The Big story of the Day is – at least in this pre-breakfast segment – the release of Consumer Prices, also commonly called “the inflation report.” The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, after rising 0.3 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of … Read More

Another Monday dawns over “Wrong Way America.”  And a bonus with it, too: The wrong time. Because we all enter the week gypped out of an hour of sleep by the fraud of “Daylight Savings Time.”  Which, in keeping with how such governmental false decrees work, is not based on “daylight” (which government has no … Read More

Daylight Madness Day! It’s time We the People overthrow the “tyranny of clocks.”  And the “government” (such as that is) which claims unwarranted power over time. The two “resets” of the clocks per year are ridiculous, have no useful results, and are part of the whole “Bullying Mindset” of runaway bureaucracies. Enough! Executive Summary: There are … Read More

There we go, again, thinking the unthinkable,  Which is what Peoplenomics is about. While we don’t think it will happen Tuesday, and might not even happen this year, it is increasing  “non-zero risk” to be taken into account. A very short discussion to tweak some refinement of future plans, our morning review of the “creepy … Read More

BJL – The Big Job Lie first today. (This is nearly a Peoplenomics® length piece, so we can focus on just the charts on the subscriber side tomorrow…bring extra bean.) The well-controlled, agency-influenced corporate media’s take on the jobs report just out is based on what in the press release from Labor? Total nonfarm payroll employment … Read More

From this morning’s ECB meeting: 7 March 2024 The Governing Council today decided to keep the three key ECB interest rates unchanged. Since the last Governing Council meeting in January, inflation has declined further. In the latest ECB staff projections, inflation has been revised down, in particular for 2024 which mainly reflects a lower contribution … Read More

Several reader Comments have been getting to the idea of “slow, then building, soon.”  Examples are seen in remarks from William of the Radio Ranch and Stephen2.  And its really useful context for what’s going on now. Seems this spring will be a find time for even non-Christians to be thinking about Psalm 121, 1-2:  … Read More

A final book chapter, Fed testimony, fresh job numbers, and crypto crazies means a biggish report today.  Which  we will pick up and play through starting with the jobs picture. Oh, and not anything especially shocking about the election results in Super Tuesday, to speak of. Two cupper, for sure though because many puzzle pieces … Read More

With Bitcoin nearing or over the old highs – though we might quibble a bit on this – there is little question but that markets are at least doing a Double Top – or higher – technical formation. If you are new to investing (as I am, even after 55-years in and out) a review … Read More

“OK, what’s so “magical” about Monday.  Did you miss the they suck memo?” Heavens no.  But over the weekend, if you were paying attention, the fairy dust of modern media fell on Switzerland.  How so? Swiss Voters Back Higher Pensions, Reject Working Longer. See how it works?  As the world becomes addicted to Free Lunch (inflationomics) the … Read More

Over on my Ultra-Make website today: The Electronic Detective’s RTFM Case, Pallet Shed Plans. Most important news story of the day: Intercepted German communications claim ‘US and UK soldiers on the ground in Ukraine. Changing poliical landscape: Biden Laundering Billions in Taxpayer Funds Through NGOs to Traffic Illegal Migrants to United States (trendingpoliticsnews.com) and Donald … Read More

A reader poll on whether a new book (serialized first on Peoplenomics before general release) is of any interest.  This, as a result of Elaine’s healthcare crisis this week. Which got both of us seriously refocused on Aging, the point of living Life, and how to live our important roles to the fullest. In the … Read More

Other than more Fed-Speak today – and a PMI number just after the open – a large chunk of mental processor clicks is being devoted to solving the unknowable.  Namely, when to short this bloated pig of a market. Our consigliere thinks we may have until sometime after Labor Day.  Because a gigantic “fall in the … Read More