A Friday surge brought U.S. equity markets higher for the week.
Category: TRENDS ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC FRONT – Sep 29 2026
SPOTLIGHT: WHY U.S. APARTMENTS BECAME A BAD INVESTMENT
As we have greatly documented with facts and data, the economies of the U.S. and of many nations were artificially propped up during the COVID War.
U.S. CONSUMER SENTIMENT SAGS TO FOUR-MONTH LOW
The University of Michigan’s second of its bimonthly surveys of U.S. consumer sentiment fell to 48.1 in September, down from 51.7 in August.
U.S. MORTGAGE RATE HITS 7 PERCENT
Last week, the average national U.S. interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage reached 7.03 percent, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. reported, the highest since January 2025.
A THIRD OF AMERICANS ARE UNABLE TO PAY ALL THEIR BILLS IN A MONTH
Over the past year, a third of U.S. households were unable to pay all of their bills each month, according to a September poll by the Financial Health Network.
THE AI BUILDOUT IS BECOMING THE BIGGEST SPECULATION IN U.S. HISTORY
The construction boom in AI data centers is shaping up to be the biggest bet in U.S. history made on an emerging technology, The Wall Street Journal reported.
ECONOMIC UPDATE
As we have been detailing, by the facts and data, there is no relationship betweenWall Street and Main Street.






