For a snapshot of the American consumer, take a look at Walmart and their 4600 stores.  

Over $1 billion in losses this year due to sticky fingers. 

Balances at least 90 days delinquent are up year over year. Credit card delinquencies are rising. So are delinquencies for auto loans. 

Roughly 29% of households earning less than $50,000 a year are using credit cards to finance their spending.

Investors fall in love easily with new technology. Let's see if that's the case with Google's new chatbot Palm2.

There are 3 times as many meetings and video calls since February of 2020. 

Is it possible to cool the labor market without spiking unemployment? Powell says yes—but it would be "against history". 

Hot labor adds to high inflation. But for the 3rd month in a row, the number of available jobs has fallen--now at the lowest level since May of 2021. 

According to Indeed, companies are posting fewer jobs, particularly for white-collar roles in software, human resources, banking, and finance.