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'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
'Soft' Data Soars To 2-Year Highs As Chicago PMI Smashes Expectations
Market News International's Chicago Business Barometer smashed expectations this morning, print 57.7 - the highest since May 2022 - and above the highest analysts' expectation.
This is the second straight month above 50 (signaling expansion) with new orders and employment surging (but prices also rising)...
Prices paid rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
New orders rose at a faster pace; signaling expansion
Employment rose and the direction reversed; signaling expansion
Inventories fell and the direction reversed; signaling contraction
Supplier deliveries rose at a faster...
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Apr 11, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Visualizing America's Slide In 'Happiness Rankings' Since 2011
Visualizing America's Slide In 'Happiness Rankings' Since 2011
The United States has steadily slipped in the global happiness rankings over the past decade.
While it still ranks among the top 25 in the latest World Happiness Report, the U.S. is no longer close to the leading group of Nordic countries that consistently dominate the top spots.
This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, tracks the U.S. happiness ranking from 2011 to 2025, based on data from the World Happiness Report 2026.
Each annual ranking is based on a three-year average of life evaluation survey responses...
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Apr 3, 2026 / Kyle Anzalone
Trump Says ‘New’ Iranian President Requested Ceasefire, Tehran Denies Claim
President Donald Trump said that the “new” President of Iran had accepted a ceasefire with the US. Tehran quickly denied Trump’s statement. “Iran’s New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors, has just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!” the President posted on his Trump Social account on […]
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Apr 2, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran "Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks", Threatens To Send It "Back To The Stone Ages"
Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran "Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks", Threatens To Send It "Back To The Stone Ages"
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Trump declares 'core strategic objectives met', threatens 2-3 more weeks of bombing, no mention of ceasefire
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter to the American people, questioning whether Washington is truly putting “America First” or merely acting as a “proxy for Israel” willing to fight “to the last American soldier.”
Air defenses have been activated in Dubai, taking out 5 ballistic missiles and 35 drones launched from Iran
Iran's...
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