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Coffee Talk knows its readers are among the most well informed professionals in the region when it comes to business news in Southwest Florida. But how do you stay on top of what's happening in the U.S. economy?

Readers might want to take a look at TrackingX.com, a new website that provides easily digestible summaries of the latest news and data about the nation's economic status.

For example, some of the most recent entries on the home page there explain trends in housing starts (up 3.5% over the month), initial jobless claims (down by 16,000 last week) and the Consumer Price Index (up 0.2% over the month), all with just a few sentences.