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I've been thinking about this for some time. After 21 years of writing this blog almost daily, I've decided to stop writing the daily update...

Weekend: Schedule for Week of January 11, 2026 Monday: No major economic releases scheduled. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 futures are down 16 and DOW futures are down 104 (fair value). Oil prices were up over the last week with

Weekend: Schedule for Week of January 11, 2026 Monday: No major economic releases scheduled. From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 futures are down 16 and DOW futures are down 104 (fair value). Oil prices were up over the last week with

From the BLS: Employment Situation Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little...

This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the December 2025 seasonally adjusted annual sales...

This graph shows heavy truck sales since 1967 using data from the BEA. The dashed line is the November 2025 seasonally adjusted annual sales...

The Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported : The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis announced ...

Container traffic gives us an idea about the volume of goods being exported and imported - and usually some hints about the trade report si...

Back in 2005 I was mostly writing about the housing bubble - and the coming housing bust. But I also mentioned the possibility of a financ...

Early in February , I expressed my "increasing concern" about the negative economic impact of "executive / fiscal policy errors", however, I...