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This week's (Jan. 27 - Jan. 31) and next week's (Feb. 3 - Feb. 7) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 146
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'It's an Illegal Executive Order. And It's Stealing.' (The Atlantic) 3 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 17 586
The Fed Is About to Hit Pause on Rate Cuts. Here's Why. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 443
December jobless rates up in 6 states, down in 2; payroll jobs up in 2 states 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 199
Trump asks federal agencies to make RTO plans for workers living more than 50 miles from an office 6 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 6 535
Musk visits OPM following workforce assignments for DOGE 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 334
US FCC will drop Biden plan to ban bulk broadband billing for tenants 0 Eugene Tuesday Tuesday 1 271
Retirees -- Opinions? Experiences? Is 14% Div Too Good To Be True? 10 GreatGazoo Sunday Monday 4 434
What Is China's DeepSeek and Why Is It Freaking Out the AI World? 2 Passages Monday Monday 6 393
BLS: System maintenance scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2025 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 2 306
Expect record-high egg prices for most of the year 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 6 403
Trump challenges BofA CEO Moynihan: 'I hope you start opening your bank to conservatives' 3 Eugene Friday Friday 1 371
Boeing lost $3.5 billion due to labor strikes and layoffs in the fourth quarter 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 0 277
Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level Since 2008 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 0 196
F.B.I. Pick Pushed False and Misleading Claims About Trump Investigations 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 5 347
Trump says 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico coming on Feb. 1 as he signs several orders on economy 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 22 6 682
Why US Bond Yields are Rising (and why it's bad for Trump) - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Jan 21 Jan 21 5 429
Bank of Japan poised to raise rates to highest in 17 years 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 2 259
This week's (Jan. 20 - Jan. 24) and next week's (Jan. 27 - Jan. 31) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 0 203
Why the US Dollar is Surging (and why it's bad for Trump) - TLDR News Global 0 TexasTowelie Jan 18 Jan 18 6 513
Vanguard to pay more than $100 million to SEC over violations involving target date retirement funds 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 3 279
Stocks could be 'protected' from steep declines by Trump: BofA 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 1 587
Opinion: Is Trump's bitcoin embrace the biggest 'pump-and-dump' ever? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 18 7 577
Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity 0 littlemissmartypants Jan 17 Jan 17 2 379
Stock investors brace for possibly the 'most important inflation reading in recent memory' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 15 3 482

Economy Continued...

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NPR shopped for 96 items at Walmart to track how prices are really changing 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 12 981
Stock-market investors are getting nervous about this bond-market move that's only happened twice in over 40 years 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 Jan 13 8 903
China's Trade Surplus Reaches a Record of Nearly $1 Trillion 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 Jan 13 1 396
This week's (Jan. 13 - Jan. 17) and next week's (Jan. 20 - Jan. 24) major U.S. economic reports 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 Jan 13 0 267
How the Ski Business Got Too Big for Its Boots 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 11 843
IRS 'prepared' for 2025 filing season, but potential spending cuts loom for the agency 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 12 Jan 12 3 354
Altice to spend millions on internet upgrades in settlement with West Virginia 0 Eugene Jan 11 Jan 11 1 240
A delay in GOP's tax plans could push up costs by hundreds of billions 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 11 Jan 11 5 554
WATCH: Biden speaks on jobs and the economy days before leaving White House - MSNBC 0 Rhiannon12866 Jan 10 Jan 10 4 281
December jobs report expected to show hiring slowdown, steady unemployment rate 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 1 261
BLS Report: November job openings, hires, and total separations change little; quits decrease 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 7 Jan 7 0 254
Editorial: Why Canada should join the EU 4 Unladen Swallow Jan 3 Jan 4 3 738
This week's (Dec. 30 - Jan. 03) and next week's (Jan. 06 - Jan. 10) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 3 Jan 3 2 361
30Y Mortgage rate 6.91%, highest level since early July. AND NO, INTEREST RATES ARE NOT COMING DOWN 12 nmmi Jan 2 Jan 2 2 1131
Crypto fugitive Do Kwon extradited to US over $40bn crash 2 nitpicked Dec 31 Dec 31 2 465
Yellen Warns 'Extraordinary Measures' Will Be Needed to Avoid Default. 3 elleng Dec 28 Dec 28 4 659
The 10 Biggest Myths About Our Economy - Robert Reich 3 Rhiannon12866 Dec 23 Dec 28 7 704
S Korean crypto-boss Do Kwon to be extradited to US 0 Eugene Dec 27 Dec 27 2 329
Trump wants federal workers back in the office. It may be a tall task. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 4 856
Wall St. Is Minting Easy Money From Risky Loans. What Could Go Wrong? 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 5 978
Richard Parsons, former Time Warner CEO, dies at age 76 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 2 417
USDOT issues 2021-24 supply chain review 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 3 325
This week's (Dec. 23 - Dec. 27) and next week's (Dec. 30 - Jan. 03) major U.S. economic reports 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 1 315
A Looming Threat to Bitcoin: The Risk of a Quantum Hack 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 24 5 704
Insurance and Taxes Now Cost More Than Mortgages for Many Homeowners 7 usonian Dec 23 Dec 24 7 970
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"The Economist" Cover Curse, Explained. (as in "The Madden Curse" ) and other observations. 0 usonian Dec 22 Dec 22 1 448
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Salaries of $500,000 and up are 'a dime a dozen' in this California region, report says 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 22 Dec 22 4 813

Economy Continued...

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The Surprising Way Credit Cards Make Money - PolyMatter 2 TexasTowelie Dec 21 Dec 21 3 680
These steelworkers want a U.S. Steel sale. Biden and Trump don't. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 1 413
Packed Cubicles, Empty Corner Office: Remote Work Is Increasingly a Right of the Rich 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 1 515
BLS Report: October job openings, hires, and total separations change little; quits increase 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 20 3 640
UHC behind most of stock losses. 1 Cattledog Dec 19 Dec 19 2 606
The Fed has a big interest rate decision coming Wednesday. Here's what to expect 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 3 655
Stock market today: Dow logs longest losing streak since 1978 as stocks slide ahead of Fed decision 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 2 707
This week's (Dec. 16 - Dec. 20) and next week's (Dec. 23 - Dec. 27) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 333
Trump FINALLY ADMITS supporters will SUFFER under his economic SCAM - Meidas Touch 3 Rhiannon12866 Dec 14 Dec 16 4 616
Despite Trump's claim, deportations likely wouldn't ease housing crisis, most experts say 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 7 553
US hikes tariffs on imports of Chinese solar wafers, polysilicon and tungsten products 1 nitpicked Dec 13 Dec 13 1 369
Strong Australian Jobs Data Spurs Paring of Rate-Cut Bets 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 0 278
Are You In The Top 3% Of Retirees? Here's The Shockingly Low Amount You Need Saved To Rank Among The Richest 11 nmmi Dec 11 Dec 12 14 1449
The excuses have already started. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 11 Dec 11 17 1621
The Truth About Trump's Trade War That No One Will Say Out Loud - Paul Warburg 3 TexasTowelie Dec 11 Dec 11 7 1216
Scott Bessent, Trump's Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn't Fit His Loyalist Mold. 1 elleng Dec 10 Dec 10 1 518
Federal Judge Blocks $25 Billion Kroger-Albertsons Grocery Merger. 2 elleng Dec 10 Dec 10 6 379
A Kid Made $50,000 Dumping Crypto He'd Created. Then Came the Backlash 18 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 10 34 2179
Republicans are feeling great about the economy again. Democrats are really worried 2 Libloom Dec 9 Dec 9 3 909
This week's (Dec. 9 - Dec. 13) and next week's (Dec. 16 - Dec. 20) major U.S. economic reports 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 9 0 316
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