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Consumer Credit Grows Less Than Expected On Subdued Credit Card Usage
Consumer Credit Grows Less Than Expected On Subdued Credit Card Usage
While the monthly jobs report has become a veritable economic random number generator, with every monthly print coming either well below or above the forecast stack, the weekly initial claims report has become its foil - a study in boring reporting, with numbers barely budging week to week, and usually falling right on top of Wall Street estimates. A similar dynamic is emerging for the monthly consumer credit report: following a volatile 2025, when revolving credit swung around wildly...
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Apr 4, 2026 / Tyler Durden
The Real Threat From The Iran War Hits Farmers, Not Fuel Pumps
The Real Threat From The Iran War Hits Farmers, Not Fuel Pumps
Authored by Michael Wilkerson via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Prices for retail diesel and gas have each risen by over a third ($1.30+ and $1.00 per gallon, respectively) since the launch of Epic Fury. Americans learned in the 1970s that Middle East conflict means energy pain, and that lesson has been reinforced through every subsequent Gulf crisis. This time, however, the more consequential threat to American household budgets is not the fuel pump. It is quietly moving through...
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Feb 25, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Israel Responsible for Two-Thirds of Journalists Killed in 2025: Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said in a report on Wednesday that 129 members of the press were killed around the world in 2025 and that the state of Israel was responsible for two-thirds of the deaths. The CPJ recorded the Israeli military killing of 86 journalists, and more than 60% were in Gaza. […]
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