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The Ultimate Consumer Lie Detector: What Friday's Retail Sales Tell Us About Where We Go From HereAugust 14, 2026The Ultimate Consumer Lie Detector: What Friday's Retail Sales Tell...
Friday, August 14, 2026 The week began with a warning from the labor market. The economy lost 23,000 jobs in July. May and June were revised lower by a combined 103,000 jobs. The unemploymen...
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The Great Saver Split: How High Interest Rates Are Rewarding Cash and Punishing BorrowersAugust 13, 2026The Great Saver Split: How High Interest Rates Are Rewarding...
Thursday, August 13, 2026 The Federal Reserve has created a strange new economy. People with cash are finally being paid to keep it safe. People without cash: or people forced to rely on deb...
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The CPI You Read vs. The Prices You Pay: Why Wednesday's Inflation Number Won't Match Your RealityAugust 12, 2026The CPI You Read vs. The Prices You Pay: Why...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026 At 8:30 this morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the July Consumer Price Index report. Wall Street immediately began parsing the headline number, the ...
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Why Wall Street Cheered Your Bad News: The Upside-Down Logic of the Jobs ReportAugust 11, 2026Why Wall Street Cheered Your Bad News: The Upside-Down Logic...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 There are few economic headlines more backward than this one: America lost jobs, and the stock market went up. The July jobs report showed that the United States los...
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The Job-Security Playbook: How to Prepare for the Storm While the Sun Is Still OutAugust 10, 2026The Job-Security Playbook: How to Prepare for the Storm While...
Published Monday, August 10, 2026 The job market does not usually collapse with a marching band and a warning siren. It cools slowly. Hiring managers take longer to respond. Open positions q...
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The Invisible 1.9 Million: What Long-Term Unemployment Does to a Person (And Their Future Earnings)August 9, 2026The Invisible 1.9 Million: What Long-Term Unemployment Does to a...
Sunday, August 9, 2026 There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes with looking for work for six months. At first, unemployment feels temporary. The resume gets updated. Applications...
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