U.S. National Debt now growing by $180 million per hour — and $5 billion every day. Take a guess on the national debt back in 2008.
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Private credit is starting to look like the next liquidity break, defaults just hit the highest level since 2008.
UBS freezing withdrawals for up to three years and firms like Apollo and BlackRock putting limits in place is not normal market behavior, that is liquidity stress showing itself in real time. People keep comparing this to 2008 like it is a straight repeat, it is not the same structure, but the core problem feels …
Peter Schiff warns 10-year yields at 4.4% signal rising debt and inflation pressures that could trigger a downturn worse than 2008
10-year Treasury yields hit 4.4% for the first time since July 2025. But war, exploding debt and soaring inflation will drive yields much higher. Without big rate cuts and massive QE (a mistake), stocks and real estate will crash, resulting in a financial crisis worse than 2008. — Peter Schiff (@PeterSchiff) March 20, 2026 🚨 …
Private payrolls near zero after revisions, bond market flashes pre 2008 style signals. ‘Nonexistent growth in labor force, which we’ve never had in our history’
Job creation in the US has slowed to essentially zero, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday as the Fed released its latest economic projections, which included slightly higher economic growth than previously projected and little change to the unemployment rate. Altogether, Powell said, central bankers see “a degree of stability” in the labor market. …
2008 warning signs flashing again across markets: credit squeeze, shadow banks, oil shock, rising unemployment. The smell is back. Private equity is already in trouble. The crisis is coming in April.
The 2008 parallels aren’t subtle anymore. Let me lay them out: ✓ Credit bubble reversing ✓ Shadow banks gating investor redemptions ✓ Forced asset sales to raise cash ✓ Collateral getting marked down (JP Morgan just did this) ✓ Oil shock driving prices toward $100 ✓ Central bankers focused on inflation, the wrong risk ✓ …
The 2023 banking crisis was three times worse than 2008. The upcoming one, in my opinion, will be six times worse than 2023.
Lender of last resort The 2023 banking crisis was three times worse than 2008. The upcoming one, in my opinion, will be six times worse than 2023. pic.twitter.com/cGLkWGDf7P — The Great Martis (@great_martis) March 14, 2026 Why does @jimcramer always pick March to crash the stock market? March 11th, 2008: “Bear Stearns is FINE”… Cramer …
Some shit about to happen in the stock market. There’s a large put volume. It happens slowly… then all at once. Just like the 2008 stock market crash.
Some shit about to happen in the stock market. There's a large put volume — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) March 10, 2026 It happens slowly… then all at once. Just like the 2008 stock market crash. History doesn’t repeat exactly – but it definitely rhymes. pic.twitter.com/Aij0xlRaPY — Common Sense Investor (CSI) (@commonsenseplay) March 10, 2026 …
Global Uncertainty Hits An ALL-TIME HIGH! Higher Than Covid, 2008 Financial Crisis, Dot-com Crash COMBINED
by confoundedinterest17 Global uncertainty hits an ALL-TIME HIGH. Higher than Covid, the 2008 financial crisis, and the dot-com crash COMBINED. You know what that means!
A Major Mortgage firm Just COLLAPSESD (just like what happened in 2008)
Blue Owl turmoil adds to strain in $2 trillion US private credit sector Summary Companies Blue Owl’s turmoil weakens private credit sector confidence AI advances threaten software companies in private credit portfolios Private credit market faces increased competition and valuation concerns
The Same Signal That Preceded 2000, 2008, and 2011 Just Triggered Again
via Phoenix Capital Research The spread between tech stocks and the rest of the market has reached historic levels. For weeks now, the MAG-7/ Big Tech have been correcting while the broader market index (the S&P 500) has rallied due to defensive sectors (Industrials, Consumer Staples, Energy) igniting. In this context, the #1 question concerning …
China’s 2008 moment is happening: New home prices in 70 Chinese cities fell -0.4% MoM in January. Year-over-year, prices fell -3.1%
China’s 2008 moment is happening: New home prices in 70 Chinese cities fell -0.4% MoM in January. Year-over-year, prices fell -3.1% byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Factcheck: The claim is accurate based on official data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), released in mid-February 2026 covering January 2026 figures for new home prices across 70 major cities. …
Q4 2025 U.S. credit card and auto loan delinquencies reach 2008 levels while student loan 90+ day delinquencies surge to a record 14%. Credit card debt hits record $1.28 trillion.
Q4 2025 student loans transitioning to 90+ days delinquent surged to +14%, a level never seen before in history. pic.twitter.com/OIBZin9gx1 — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) February 10, 2026 CREDIT CARD STRESS IS SURGING: 12.7% OF CREDIT CARD LOANS ARE NOW 90+ DAYS DELINQUENT, THE SECOND-HIGHEST LEVEL EVER, SURPASSED ONLY DURING THE AFTERMATH OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS …
The economy is slowing: Unemployment up. Retail sales down. 10 year yield is dropping as a result. An overlay of 2008 & 2026…
Yeah, GDP just falling off a cliff. pic.twitter.com/o12I4zWeDz — Derek Columbus (@columbus_derek) February 10, 2026 Goldman Sachs cuts Q4 GDP to 1.6% 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/brJug5LRqT — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) February 10, 2026 an overlay of 2008 & 2026… why is nobody talking about this… pic.twitter.com/oS0p2XDR2S — ₕₐₘₚₜₒₙ (@hamptonism) February 10, 2026
Factcheck: While Donald Trump provided information to victims’ attorneys in 2009, this assistance occurred after Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 conviction and did not trigger his initial arrest.
UNDENIABLE PROOF that Donald Trump voluntarily assisted the 2009 investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, which led to his first arrest and conviction. the reason why Epstein was convicted was because of the evidence provided by Trump. this is called a RECEIPT. pic.twitter.com/BO3gs8mhr6 — The Rubber Duck ™ (@TheRubberDuck79) February 3, 2026 The claim that Trump's assistance …
WARNING: This may be a PTSD trigger for those of you who were credit investors in 2008.
Kirkland & Ellis has withdrawn from representing Optimum after the company used a separate law firm to launch a lawsuit against creditors. The antitrust complaint alleged that investors, including Apollo, Ares, and Oaktree, conspired via cooperation agreement to raise debt prices and make it more expensive to refinance. These types of creditor protections have made …
Dow Jones to Gold ratio is now at a level only seen 4 times in history: 2026, 2008, 1973 & 1929
Dow Jones to Gold ratio is now at a level only seen 4 times in history:2026, 2008, 1973 & 1929 Every single time this has happened it's marked a fundamental change to the economic system: Banking Act of 1933Convertibility of the Dollar 1971Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 https://t.co/XQLCNKzbYu pic.twitter.com/OecvQCRg7R — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 25, 2026 …
Fed mocked Japan’s QE in the 1990s, copied it after 2008, and now the world sees the irony repeat
He’s right. Ironically when Japan announced their first QE the Fed arrogantly laughed at the idea in the 1990’s before doing the exact same thing following 2008. Now here we are again: pic.twitter.com/wEx5TcvCtC — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) January 22, 2026 The BOJ's failure to act will have dire consequences for its own economy and severe …
2025 Challenger: Highest Q4 Layoffs Since 2008, Lowest Hiring Since 2010
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Is the glass half full? Challenger expresses some optimism based on December. The 2025 Challenger report headline is Highest Q4 Layoffs Since 2008; Lowest YTD Hiring Since 2010 U.S.-based employers announced 35,553 job cuts in December, down 50% from the 71,321 job cuts announced in November. It is down 8% …
The “AAA” Lie: Why the Commercial Real Estate crash is officially worse than 2008 (A Deep Dive into the 1740 Broadway Deal)
via Macro_Untold Everyone talks about the “coming” crash, but if you look at the actual transaction logs from the last 6 months, the crash isn’t coming—it’s already here, and it’s being hidden by “Extend and Pretend” accounting. I’ve been digging into the specific numbers on the Blackstone 1740 Broadway default in NYC, and the math …
The AI bubble is built on impossible math, tiny revenue, massive leverage, and belief that gravity no longer applies. So this is what 2008 felt like?
This is the part where bubbles always start lying to people. JPMorgan is literally listing the same warning signs we heard before 2000 and 2008, but everyone shrugs because the word AI sounds magical. When companies are burning insane amounts of cash and promising the future will fix it later, that is not innovation, that …
2008 vibes are back, but this time the stakes are even higher. The 10 year 2 year spread is moving the way it did before past market breaks.
Was Friday the start of a bigger pullback for stocks?$VIX Term Structure fell below 0.79 on Thursday. Volatility was too low. This only happened 3 other times in the past 4 years. Each case was followed by at least a -10% correction for $SPX pic.twitter.com/vDxvJRwZLY — Subu Trade (@SubuTrade) December 14, 2025 JAN 2008. Markets …
Every major market crash followed a Fed pivot as rate cuts triggered brutal losses in stocks, from the 1970s to 2008.
They’re LYING to you, rate cuts are actually BAD… Well, in the short term they are. The biggest crashes in history didn’t happen before the Fed pivot. They happened after it. 1970s? Fed cuts → stocks nuked. 2000 dot-com? Fed cuts → -51%. 2008? Fed cuts → -58%. Even the early 2020s saw the same …
Bigger Than 2008! $2T CRE Crisis + Trillions in Toxic School Bonds Will Bankrupt America
“This is 2007, 2008 magnified multiple times over,” warns Mitch Vexler, a commercial real estate developer who has gone forensic on America’s crumbling financial foundations. In today’s interview, Vexler dismantles the narrative of stability. He details a $23 trillion property overvaluation scheme, a $2 trillion commercial real estate cliff, and trillions in impaired bank loans—all …
SPY faces most dangerous Fed day since 2008. If this rally is the final one, who will survive the crash?
For the people in the back Those that didn’t think we’d get a Seasonal Weakness either and cried their little hearts out when it did come and they were rugged THIS IS THE FINAL RALLY The market will go higher before a collapse!! This is NOT bullish It is giving you one more chance before …
US leading economic indicators hit lowest ratio since 2008, 4-year decline signals recession. Is this time different?
US leading economic indicators are still deteriorating: The ratio of US leading to coincident economic indicators is down to 0.85, the lowest level since 2008. This ratio has now declined for 4 consecutive years. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) tracks forward-looking data, including consumer expectations, manufacturing orders, weekly hours, and initial jobless claims. …
Searches for “help with mortgage” are higher than 2008 financial crisis levels
The wannabe real estate moguls going bust Mom-and-pop landlords built real estate empires using under-the-radar DSCR loans. Now it’s coming back to bite them. Applying for a home loan is a pain. You have to produce a heap of documents — bank statements, tax returns, employment records, tallies of investment accounts — to prove the …
3 out of 4 families can’t afford at least one basic need, car prices and tariffs keep rising, and the housing market risks a collapse worse than 2008
Veronica Martinez woke up early one recent morning to make a fresh batch of cookies. She packed them in a box and headed to a community center in East Oakland, where a nonprofit called Trybe invites families to get the things they need — produce, milk, eggs and even diapers. Most of the families set …
Worse than 2008 incoming?
Worse than 2008 incoming? byu/diehard404 ininflation Just a few years ago I (in school) thought a job offering $40k was a solid starting income. Now, I’m concerned about any job offering less than $60k. Inflation is the silent killer byu/Comfortablejack ininflation The housing crisis is also a crisis of hopelessness as young Americans give up, …
Japanese 2 year note yields top 1% for the first time since 2008. Cramer hints at hidden stress inside hedge funds tied to Japan carry risks and crypto heat
JAPAN’S 2-YEAR YIELD HITS 1% FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008, AND THE YEN CARRY TRADE JUST CRUMBLED OVERNIGHT. Stocks and Bitcoin mass liquidations return. pic.twitter.com/Uf3vxIsoRy — Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) December 1, 2025 Japan’s bond market sent a clear signal this week. The country’s two-year government bond yield touched 1%. Its highest level since 2008. …