Sources
- Census release (Oct 1, 2026): https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/release.pdf
- Census private construction table (includes Data center row, Table 3 SEs): https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/privsa.pdf
- Census definitions: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/definitions.html
- Census Feb 2024 notice that Data center is published under private Office: https://www.census.gov/construction/c30/pdf/pr202402.pdf
- BLS PPI, Aug 2026 summary: https://www.bls.gov/beta/nextgen/ppi/producer-price-index-2026-09-10.htm
- BLS PPI release, Sept 2026 (Oct 15, 2026): https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ppi.pdf
- BLS series via FRED, NSA: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/PPIFDC ; SA: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/PPIDCS
and yet paradoxically the only thing keep us out of recession :\
when you think back to how easily the entire global economy exploded in 2008… the last 18months makes zero fucking sense.
We’re already in a recession, they’re just manipulating the numbers with this bullshit.
How can you tell the recession already started?
*gestures at everything.
On an individual basis when wages don’t keep up with inflation, it feels like a recession. When retail sales are down, services spending is down and business spending is down, except for ai, it feels like a recession.
It’s a K shaped economy. While the wealthy privateers and traditional metrics say “everything is fine, don’t worry” you have other hard working people sliding down hill. Everyone feels it, the traditional numbers don’t show it because the real economy and private markets are detached.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession_shapes#K-shaped
K shaped economy. By all traditional metrics the biggest winners in the economy are disproportionately propping it up.
Thanks for the keyword. Looked into it, and it seems that the economy is in a weird state now. VC money is causing inflation, which causes issues with everything that isn’t directly tied to AI. All the AI related companies are doing just fine, especially chip manufacturers. All the other industries are suffering. The number of bankruptcies is also alarming.
This is what happens when they extract money away from all the things that fundamentally support a strong society.