looking for upward movement early week
World Happiness Report 2021
- an annual list powered by data from the Gallup World Poll
World's happiest countries 2021:
1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Germany
8. Norway
9. New Zealand
10. Austria
11. Israel
12. Australia
Source: https://worldhappiness.report/
World Happiness Report 2021
- an annual list powered by data from the Gallup World Poll
World's happiest countries 2021:
1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Germany
8. Norway
9. New Zealand
10. Austria
11. Israel
12. Australia
Source: https://worldhappiness.report/
wheres the usa ? 
World Happiness Report 2021
- an annual list powered by data from the Gallup World Poll
World's happiest countries 2021:
1. Finland
2. Iceland
3. Denmark
4. Switzerland
5. Netherlands
6. Sweden
7. Germany
8. Norway
9. New Zealand
10. Austria
11. Israel
12. Australia
Source: https://worldhappiness.report/
wheres the usa ?
We failed to make it into the top 12 again this year.
However, since trump got a beatdown in November,
we did improve from 18th to 14th happiest. 
@KellyM_1964
Where's the USA? Unfortunately, the USA has millions of white Christian evangelicals and fundamentalists filled with white grievance formented by a bigoted sociopathic ex-President. It's hard to be really happy when you are seething with rage against blacks, Hispanics, Asians, person, gays, bisexuals, atheists, Muslims, Arabs, liberals, scientists, evolutionists and pro-choice activists.
I salute the millions of tolerant religious liberals, but sadly, I am certain that list is incomplete.
According to Fox business, US manufacturing is strongest since 1983, implying iimproved demand as economy recovers from pandemic. Institute for supply management reports March measures of new orders, production and hiring jumped. More companies report optimistic outlooks about future business conditions.
yep 
in the 5 months since biden was elected things have been looking very optimistic for our economy 
Homeowners saw their property taxes
take a big leap in trump's final year
CNN - Homeowners across the US saw their property tax bill get significantly
more expensive last year.
Total property taxes levied on single-family homes in 2020 were up 5.4%
from the year before, the biggest average increase in four years,
according to an analysis of 87 million US homes by ATTOM Data Solutions.
Homeowners saw their property taxes
take a big leap in trump's final year
CNN - Homeowners across the US saw their property tax bill get significantly
more expensive last year.
Total property taxes levied on single-family homes in 2020 were up 5.4%
from the year before, the biggest average increase in four years,
according to an analysis of 87 million US homes by ATTOM Data Solutions.
overlooked fact
Dow sinks more than 320 points Thursday
on worries about higher taxes (?)
By Anneken Tappe
The Biden administration wants to raise taxes on the WEALTHY to pay for the
pandemic recovery (ed. largely exacerbated by the failed trump regime).
It has proposed to hike capital gains taxes for those earning more than $1 million
to 39.6%. This much was already known in March.
Wall Street is not impressed and the shock from these numbers is hard for
investors to shake off, said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda.
That said, this is only a proposal and the final product might look very different.
"Stocks remain near record highs, so these market wobbles could be a good excuse
for investors to sell shares and bank some profits," Moya added.
*NOTE: obviously no such proposal, not even a watered down one,
will ever receive republican support in the senate to pass, so all this fuss is moot,
and the economy and markets will continue to roll along.
Most people understand (not all, but most) that the markets fluctuate routinely
daily and weekly. No cause for alarm.
"Stocks remain near record highs, so these market wobbles could be a good excuse
for investors to sell shares and bank some profits," Moya added.
*NOTE: obviously no such proposal, not even a watered down one,
will ever receive republican support in the senate to pass, so all this fuss is moot,
and the economy and markets will continue to roll along.
Most people understand (not all, but most) that the markets fluctuate routinely
daily and weekly. No cause for alarm.
DOW rebounds +227 Friday.
Commerce department reports gross domestic product increased by 1.6% in first quarter of 2021 or 6.4% annualized rate. US economy is on its way to growth not seen since the 1980s. Also weekly jobless claims fell to new lows. Gallop poll reveals most Americans are confident about their future financial situation. Under Biden, US is becoming healthier, richer and stronger!
@thirdperson
You mean becoming richer because of leverage? That's not becoming richer, that's going into more debt and cooking the books to look like you're building and becoming stronger. Stronger? You mean the cost of goods is sky rocketing for consumers because everyone got stimulus checks so it's ok to raise prices, because you know " this fair share crap is BS" and the big dogs want that stimulus money in their pocket and not the everyday peoples?! Get outta here with your nonsense propaganda lies.
Everything looks better than last year because everything was CLOSED last year. All production stopped so obviously the numbers will increase.
Most Americans are NOT confident about their future financial situation because of over leverage.
Under Biden, US is becoming healthier, richer and stronger!
(followup to what was first reported here by thirdperson)
US economy soared in the first quarter,
growing at a 6.4% rate
Much of the economy is growing again and that's great news.
The first quarter was the best since 1984, which is an impressive feat.
Importantly, the advance in first-quarter GDP was driven in large part by consumers
spending money — particularly on cars, food and beverages and services like
restaurants and accommodations, according to the Commerce Department report.
The jump in spending marks consumer confidence given the ongoing vaccination
effort and more stimulus from Washington. Particularly compared with the end of
2020, when rising virus infections spurred renewed job losses in the services industry,
said Mike Englund, chief economist at Action Economics, in a note.
(followup to what was first reported here by thirdperson)
US economy soared in the first quarter,
growing at a 6.4% rate
Much of the economy is growing again and that's great news.
The first quarter was the best since 1984, which is an impressive feat.
Importantly, the advance in first-quarter GDP was driven in large part by consumers
spending money — particularly on cars, food and beverages and services like
restaurants and accommodations, according to the Commerce Department report.
The jump in spending marks consumer confidence given the ongoing vaccination
effort and more stimulus from Washington. Particularly compared with the end of
2020, when rising virus infections spurred renewed job losses in the services industry,
said Mike Englund, chief economist at Action Economics, in a note.
good news indeed always a good sign when consumer confidence rises
This clip from an article was published in Feb of 2021 by Jeff Stein who is an White House economic reporter...
America’s federal debt is set to exceed the size of the entire U.S. economy this year for only the second time since the end of World War II, a reflection of the extraordinary emergency measures approved by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.
The remarkable surge in federal borrowing is due largely to the more than $4 trillion in spending approved by the federal government to fight the pandemic since March. As a result, the federal government’s debt burden will in 2021 be larger than the size of the total U.S. gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services in the economy, according to the CBO. 2020 was the first time this had occurred since 1946, when the country was fresh out of World War II.
Fubah, you spew these articles that lack major context. You are a fool to the propaganda that you seem to read daily.
a good sign of recovery
ever since rump left !
a good sign of recovery ever since rump left !
Americans' incomes zoomed higher
at record speed in March
New York (CNN Business)The economic recovery is underway and while
there's still plenty of work to be done, new data on Americans' incomes
shows the government's spending efforts are bearing fruit.
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