China dominates global Christmas decoration exports, shipping nearly $6 billion worth in 2024...

Much higher GDP than expected: good... driven by a surge in health insurance spending: not so good.

...as capacity utilization slides. Is this the productivity boost everyone's been waiting for?

...core CapEx remains solid

...[airlines] stand at the core of a value chain that underpins nearly 4 percent of the global economy and supports 87 million jobs.

The company said it ended the pricing tests after criticism that the practice risked quietly inflating grocery bills for cost-strained households...

By contrast, 16 states, including Texas and Kentucky, are expanding...

...the apocalyptic consensus forecasts have failed, and the United States stands as the only major developed economy combining strong growth, controlled inflation and fiscal consolidation.

The U.S., China, and Germany are the top three countries by GDP in 2025...

California's expected decision to restore contested licenses sets stage for constitutional showdown over CDL authority

The EU’s goal is still to grant a €90-140  billion loan to Ukraine to support its economy and military through 2026–27, backed by frozen assets from the Russian central bank that are held mostly in Euroclear (Belgium).

A hot report would favor keeping rates on hold for longer, while a softer report could prompt traders to add to rate-cut bets

The Fed put a band aid on an inflationary gunshot wound...

"While some labor market weakness could be balanced by incremental Fed easing, the equity market remains vulnerable to a material negative surprise in the labor market." - GS 

“All plans must be based on facts, aiming for solid, genuine growth without exaggeration, and promoting high-quality, sustainable development...”

Germany’s chemical industry - historically one of the world’s sharpest early-warning indicators - is collapsing at a scale that points not to a normal downturn, but to a structural breakdown of Europe’s industrial core.

The relationship between Germany and the EU on the one hand and China’s political leadership on the other is clearly creaking. The growing trade tensions between both sides have become impossible to ignore.

"It is so big that it’s obvious that it’s not just the United States or Europe but the whole world that will have to fund that gap... we may get to a point where things snap."

Europe does not need more and better targeted government intervention, but considerably less...

October and November is when Construction and Agriculture seasonal layoffs peak. These sectors are dominated by undocumented workers and there have been clear signs that these workers are hiding out rather than risk deportation.