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APR 02, 2026Trade

Gold-Plated Exports, Real-World Deficit: February Trade Gap Widens to $57.3B Despite 54.8% YTD “Improvement”

On April 2, 2026, the latest trade report delivered a paradox: the February deficit widened to **$57.3 billion** (from a revised **$54.7 billion** in January), even as the headline narrative leaned...

APR 02, 2026Employment

Claims Fall to 202k, But Continuing Claims Jump 25k: April 2, 2026 Release Leans on Smoothing

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APR 01, 2026Consumer

Retail Sales Up 0.6%, But the April 21, 2026 Release Trips Over Its Own Footnotes

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APR 01, 2026Manufacturing

PMI Says “Expansion,” Prices Say “Watch Your Back”: March at 52.7, Prices Spike to 78.3

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APR 01, 2026Employment

The 62,000 Mirage: March Hiring Slows, Details Go Missing in the 2026-04-01 Release

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MAR 30, 2026Fed

Rhetoric Outruns Reality: Barr Warns as PPI Hits 0.7% and CPI Ticks to 0.3%

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MAR 26, 2026Employment

Claims Do a Two-Step: Initials Tick Up to 210,000 While “Lowest Since” Headlines Ride Revisions

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MAR 23, 2026Trade

Tariffs Unfrozen, Numbers Missing: March 16 “Resolution” Rests on Two Reinstatements and a Lot of Silence

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Inflation

CPI, PPI, PCE Price Signals

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Employment

Jobs, Claims, and Labor Dynamics

36 posts

Fed

Central Bank's Next Move

37 posts

GDP

Economic Growth Scorecard

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Manufacturing

ISM, Durables, and Factory Output

16 posts

Consumer

Retail Sales and Sentiment

8 posts

Housing

Starts, Sales, and Market Pulse

13 posts

Trade

Global Trade Flows and Policy

7 posts

Banking

Bank Lending and Credit Health

2 posts