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U.S. Economy: Labor Market Takes a Walk 🚶♂️ • U-3: 4.6% 📈• U-6: 8.7% ⚠️• Retail sales: flat (real spending negative w/inflation) 🛒 • Rates 📉 — labor still 📉 •Gold & Silver 📈How to position your portfolio as growth slows. The latest 👇https://t.co/Gnenu1VSZt pic.twitter.com/4fPSfnOAFn — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) December 16, 2025 The US …
OPEN THE BOOKS — Federal agencies have spent $4.6 Billion on furniture since 2021, despite most employees working from home.pic.twitter.com/54Kla1cD97 — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) April 9, 2025
If this spending spree doesn’t get reined in fast, expect another year of missing receipts, bloated budgets, and zero consequences. DOGE finds nearly $40 billion in spending linked to government-issued credit cards The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) pledged on Tuesday to “simplify” the federal government’s credit card program after it cost taxpayers nearly $40 …
10 year bond yield surges up to 4.611% 💀 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 24, 2024 ⚠️US LEVERAGE LOAN DEFAULTS ARE SKYROCKETING⚠️ US firms are defaulting on junk loans at the fastest pace since the 2020 CRISIS. This comes as firms took MASSIVELY on debt during the low rates environment in 2020 and now are …
Despite expectations of inflation tapering, the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge surpasses 8%, highlighting ongoing economic strains. March’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) records a significant uptick at 3.5%, the highest since September 2023, with Core CPI outperforming forecasts for four consecutive months at 3.8%. Amidst this backdrop, concerns loom over the sustainability of rising power …
by confoundedinterest17 The film “The Core” was a silly film, but core inflation in the US is a serious problem for the middle class and low-wage workers. It remains elevated despite Treasury Secretary Janet “The Marxist Gnome” Yellen saying it was “transitory.” Looks pretty permanent to me! The Federal Reserve’s preferred measures of US inflation …