Retail-pocalypse?
WALMART LEADS NATIONWIDE SHUTTERING OF BRICK-AND-MORTAR STORES Michael Snyder over at The Economic Collapse Blog has an interesting post up this week discussing America’s “Retail...
U.S. economy
Consumer Comfort Impervious To Global Headwinds … For Now
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Consumer Comfort Up Modestly … Still Hovering At Annual Lows
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Boffo Jobs!
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Consumer Comfort Trending Up
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US Economic Growth Is Cooling …
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Consumer Comfort Ticks Up
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BUT WILL IT BE ENOUGH? After approaching 2015 lows last month, Bloomberg’s Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) has shown signs of life for two straight weeks....
Shell Gives Up On Arctic Drilling
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