Who’s driving this thing?: We all have different roles in the economy based on our particular jobs, industry or sector we work in and whether we are investors or managers (or both). But the one thing we all have in common regardless of our role in the economy: we are all consumers. As a recent ITR Economics blog post states, when it comes to driving the economy, the consumer is “the person at the wheel.”

How healthy is the consumer your business depends on (directly or indirectly)? Check out ITR’s brief post“Eyes on the Consumer: A Four-Pronged Assessment.”

High Frequency Data Tracker: Check out important year over year (2019 through 2022) changes in key economic metrics with Dr. Brian Wesbury’s High Frequency Data Tracker for the week ending December 30, 2022.