…has been kept afloat by AI data center-related spending, which shows up in three high frequency weekly data series. The first is consumer retail spending published by Redbook: On a…

…roughly 710,000 fewer children last year compared with the nation’s peak in 2007, according to preliminary data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Chart: Vital Statistics Rapid…

…(gray) did rose from 53.5 to 54.1, suggesting the modest Boom – probably 90% of which is related to AI data center construction – will continue. The three month averages,…

…companies at the center of the opioid crisis) was finally put to death as the result of lawsuits over its pushing of OxyContin. The allegation is that the company misrepresented…

…Brags About Taking Food Aid from Millions,” Common Dreams US President Donald Trump received a standing ovation from Republican lawmakers and administration officials Tuesday night when he bragged during his State of…

…~~~~ It has become increasingly likely that the Boom (or maybe Bubble) in spending on the construction and operation of AI data centers may be the only thing that has…

…of the stock market: (1) AI data center related spending, and (2) domestic energy company profits. Let me tackle the second one first, because it is relative simple and straightforward….

…high interest rates and global trade impact. Without the corporate capital expenditure on chips and data centers, overall economic output might have already went negative, NDd gives the detail to…

…I have included a definition. U of M Hospital has a few of the around Ann Arbor. Ambulatory Surgery Center = modern health care facilities focused on providing same-day surgical…

…in budget allocations rather than a payment for budget allocations already made? This quirk in the law–the requirement that Congress authorize payment of costs already budgeted, already promised (e.g., in…