The Ultimate Insult⚡⚡ 0 appalachiablue Jan 7 Jan 7 9 399

Our Economy Is In Danger, Here's Why: Robert Reich 💸 4 appalachiablue Jan 6 Jan 6 10 498

Traders - The Pentagon Pizza index 1 jmbar2 Jan 5 Jan 5 6 431

Thinking of investing in AI? 6 mdbl Jan 2 Jan 5 3 628

This week's (January 5 - January 9) and next week's (January 12 - January 16) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 254

USA Dollar Crashes - Joe Blogs 7 TexasTowelie Jan 2 Jan 2 3 649

Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closing all stores nationwide: Full list of current locations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 2 535

They Want You Working Until You Die (Social Security In Danger) Retirement Is Dead - Large Man 7 appalachiablue Dec 31 Dec 31 13 806

List of H1-B jobs accepting applications, by state and agency 2 jmbar2 Dec 31 Dec 31 2 411

AI being deployed to cap future wages/layoffs of new recruits 3 jmbar2 Dec 29 Dec 30 7 442

USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 5 TexasTowelie Dec 29 Dec 30 8 707

Bank of America CEO says "the market will punish people if we don't have an independent Fed" - Face the Nation 8 Rhiannon12866 Dec 29 Dec 29 5 637

50% of Americans Can No Longer Afford Rent, IT'S OVER. Private Equity. Half of Americans Risk Homelessness 8 appalachiablue Dec 27 Dec 27 15 1223

This week's (December 28 - January 2) and next week's (January 5 - January 9) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 1 301

Sears had more than 3,400 stores in 2005 -- then it was purchased by a hedge fund magnate. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 27 29 1233

One Strong GDP Print vs. Zero Job Growth: Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Data - Justin Wolfers BBC News 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 4 459

Justin Wolfers: Why the Media Gets the Economy--and the Market--Wrong - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 8 525

Jobs Could Soon Replace Prices as Focus of Anxiety - Greg Ip 2 question everything Dec 22 Dec 23 2 488

Healthcare Future, A CEO Wanted To Run Healthcare Like TACO BELL Fast Food Restaurant 🔔 How His Patients Are Doing 0 appalachiablue Dec 22 Dec 22 6 920

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 3 390

Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me 0 peppertree Dec 21 Dec 21 15 476

Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 8 589

Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats 4 peppertree Dec 18 Dec 18 5 414

Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 417

Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members 10 TexasTowelie Dec 17 Dec 18 5 567

Economy Continued...

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Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 17 5 696

'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 5 appalachiablue Dec 16 Dec 17 19 1173

The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 8 841

Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 364

Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 2 383

Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Dec 14 Dec 14 4 581

1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Dec 11 Dec 12 11 1299

This week's (December 15 - December 19) and next week's (December 22 - December 26) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 2 365

The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 12 Dec 12 5 417

How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Dec 11 Dec 12 10 632

Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 10 Dec 11 5 445

U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 11 7 560

Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Dec 10 Dec 10 9 538

Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Dec 9 Dec 9 15 939

Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Dec 9 Dec 9 8 574

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 2 518

The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 480

Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 8 Dec 8 1 385

I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 5 Dec 6 2 711

If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 699

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