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- U.S. consumer strength: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wEtz
- Components of GDP Explained: https://www.thebalancemoney.com/components-of-gdp-explanation-formula-and-chart-3306015
- Consumer Price Index: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=18QW2
- Gross Domestic Product of China: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wEwp
- Milwaukee commercial real estate vacancies: https://biztimes.com/metro-milwaukee-office-space-vacancy-rate-spiked-in-q2/
- Conversion of 100 East office tower: https://biztimes.com/office-tenants-move-out-of-100-east-as-conversion-to-apartments-hits-financing-snag/
- Lumber prices: https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber
- TSA checkpoint traffic: https://www.tsa.gov/travel/passenger-volumes
- Gross domestic product: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1a0db
- Federal Reserve economic projections: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcprojtabl20240918.pdf
- Stock returns by political party control: https://retirementresearcher.com/are-republicans-or-democrats-better-for-the-stock-market/
- Real wages: https://retirementresearcher.com/are-republicans-or-democrats-better-for-the-stock-market/
- Social Security cost-of-living adjustments: https://www.ssa.gov/cola/
- Federal Reserve’s FOMC statement: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20240918a.htm
- U.S. real median household income: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1vMH0
- U.S. household net worth: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wEG2
- U.S. household debt service: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wEGI
- Government Accountability Office report on Social Security: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-107240
- U.S. unemployment rate: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1uZgi
- U.S. job openings: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFas
- U.S. quits: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFaI
- Consumer Price Index: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=18QW2
- Deflationary spiral: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deflationary-spiral.asp#:~:text=A%20deflationary%20spiral%20is%20a,when%20general%20price%20levels%20rise.
- Japan inflation: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFc4
- Euro Area inflation: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFcN
- Federal Reserve rate hikes likely to cause a recession, research says: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/federal-reserve-rate-hikes-likely-to-cause-a-recession-research-says#:~:text=When%20inflation%20soars%2C%20as%20it,each%20case%2C%20a%20recession%20resulted
- Fed Dual Mandate: The Federal Reserve’s Dual Mandate – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (chicagofed.org)
- Gross Domestic Product of eurozone: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFf1
- Gross Domestic Product of Germany: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wFfI
- Gross Domestic Product of China: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1wEwp
- Exports of goods and services by country: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
- China’s central bank goes big with monetary easing: https://www.axios.com/2024/09/24/china-mortgage-interest-rate
- McDonald’s touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonald-touchscreen-kiosks-were-feared-132749447.html
- S&P 500 closing prices: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1a0a2
- Forces that move stock prices: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/04/100804.asp
- Decline in U.S. farms: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/gallery/chart-detail/?chartId=58268
- Farming in the U.S.: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/troublesome-farming-us/#:~:text=1900%20There%20are%205.7%20million,This%20would%20soon%20change