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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% …
via Mike Maharrey Corporate bankruptcies hit a 14-year high in 2024, and the pace continued through the first seven months of 2025. This should throw cold water on those who imagine the U.S. economy is booming, and it underscores the Catch-22 facing the Federal Reserve as it wrestles with interest rate policy to battle sticky price inflation. In …
Reported #cognitive challenges among US 18-yo since 1990. What happened around 2010 that caused the sharp rise in reports? 🤔#SocialMedia pic.twitter.com/P7rndLi6oT — Lance Roberts (@LanceRoberts) April 21, 2025
Private jobs are in full economic collapse already https://t.co/Id684m0Ubw — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) December 30, 2024 Way overstretched. The correction is going to be historic. https://t.co/bTDpnWMbqN — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) December 31, 2024 Every time corporate insider buying reaches elevated levels, it has often coincided with stock market bottoms Right now, corporate insider buying …
by confoundedinterest17 We are in the jungle. And its a bungle in the economic jungle. Existing home sales disappointed (yet again) in September, declining 1.0% MoM (vs expectations of a 0.5% MoM rise). August’s 2.5% MoM drop was revised up to a 2.0% MoM drop, but still left existing home sales down 3.5% YoY… Source: Bloomberg Total sales …
by confoundedinterest17 Here are some bits and pieces about the US economy and interest rates. The Federal Reserve, the most powerful Socialist machine on the planet, is considering rate their target rate after some bad economic news. First, real median household income (released yesterday for 2022) showed a decline of -2.3%. That is the worst …
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics should be called Sovietnomics. Meaning the same type of command-driven economy that helped demolish the old Soviet Union instead of a western-style demand-driven economy. Biden’s reliance on “goin’ green” has been bad for the middle class (but a boon for the wealthy donor class like Tom Steyer, the donor when The Bidens …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/july-filings-propel-2023-us-corporate-bankruptcy-tally-past-2022-s-total-76838356 US corporate bankruptcies rose again in July as high interest rates and a challenging operating environment continue to push US companies over the brink. S&P Global Market Intelligence recorded 64 corporate bankruptcy filings in July, the largest monthly total since March and more filings than in any single month in 2021 …
by confoundedinterest17 The US has passed the 32 trillion mark in national debt, and is going much, much higher. More like 32 tons on the back of taxpayers. When we add unfunded liabilities like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, the tab soars to $224.5 TRILLION. New data show that a growing number of U.S. firms are collapsing …
Seems like you are the problem if you cant address and correct your number priority in 20 years. https://twitter.com/thekevindalton/status/1675250179220574208?s=46&t=z4S3SbHryFIVFQgblrJk4Q And remember, when was in charge of San Fran he gave the homeless bus tickets to go out of town, to any town but his. h/t labbond
by BoatSurfer600 It’s turning into a banner year for corporate bankruptcy filings, after years of Easy Money that caused all kinds of excesses, fueled by yield-chasing investors, in an environment where the Fed had repressed yields with all its might. Those yield-chasing investors kept even the most over-indebted zombies supplied with ever-more fresh money. But …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/gensler-statement-credit-ratings-060723 Today, the Commission is considering adopting a set of final rules to remove references to credit ratings from Rules 101 and 102 of Regulation M (Reg M). I am pleased to support these rules because they will fulfill an important mandate issued by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial …