Consumer confidence rebounded in May after five straight months of declines as President Trump dialed back his aggressive stance on tariffs against China. The latest index reading from the Conference Board was 98 in May, well above the 85.7 seen in April and the 87.1 economists had expected. The expectations index surged off its 13-year low seen in April, reaching 72.8 May, far above the 55.4 in the month prior. This marked the largest month-over-month increase for that metric since May 2009. read more
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told shareholders during a virtual meeting Wednesday (May 21) that the tariffs the President Donald Trump administration imposed on imported goods have not affected sales. "We also haven't yet seen any meaningful average selling price increases," Jassy said, according to a Wednesday Reuters report. "When you have 2 million sellers, they're not all going to take the same action." read more
WASHINGTON (AP) " The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic uncertainty over U.S. trade policy. Applications for jobless benefits fell by 2,000 to 227,000 for the week ending May 17, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's pretty close to the 230,000 new applications analysts forecast. read more
The number of OnlyFan creators in 2020 was ~450K. By the end of 2024, that number had risen to over 4M with about 50% of them in the US. So, while the US jobs market and real economy suffered under Biden's incompetence - the jobs for sex workers (both male and female) boomed. This was fueled by a huge demographic of incel liberals unable to meet women in the real world due to social anxiety, fear of catching covid, and their grotesque physical appearances and personalities.
For generations, colleges around the U.S. fueled local economies, creating jobs and bringing in students to shop and spend. read more
"All the 75 year old liberals posting here were made homosexual by microplastics."
No - as I stated, some were born that way. Also, most are probably under 50.
"And you were just here claiming that suicides weren't a health problem either.
#26 | Posted by Dbt2"
I never claimed that. What I said - and it is 100% true - a low expected life expectancy due to suicide IS NOT indicative of a poor health care system. But again, make your strawman how you see fit.