The traditional single-family home market faces pressure from both ends: Fewer young families are forming households and having children, while empty-nesters are aging in place in larger homes.

Alcohol consumption in the US is headed for a fourth-straight yearly decline, Bank of America analysts estimated.

Holidays are no break The single tax doesn't stop at the border ... expectation of 1.5% - and the UK will only narrowly avoid a recession. We'll know if that is the case this coming Thursday ...