by Jesse “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first …
by Jesse The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up from +176,000 to +196,000, and the change for December was revised down from +312,000 to +222,000.… (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rBM1sIiGU I didn’t see the usual “after Christmas sales” ads on tv, print, or on the internet. I thought it a sign. BC
by WARREN MOSLER Bad: Highlights Existing home sales have been leveling but the signal from pending home sales points to a new downturn. The pending home sales index for November fell 0.7 percent to 101.4 which is under Econoday’s consensus range …
by sundance As CTH anticipated the first tabulated holiday sales report via Mastercard® shows the results of a very strong consumer confidence level. The first report highlights a very strong 5.1% increase in holiday purchases: “Wall Street is running around like a chicken …
If you are hankering to be one among millions this holiday, do not bother with the shopping malls, just head to the airport, where nearly 46 million people will mix travel anxiety with Christmas anxiety and a tad of family-get-together …
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – AAA is predicting that this holiday season will be a record-breaking year. WEB EXTRA: Read AAA’s complete travel forecast (.pdf) Numbers released Thursday morning show that 112.5 million people are expected to be traveling in the air and …
via Sara Tipton: After experiencing the hustle and bustle of the holiday season year after year, many of the best of get burned out, stressed out, and out wallets get wiped out. But this year, we’ve compiled a handy list of …
via eyeball1234: Here’s the output for Sofia, using the same assumptions from the chart. Interested to hear your thoughts. https://imgur.com/a/BDW9nbd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWJzRWaGUM FOX News reports, A school has banned Christmas for being too commercial – and is making kids beg for the holiday’s return. Pupils at Lady Lumley’s School in Pickering, North Yorks., were told they must write to their religious …
via Tess Pennington: Natural living, homesteading, and those interested in living more sustainably is increasing every year. Perhaps it is because people are finding that the ever-changing technologies of today are overwhelming and they feel more at peace living more naturally. …
The very first Thanksgiving happened almost 400 years ago – long before the nation was born. How did it evolve into America’s quintessential national holiday? Credit largely goes to two people – one, a name you know; the other, you’ve …
Almost 3 in 10 shoppers are going into the holiday season still carrying debt from last year’s festivities. Experts suggest crafting a strategy in two parts: Wrangle your debt and scale back your holiday budget. For some people, opening …
via Lisa Egan: Finding unique and useful gifts for the people you care about can be challenging, but hopefully, we can help out a bit. Here’s a list of health and wellness gift ideas just about anyone would appreciate. 1. White …
by FS Financial Sense Newshour spoke with Ryan Sweet, director of real-time economics at Moody’s Analytics, to discuss his forecast for a holiday spending boom and 2020 bust. Ryan is considered one of the most accurate high-frequency forecasters of the …
The holiday shopping season is around the corner and retailers are hoping for big time revenue. And retailers may just get their holiday wish. According to an eMarketer study, the projected retail sales this holiday season may be an excess …
by Jesse The prices have not been adjusted for inflation. The cheapest Thanksgiving Day hotel buffet my sister-in-law found in Manhattan was $110 per person for her band moms from Ohio. I sent this link at Mommy Poppins to her, and said …
by DCG You see violence, I see some awesome decorative lights. From Fox5DC: Walmart decided to bring in the Christmas season with an unusual set of lights that has a lot of people talking. The retailer has listed the set of 10 Red …
Total retail sales in the U.S will hit $1.002 trillion during the Christmas holiday period, marking the “strongest growth since 2011,” according to eMarketer. In-store sales are forecast to rise 4.4 percent year-on-year, while e-commerce sales are predicted to grow …
Bold move, gonna shave off quite a bit of Walmart’s top line this quarter since a big appeal of their eCommerce business is offering Free Shipping to customers without the need to buy a membership. Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/11/05/amazon-drops-25-minimum-free-shipping-through-holiday-season/1889512002/ Target …
by Geoffrey Grider Amazon is staffing up for the holiday rush with around 100,000 additional hires. As big as that number sounds, it’s actually fewer people than the e-commerce giant added in either the 2016 or 2017 holiday seasons, when …
Jarrett Renshaw for Yahoo News reports, U.S. travelers will hit the roads, rails and airports in record numbers this Fourth of July holiday, despite higher gasoline prices, the nation’s largest automotive advocacy group said on Thursday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXGXr8gB9Vg Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-47-…
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Why is Sears’ CEO still touting “progress,” even in SEC filings? Why not tell investors the truth, for once? Sears Holdings — the storied and once dominant retailer turned into the biggest tragedy in US retail …
By Michael Snyder We are nearly a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, and the economic numbers continue to look quite good. On Monday, we learned that U.S. retail sales during the holiday season are projected to be way up compared …
Credit-Card Payments SURGE Americans increasingly relied on credit cards to make payments in 2016, and made more of those payments remotely, according to new data the Federal Reserve released Thursday. The number of credit-card payments grew 10.2% last year, to …
by Pamela Williams This is a message of joy and hope as Christians celebrate and worship in their church of choice this Christmas. We have accepted that with every day we are fortunate enough to breathe, we are unfortunate enough …