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“Inflation is still too high. Further progress in bringing it down is not assured, and the path forward is uncertain,” Fed Chair Powell said.

May 6, 2024 4:06 pm

Is the Fed heading towards another monetary policy mistake? "Perhaps, the Fed has no idea what is going on and their past policy mistakes can be taken as proof. If they indeed have no clue, how can anyone trust them?" …

#FlashbackFriday to 2008 when the government assured us Debt to GDP wouldn’t reach 100% until 2030. Fast forward to today 2024, not only did we hit 100% a decade earlier, but we’re now at 125%.

February 25, 2024 10:17 am

Want to fix America? Here’s a good starting idea. h/t theSilverVigilante

I had been assured that Bidenomics was working.

December 6, 2023 2:45 pm

REALITY ONLY BITES AFTER YOU’VE BEEN DENYING IT: Economic reality bites as Newsom faces a big California budget problem. During his much ballyhooed, nationally televised debate with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted that the state’s …

At the heart of China’s growth miracle since 1990 has been a massive housing bubble which is just beginning its bust. Major crisis assured.

September 24, 2023 10:01 pm

Even China’s 1.4 billion population can’t fill all its vacant homes, former official says Unsold, completed: ~7.2 million homes, according to Reuters calculations, based on the average home size of 90 square metres. That does not count: the numerous residential …