Saturday, August 2, 2025

July jobs mediocre, but revisions show US economy stalled out

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It was the first Friday of the month, and I happened to be on line at 7:30 yesterday morning, so I figured I’d check in on the US jobs repo...
Thursday, July 31, 2025

3% GDP for Q2 is actually a show of weakness

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We got our first look at how the overall US economy did from April to June with the release of GDP for Q2 2025 on Wednesday. And with Tru...
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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Business owners see inflation in July, with consumers not spending much. This won't end well

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Near the end of this week S&P released its Purchasing Managers' Index report for July. And while this report showed weakness in ...
Thursday, July 24, 2025

So it won't be Three-Term Tony

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Oh, it's a message getting forwarded on BlueSky from our Guv? Well let's see what he's got to say! A love letter from me t...
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Monday, July 21, 2025

In budget deal, long-overdue help for Madison and other towns that can't tax state buildings

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In an update on an issue I discussed at some length last September, the recently-signed Wisconsin state budget includes a long-overdue bo...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Consumers spent more at stores in June, but homebuilding sector is in trouble

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After a couple of rough months of consumer spending, it looks like retail sales rebounded in June. Retail sales rose 0.6% in June from ...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Inflation watch is...sort of back? But billions in tariffs still aren't affecting prices much

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After Tuesday's release of the CPI for June, can we say that inflation watch is back? The consumer price index, a broad-based meas...