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"The USA is a nation of laws, badly written and randomly enforced" - Frank Zappa

Sounds like the same guys that designed the Kursk set them up
How's that for an alliance,ask them nicely they'll set you up with some nuclear reactors

I think this is a pretty fair summary, brief and not detailed, but it's intended for "less technical" readers I suspect.  Many here have discussed these topics of course and note that no economy has every single metric looking good that I can recall.  And there are signs things may be getting worse soonish (signs don't always result in tangible results).  But, partisans can assert that the economy is GREAT!  or DISASTER!, which is understood of course, some of us try and be more ... quantitative and less partisan.

What’s really happening in America’s economy (Trump and Biden spin aside) | CNN Business

The biggest flashing red light in the economy right now is the level of debt people are racking up.
One reason consumer spending has held up so well in the face of higher-than-desirable inflation combined with the highest interest rates in over two decades is that consumers aren’t necessarily spending within their means.
The savings many accumulated during the pandemic have all but evaporated, leading to a lot more credit card purchases that aren’t being paid back on time.
That, combined with the gradually cooling labor market — which is reducing workers’ leverage — is causing some households to accumulate more debt and fall into serious delinquency, meaning 90+ days late on a payment.
Recent New York Fed data showed the percentage of credit card balances in serious delinquency climbed to its highest level since 2012.

Fundamentally, we are a consumer driven economy.  There are obviously a lot of troubling sings despite some wing-nut partisans falsely stating that "every single metric has improved".  However the economy is also not in a catastrophe despite what wing-nut partisans of the opposite variety would tell you.  

Like I said above, those idiots can be safely ignored because for them, ideology trumps reality.  

For the rest of us, I think that the increase in debt explains the odd indications that we are getting.  This also isn't sustainable.  Those people with the delinquent cards will either see improved incomes that enable them to pay off their balances or they will eventually be compelled to curtail spending.  

Holy CRAP on this one.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with fraud, accepting bribes (msn.com)

$10,000,000 is a lot of money.

That felt like it was heading for trouble from the start. 

Holy CRAP on this one.

NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with fraud, accepting bribes (msn.com)

$10,000,000 is a lot of money.

I was wondering why former NY Gov. Cuomo crawled out from under his rock and launched a trial balloon to run for NYC mayor.