Aug 21, 2026
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Most of that growth is coming from foreign-owned renewable energy companies locking up agricultural land for solar and wind projects — not the country dominating the headlines.
Aug 20, 2026
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A third of it is paperwork errors. The NRF retracted its biggest claim. And as a share of sales, the jump is far smaller than the dollars suggest.
Aug 19, 2026
More than half gone in 13 years. Look at the chart: the gaps between each data point are getting bigger, not smaller.
Aug 18, 2026
Seven years ago it was $375 billion. CBO projects $2.1 trillion by 2036 — larger than Social Security's entire tab today.
Aug 14, 2026
Not 8%. Not 10%. Two percent a year. That is what history says to expect when stocks are priced where they are right now.
Aug 13, 2026
At 1.57 Births Per Woman — 25% Below Replacement — There Won't Be Enough Of Them.
Aug 12, 2026
Everyone will have the 3.4% figure by lunch. The number nobody mentions is 44-to-3 — and that one tells you whether the inflation fight is actually over.
Aug 11, 2026
The same plan cost $6,438 in 2000 — a 319% rise in 25 years. Overall inflation over the same stretch was about 85%.
Aug 7, 2026
2% of participants pulled money out early before COVID. Last year it was 6%. The savings gap is widening from both ends.
Aug 6, 2026
That ratio is the number that actually tells you who holds the cards when salary talks happen.
Aug 5, 2026
On a $6,700 balance — the national per-person average — that six-point jump costs an extra $400 a year just to carry the same debt.
Aug 4, 2026
Longer than the dot-com bust. Longer than COVID. More than 50 percent longer than the financial crisis. It finally flipped.