Wednesday, January 21, 2026

In most areas, construction and housing were struggling in late 2025

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We continue to get economic reports that were backlogged from the government shutdown that ended more than 2 months ago. This one shows ...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Big revenue boost allows for property tax relief in Wis. Now how do you do it?

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Governor Evers recently had interviews with state media to mark the start of his last year in office. And those discussions included som...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Hidden headline - large parts of the US economy lost jobs in 2025

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I also caught an article which discussed how this week’s ADP private sector jobs report showed parts of the jobs market are going in differe...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Tepid December and big downward revisions in Q4 wrap up a bad 2025 for US job market

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Jobs Friday is finally back on schedule after its delays due to the government shutdown in October and November. And the report indicated ...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Big productivity growth explains more output and profit without more jobs

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One of the mysteries of the delayed economic data has been why we allegedly had large economic growth of 4.3% (beyond inflation), but job gr...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

We don't need more oil in America. So why grab it from Venezuela?

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The Venezuelan adventure that went on this weekend should make you ask "WHY?" Not just for the arrogance and general unconstiti...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Even with "booming" GDP report, lots of weak spots and unanswered questions

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One item that struck me in that allegedly strong GDP report of 4.3% growth is that there was a wide disparity in Q3’s inflation numbers, d...