Main Street U.S.A. Is Not Happy; That Is Bad News for
Establishment Political Candidates and for the
Financial Markets and the U.S. Dollar

Social Security COLA Shenanigans at the BLS?

Extraordinarily-Unusual Corrections to Unadjusted CPI Data
Moved the Unrounded COLA Calculation from 0.351% to 0.348%;
The Difference Was a 2017 COLA at 0.3%, Instead of 0.4%

September 2016 Annual Inflation Firmed by 0.4% to 0.5%, with
CPI-U at 1.5%, CPI-W at 1.2% and ShadowStats at 9.1%

Versus a Nominal Monthly Rebound of 0.6% in September,
Real Retail Sales Gained 0.3%, Failing to Recover July Levels, with a
Continuing, Intense Low-Annual-Growth Recession Signal

Down in September, Real Earnings
Have Declined in Five of the Last Six Months

September Freight Index Continued in Ongoing Economic Tumble