Michigan News & Analysis

Michigan has 24,000 known contaminated sites, a legacy of heavy manufacturing where industries carelessly discarded hazardous materials with minimal regulatory oversight. Taxpayers are often left to clean up these abandoned locations, known as brownfi…

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed lawsuits against Hawaii and Michigan over their planned legal action against fossil fuel companies for harms caused by climate change, claiming the states’ actions conflict with federal government a…

For Trump’s most faithful in Michigan, immigration is the key issue.

It is looking less and less likely that the dramatic rise in long-term inflation expectations among US consumers, as measured by the University of Michigan for the second month in a row, is actually a random outlier – a measurement error. Fed Chair Jay…

President Trump has urged people to “be cool” in assessing the impact of tariffs on their investments. Asked about his own savings earlier this month, he chuckled and replied: “I haven’t checked my 401(k).”

United States Michigan Consumer Expectations Index registered at 47.3 above expectations (47.2) in April

United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index registered at 52.2 above expectations (50.8) in April

The EUR/USD pair weakens to near 1.1380 during the early Asian session on Friday. However, the downside for the major pair might be limited as investors remain concerned about the US-China trade tensions. Later on Friday, the final reading of Michigan …

Look at ETFs to safeguard your portfolios as inflation expectations rise, driven by the Trump administration’s chaotic tariff policies.

Michigan was one of the key battleground states Trump flipped last year from Democrats on his path back to the White House.

300 people make up “Book Brigade.”

Bill Bengel, 84, a Michigan retiree, stopped working 24 years ago. After an amputation, he’s learned to reevaluate his retirement goals.

The breakeven inflation rate has a better record than the University of Michigan survey. Here’s what it’s saying now.

While consumer sentiment has taken a significant hit, players such as SFM, BJ, CHWY and KR are adapting to changing behaviors for future growth.

Tricia Patras’s parents divorced after 19 years of marriage. During the pandemic, her mom moved back in with her dad and they’ve been cohabiting ever since.

A new survey from the University of Michigan shows consumers souring sharply on the economic outlook as the trade war heats up.

“The latest consumer sentiment numbers for April came in worse than expected. The expected inflation level also surged to its highest level since 1981, according to the University of Michigan survey on consumers.” Dow is up 450 as I write this. Seems l…

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/economy/us-consumer-sentiment-april/index.html Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading o…

Consumer confidence in the US continued to deteriorate in April, with the University of Michigan’s (UoM) Consumer Sentiment Index dropping to 50.8 in the flash estimate from 57 in March. This reading came in worse than the market expectation of 54.5.

United States Michigan Consumer Expectations Index below expectations (50.8) in April: Actual (47.2)

United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index registered at 50.8, below expectations (54.5) in April

Where legislatures have refused to boost pay and benefits for workers, advocates have often taken the fight straight to voters. In recent years, voters in Michigan, Missouri, and Nebraska overwhelmingly backed higher state minimum wages and guara…

Olivia Walch is an investigator in the Department of Neurology at the University of Michigan and CEO of a tech start-up called Arcascope. Her research has been featured on CNN, NPR, and in The Atlantic, among other outlets. Beyond sleep research, she …

Jeff Bezos is funding a secretive EV startup based in Michigan called Slate Auto that could start production as soon as next year, according to multiple sources and documents that link the billionaire’s family office to the startup. Slate, which took r…

Key Events this week "Reciprocal Tariff" Responses Likely Begin -Monday Fed Meeting Minutes – Wednesday March CPI Inflation data – Thursday Initial Jobless Claims data – Thursday March PPI Inflation data – Friday Michigan Consumer Sentiment…

Midwest gem Traverse City, Michigan, won me over with its wine, vibes, and prices. The town is cheaper to visit and as pretty as Napa Valley.

GM is set to sell its entire stake in the Lansing, MI, battery plant to LG Energy for about $2.08 billion to scale back EV expansion due to slowing sales.

Protesters from New York to Berlin called for a boycott against Tesla, denouncing the company’s CEO, Elon Musk.

At Tesla Takedown protests in Michigan hundreds of people gathered to voice their concerns about the new administration.

One of the most notable aspects of the new University of Michigan consumer sentiment report was the number of people who expect higher unemployment in the next year. The figure was 66% for March, up from 51% in February. In fact, the new level nearly matches the highest level during the worst part of the […]

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American car manufacturing dominated the automotive industry in the 20th century. Here’s what the factories looked like.

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the performance of the US Dollar (USD) against six major currencies, is currently set to close off this Friday in a loss at 103.90 at the time of writing on Friday. Traders are not really looking at the Greenback…

Summary: The University of Michigan's final report shows five-year inflation expectations jumped to 4.1% in March, the highest since February 1993. Consumer sentiment plunged 12% from February, reaching its weakest level since November 2022. Two-t…

United States Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index came in at 57 below forecasts (57.9) in March

Caroline Fleck, PhD, is a licensed psychologist, corporate consultant, and adjunct clinical instructor at Stanford University. She received a BA in psychology and English from the University of Michigan and an MA and PhD from the Department of Psychol…

Uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s economic policies has sent consumer confidence spiraling. According to a University of Michigan survey, consumer sentiment is down 22% so far in 2025. In conjunction with Trump’s protectionist tariffs, growing pessimism is fueling recession fears. Bruce Kasman, chief economist at JPMorgan, recently put the odds of a recession in the […]

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Billionaire wades deeper into political waters.

The Dearborn Inn in Michigan was one of the first airport hotels in the US when it was built nearly a century ago. It has now been restored.

Law school applications are up 20% from a year ago amid economic and political pressures. Here is some key advice for the tougher environment.

Five low-beta high-yielding stocks have strong growth potential for 2025. These are: AEE, ATO, AWK, ETR, NI.

Investors found some relief on Friday from the head-spinning developments around tariffs that sent stocks lower earlier in the week. The U.S. economic calendar was light on Friday, with a report from the University of Michigan showing its gauge of con…

A new survey from the University of Michigan shows Americans bracing for economic pain as tariffs and policy uncertainty bite.