Hurray, the holiday weekend is over! Your guilt-debt for 2024 is now at the 50% level, and after June, you’ll be done! So hang in there.
The Empire State Manufacturing Index came out, and let’s just say it’s a bit of a miss. The forecast was -4.9. The miss wasn’t -5.0 or -5.1. It was -43.7. So there’s your strong-as-hell economy for ya.
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