...higher prices, lower new orders, and weaker employment are not helping sentiment.

California residents who thought they could escape high gas taxes by purchasing an electric car will be disappointed...

“Due to the partial federal government shutdown, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will suspend data collection, processing, and dissemination.”

This was the biggest MoM surge in the ISM print since April 2020 (COVID rebound)...

The endgame of a fully financialized, coercive TINA economy and society is Bifurcation Nation stumbling into the abyss of Depression...

What we are witnessing is the reaction of the economy to ever-rising energy costs and higher input prices, which - made visible through the inflation index - are passed on to customers and artificially inflate the headline figures...

...a recession will catalyze a collapse of the credit-asset bubble-dependent economy down to its foundations

...biggest jump in six months.

The farm equipment maker will build two new factories in the United States, one in North Carolina and another in Indiana.

From 2021 through 2025, mall openings exceeded mall closures, a recent report shows.

"The Treasury has estimated that households will benefit from a $1,000 increase in their average tax refund this year, an approximate 31% increase in refunds, from the average refund last year ($3,230)."

Winter storm Fern is mostly over, its resulting damage, however, will linger for a long time.

Here we go again. 

...collapse is not the absence of order. It is the failure of particular scales of organization...

...strongest annual growth since June 2022.

Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product increased at a revised 4.4% annualized rate, the fastest in two years, and up 0.1% from the initial estimate, reflecting upward revisions to exports and investment that were offset by a downward revision to consumer spending. 

Europe's "trade bazooka" has a 10-point list of possible measures on goods and services. They include...

Macron spoke decked out in 2009 Louis Vuitton “Pilot Attitude” aviators with blue lenses... it could serve as a nod to the five hazardous attitudes of pilots, which can lead to their demise: anti-authority, impulsivity, invulnerability, macho, and resignation.

"Low levels of stock market hedging are irrelevant in a world of positive surprises; but it matters greatly if surprises suddenly turn greatly"... Like right now.

The phrase “renter friendly” is anything but friendly for owners of multifamily rentals.