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Consumer

Retail Sales “Up” 0.5% in April—But the Confidence Interval Says “Maybe Not”

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Consumer

Retail Sales Hit $757.1B in April, “Up 0.5%”—But the 2026-05-14 Release Comes With Asterisks

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Employment

Claims Blink Red: NSA Initials Surge 5.7% vs 0.1% Expected as SA IUR Ticks to 1.2%

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Fed

Solid—On Paper: May 13 Release Hails Stability as Job Anxiety Hits 42% and Price Concern Stays at 91%

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Housing

Affordability Tale Meets Flat Sales: April Existing‑Home Sales Nudge +0.2% to 4.02M SAAR as Inventory Jumps 5.8%

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Trade

“Public” Without the Public: USTR’s May 4 Section 301 Hearings Cite 16 Economies, Name None

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Fed

Independence on Paper, Centralization in Practice: May 08 Fed Ops Blueprint Sharpens the Control Shift

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Consumer

Confidence Claims vs. Cold Numbers: The 2026-05-08 Release Can’t Hide a -54 for Insurance

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Inflation

CPI, PPI, PCE Price Signals

15 posts

Employment

Jobs, Claims, and Labor Dynamics

45 posts

Fed

Central Bank's Next Move

46 posts

GDP

Economic Growth Scorecard

11 posts

Manufacturing

ISM, Durables, and Factory Output

20 posts

Consumer

Retail Sales and Sentiment

12 posts

Housing

Starts, Sales, and Market Pulse

19 posts

Trade

Global Trade Flows and Policy

12 posts

Banking

Bank Lending and Credit Health

2 posts