Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse

Ventings from a guy with an unhealthy interest in budgets, policy, the dismal science, life in the Upper Midwest, and brilliant beverages.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Gas price spending patterns the latest evidence of an economy brought to you by the Letter K

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With gas prices jumping above $4.50 nationwide, there was a timely release from the New York Fed on how high gas prices hit differently,...
Monday, May 4, 2026

Manufacturing orders up, but so are prices. And jobs are still going down

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More data showing that economic growth continued in March, as orders and shipments in manufacturing kept increasing. New orders for manuf...
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Saturday, May 2, 2026

American consumers kept spending and paying more in March. With savings going down further

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Not surprisingly, we got more data showing that inflation spiked up in the month after the bombs started falling in the Middle East. Co...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Americans say things are bad because of what is, but especially what COULD happen

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It's no secret that Americans have been increasingly unhappy about the US economy, with consumer sentiment at the lowest level measu...
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Monday, April 27, 2026

Data center tax exemption could give away billions

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The placement and construction of data centers are already a hot issue in Wisconsin due to the effects that they may have on communities and...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

WisGOP giveaways to Polaris didn't stop jobs from leaving in 2026

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Here's a timeline of 16 years of Polaris threats, tax giveaways, and job losses. Start with the original threat to leave Western W...
Friday, April 24, 2026

Rodriguez wants to work out budget with Legis Dems before taking office? Yeah, why wouldn't she?

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With the Democratic primary for Governor in Wisconsin coming up in 3 ½ months, we’re finally starting to see some conflict and differentiati...
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