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Project 2025 Tracker + Trump Action Tracker 2 Hugin Dec 17 Wednesday 11 500
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 2 242
ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 545
S&P 500 closed Tuesday 1/20 at 6797, down 2.1% # DJT's 1st year: S&P 500: +16% Global Equities ex US: +30% # Greenland 19 progree Mar 2025 Nov 15 12 5099
'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 1752
How is Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected, and why is Trump targeting it? 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1007
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 44185
Please help track data suppression and alternative sources. 7 jmbar2 Jan 2025 Jul 2025 11 2894
Markets - auto-self-updating embedded graphs: Dow, Oil, Dollar, Pound, Euro. Also: bonds and Listmania 5 progree Sep 2024 Apr 2025 8 5494
Notes on the Crises: Currently: Comprehensive coverage of the T&M Treasury Payments Crisis of 2025 2 usonian Feb 2025 Feb 2025 9 2424
Baloney Detection Kit 0 Hugin Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 2043
Welcome to the Economy Group 0 Hugin Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 2119
Transcripts from the Fed's 2020 policy meetings are out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 0 267
The Global Memory-Chip Shortage Will Cost Us All 0 question everything Sunday Sunday 6 292
"Six Lies In One Sentence" -- Justin Wolfers Fact-Checks Trump's Economy Claims - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Saturday Saturday 4 377
BLS Report: November jobless rates up over the year in 259 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 304
Canada could lose jobs and still see unemployment fall. Here's why 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 230
Higher Oil Prices: Confused Mercantilism or Geopolitical Games? - Econ Lessons 0 TexasTowelie Wednesday Wednesday 3 213
What Happens Every Time the POTUS Seizes the Fed? 0 GreatGazoo Jan 13 Jan 13 2 409
USA Dollar Crash Continues - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Jan 13 Jan 13 5 405
Why Threatening to Jail Jerome Powell Threatens The Economy, Explained by Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 12 Jan 12 2 229
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Barry's Economics: How power really wins (and what we can do about it). 2 jmbar2 Jan 11 Jan 12 0 342
This Is What Tin Pot Dictators Do to Their Central Banks, Says Justin Wolfers - Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 12 Jan 12 4 335
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell - Federal Reserve 4 Rhiannon12866 Jan 11 Jan 11 12 501
USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Jan 11 Jan 11 11 528
How Trump Broke the US Economy w/ Justin Wolfers - Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast and Justin Wolfers 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 11 Jan 11 3 292
Slowest Labor Market in Years Leaves Job Seekers Stuck 1 question everything Jan 10 Jan 10 5 502
US exempts some foreign-made drones from Trump import ban on new models 1 Eugene Jan 9 Jan 9 3 318
December jobs report will provide a final read on U.S. employment in a year of uncertainty 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 9 Jan 9 2 371

Economy Continued...

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Final jobs report for 2025 set for release on Friday 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 1 263
BLS report: November job openings and hires change little; total separations unchanged 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 8 Jan 8 3 442
They Are Building A Monument To Your Poverty: The Ultimate Insult⚡⚡ 0 appalachiablue Jan 7 Jan 7 9 390
Our Economy Is In Danger, Here's Why: Robert Reich 💸 4 appalachiablue Jan 6 Jan 6 10 492
Traders - The Pentagon Pizza index 1 jmbar2 Jan 5 Jan 5 6 419
Thinking of investing in AI? 6 mdbl Jan 2 Jan 5 3 619
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 2 246
USA Dollar Crashes - Joe Blogs 7 TexasTowelie Jan 2 Jan 2 3 639
Sprinkles Cupcakes abruptly closing all stores nationwide: Full list of current locations 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 2 526
They Want You Working Until You Die (Social Security In Danger) Retirement Is Dead - Large Man 7 appalachiablue Dec 31 Dec 31 13 798
List of H1-B jobs accepting applications, by state and agency 2 jmbar2 Dec 31 Dec 31 2 404
AI being deployed to cap future wages/layoffs of new recruits 3 jmbar2 Dec 29 Dec 30 7 435
USA Jobs Shock - Joe Blogs 5 TexasTowelie Dec 29 Dec 30 8 697
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 5 629
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 1215
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 1 295
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 1226
One Strong GDP Print vs. Zero Job Growth: Justin Wolfers Breaks Down the Data - Justin Wolfers BBC News 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 4 452
Justin Wolfers: Why the Media Gets the Economy--and the Market--Wrong - The 11th Hour - MS NOW 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 25 Dec 25 8 519
Jobs Could Soon Replace Prices as Focus of Anxiety - Greg Ip 2 question everything Dec 22 Dec 23 2 480
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 6 898
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern file historic $85 billion rail merger proposal with federal regulators 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 3 384
Mitt Romney: Tax the rich, like me 0 peppertree Dec 21 Dec 21 15 470
Economic Confidence Slips; Holiday Spending Plans Plummet 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 8 580
Trump's glowing account of progress is at odds with his government's own stats 4 peppertree Dec 18 Dec 18 5 402
Inflation expected to remain above Fed target in November as economic data schedule gets back on track 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 408
Trump says he plans to send more checks, this time to service members 10 TexasTowelie Dec 17 Dec 18 5 558
Employers likely added 40,000 jobs in November as government releases report delayed by shutdown 9 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 17 5 684
'FIRED FOR THE HOLIDAYS' Ford Lays Off Entire Factory As Job Market Collapses, Corporate Abandonment 5 appalachiablue Dec 16 Dec 17 19 1164
The White House spread tonight as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 8 833

Economy Continued...

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Exclusive-Tesla board made $3 billion via stock awards that dwarfed tech peers 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 357
Ford takes $19.5B charge in hybrid pivot, cancels F-150 Lightning EV, launches new battery storage business 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 2 374
Robots everywhere is the 0.0000001% (whites only) ultimate goal. 0 Justice matters. Dec 14 Dec 14 4 574
1 Million Jobs Disappeared In America, And The US Job Market Is Collapsing 🪚 21 appalachiablue Dec 11 Dec 12 11 1287
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 2 357
The Fed Chair Can't Be A Sock Puppet For Donald Trump - Senator Elizabeth Warren - CNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Dec 12 Dec 12 5 409
How the White House is using misleading comparisons to make inflation sound better - CNN The Source 7 Rhiannon12866 Dec 11 Dec 12 10 623
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates amid mixed economic data and divisions in its ranks - PBS NewsHour 1 Rhiannon12866 Dec 10 Dec 11 5 435
U.S. private payrolls increase by 4,750 on average in 4 weeks to November 22 - ADP 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 11 7 552
Powell says high inflation caused by Trump's tariffs - Reuters 2 TexasTowelie Dec 10 Dec 10 9 529
Home sellers are giving up at 'unusually high rate,' says new Realtor report 4 OnlinePoker Dec 9 Dec 9 15 929
Economic Policy/ Pick Your Financial Crash 6 Passages Dec 9 Dec 9 8 565
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 2 510
The F.T.C. Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 2 469
Economic Policy Meet the Connectors 0 Passages Dec 8 Dec 8 1 377
I don't understand the employment data 6 question everything Dec 5 Dec 6 2 701
If you've seen the media ballyhooing today's positive consumer sentiment report 3 progree Dec 5 Dec 6 7 690
Inflation Report: The Fed's Next Rate Move Depends on Today's PCE Release 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 1 462
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 4 539
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 1 477
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