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International Reading: Gen Z would rather cut Social Security benefits for current retirees than pay higher taxes to save the program – Market Watch Trump says tariffs have brought in $18 trillion.

International Reading: Trump Hit With His Worst-Ever Approval Rating on the Economy – Daily Beast Trump Moves to End a Major Student Loan Forgiveness Program – Time U.S.

International Reading: Top Economist Warns Trump Tariffs Effectively Impose Tax Rate On Low-Income Households That Is Triple Of High-Income Ones – Bezinga ‘China was playing chess while the rest of us were playing checkers’: Bombshell study finds $200 billion of secret loans to U.S.

By Lucinda Jerogin, Associate Economist at CBA The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.5% in September.

International Reading: Thousands of people are cancelling their Disney, Hulu, and ESPN subscriptions!

International Reading: Las Vegas mayor says the city is suffering from a serious drop in Canadian tourists: ‘We need you, and we miss you’ – Fortune Hundreds of scared Arkansas farmers gathered to ask Trump for help — and plead with President to show ‘fruit’ of his love.

International Reading: Trump 2.0 is “Hoover 3.0.” GDP growth under Trump 1 was the worst since Hoover.

International Reading: Beginning tomorrow, Trump Tariffs Will Affect Nearly 75 Percent of US Food Imports.

International Reading: This company’s CEO made 6,666x more than its typical worker – CNN Gen Z men with college degrees now have the same unemployment rate as non-grads—a sign that the higher education payoff is dead  – Fortune The American Dream is no longer red, white, and blue—it’s gray.

International Reading: Student-loan borrowers are at high risk if Trump dismantles the Department of Education, 11 organizations told Elizabeth Warren – Business Insider Texas ranks as No.