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UMich Consumer Confidence Slides In September As Republicans Lose Faith After July's rebound to pre-war levels, a re-escalation in the MidEast (and soaring fuel costs) has sent confidence back towards YTD lows. Today's final September data was expected to show UMich headline sentiment sliding further (and inflation expectations re-accelerating). And while sentiment is lower overall (month to month), it did actually pick up modestly intra-month from preliminary levels. Consumer sentiment ticked down less than four index points in September, reaching the lowest reading in four months and back down notably from January...

An Israeli drone strike in Gaza City on Thursday killed at least three Palestinians as the Israeli military continues its constant violations of the US-backed ceasefire deal. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the strike hit a civilian vehicle in Gaza City’s al-Rimal neighborhood. Photos from Gaza show the wreckage following the strike. Palestinian […]

WHO Says Pandemic Determinations Can Be Made Without 'Evidence Of Illness' Authored by Jon Fleetwood via Modernity News, The World Health Organization (WHO) says evidence that a person is actually sick is not required for a "laboratory-confirmed" human influenza infection with "the potential to cause a pandemic" to trigger mandatory international reporting. "Evidence of illness is not required for this report," WHO states in its latest Influenza at the Human-Animal Interface assessment, which covered July 8 through August 7, 2026. WHO says countries must "immediately notify WHO of any laboratory-confirmed case of a...