Sunday, June 30, 2024

Inflation flat, incomes up, spending mediocre. So why keep rates so high?

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The always-important income and spending report came out on Friday, and if you have a certain point of view, there were good numbers all ...
Thursday, June 27, 2024

US keeps adjusting habits, so it's cheaper to hit the road for the 4th this year

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As the Fourth of July nears, it also means that we are in the Summer driving season. With a record amount of drivers expected to hit the...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

August Constitutional amendment is more WisGOP scumbaggery. VOTE NO

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In 51 days, Wisconsin voters are going to be faced with an important ballot question that was placed by the gerrymandered WisGOP Legislat...
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Saturday, June 22, 2024

Housing costs keep going up despite higher interest rates....or because of them

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While the overall economy continues to grow, jobs continue to be added, and inflation continue to leveling off, there seems to be one sect...
Thursday, June 20, 2024

Good Wis jobs report for May, and April looks a lot better

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Another Wisconsin jobs report came out this afternoon, and it was largely steady as it goes. Place of Residence Data: Wisconsin's...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Recent reports indicate lower growth is bigger risk than higher prices

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Wanted to forward you to a couple of good posts by UW-Madison's Menzie Chinn at Econbrowser going over recent reports on the economy....
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Tourism keeps rising in Wisconsin. In places big and small

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One thing that Wisconsin has had an impressive increase in for the 2020s has been tourism. And this week we found out that this continued...