[delta7]

The article has Socrates ECM, worth a look. This should keep TxGator busy for awhile pounding away at his keyboard.

[Alas Babylon!]

...government employees are counted TWICE in GDP. First as total government spending and second as total personal income. So, firing government employees will have a larger more exaggerated impact on GDP going forward...

Which means, it will exaggerate GDP down, even if it is not.

[Brian Griffin]

Except for US egg prices, I’m not seeing much inflation.

Eggs were 2.19 Euros for 10 in Lidl in Italy.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Economists" who can't look beyond the tip of their noses don't Grok the big picture. Foreign companies are making huge investment in new and expanded operations in the USA. American companies are re-shoring their new plants and operations. Tariffs will decline as these new factories and expanded operations ramp up. More American jobs means more disposable American income. Here's a list of companies that have announced:

Company Name	Date of Announcement	Amount of Investment	Time Frame	Number of American Jobs
Hyundai	01/23/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Inventec	01/31/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
LVMH	01/28/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Compal Electronics	01/31/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Apple	02/24/25	$500 B	4 years	20,000
TSMC	03/03/25	$100 B	TBD	20,000
Honda	03/07/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Siemens	03/10/25	$10 B	TBD	TBD
Stellantis	03/12/25	$5 B	TBD	1,500
Nissan	03/12/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Hyundai	03/12/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
GE Aerospace	03/12/25	$1 B	TBD	5,000
Pegatron	03/14/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Cra-Z-Art	03/19/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Nvidia	03/20/25	Hundreds of B	4 years	TBD
Audi	03/21/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Eli Lilly	03/21/25	$27 B	5 years	TBD
Clarios	03/21/25	$6 B	TBD	TBD
Samsung	03/21/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
LG	03/21/25	TBD	TBD	TBD
Johnson & Johnson	03/21/25	$55 B	4 years	TBD

[Racketeer]

Let’s see, the fed cuts before the election and inflation increased. Gotcha!!