Yikes

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 21, 2024 | Breaking News, Chicago centric content, consumer spending and sentiment

#Illinois motorists pay the nation’s 2nd-highest #GasTaxes because @GovPritzker and lawmakers doubled motor fuel taxes in 2019. In 2 weeks, Illinoisans will pay even more. Motor fuel taxes now go up yearly by inflation. Via @Wirepointshttps://t.co/0BWW6Hf8uk #twill...

It can’t

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 20, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment

How expensive is US consumer debt? Personal interest payments as a percentage of disposable personal income have spiked to 2.5%, the highest since the 2008 Financial Crisis. Over the last 2 years, consumer interest costs have surged at a record pace relative to...

A most taxing situation

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 20, 2024 | Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, SCOTUS impacts and rulings

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-wealth-tax-5a13417bd5ae41f7d150ac596f7c51d0?user_email=d4463f77c50725884e7d91b5b805c5eaf46bb9c45a75a582677966fd4bb13e4e&utm_medium=Afternoon_Wire&utm_source=Sailthru_AP&utm_campaign=AfternoonWire_June20_2024&u...

Never know what to EGGSPECT here :-)

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 20, 2024 | Chicago centric content, consumer spending and sentiment

Greatest commercial in #ChicagoHistory ???? pic.twitter.com/D4M0osFZRE — Chicago History ™️ (@Chicago_History) June 20,...

Reuters headlines 6/20/2024 and it focuses on the extreme heat in the sub continent and the Middle East this summer as the populations grapple with SEVERE impacts

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 20, 2024 | Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, General interest, International insights, Latest News, Media

https://www.reuters.com/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=Sustainable-Switch&utm_term=062024&user_email=d4463f77c50725884e7d91b5b805c5eaf46bb9c45a75a582677966fd4bb13e4e&lctg=6320b3f0a7c0ed9c630c8cce

Celebrating the release of the iconic movie CHINATOWN on this day in 1974 conjures up a serious political and cultural realty check on America today in 2024 50 years later..

by Michael E Dehn | Jun 20, 2024 | 2024 election realities, Banking and Finance, Breaking News, consumer spending and sentiment, Latest News, Media

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/06/chinatown-1970s-movie-2020s-america/678729/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the-atlantic-am&utm_term=The+Atlantic+AM