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The UK has no choice but to start cutting its welfare bill, this could happen here in the US. The UK faces the doom loop of rising borrowing costs, growing deficits and a government facing a lot of bad choices …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The moral rot of unlimited debt looks “free” but it’s unaffordable in the end. We like to think we’re special and this moment in history is special, but alas, we’re still running Wetware 1.0 which was coded …
“.. The findings highlight that many workers don’t have a rainy-day fund.” Link to article:https://t.co/w6wkWBVBqv — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) June 24, 2025 More Americans are tapping their 401(k)s just to get by. Hardship withdrawals from retirement plans have quadrupled …
Completed (ready-to-occupy) new homes climbed to 119K in March…an increase of 34% from a year earlier pic.twitter.com/XhGu9dtuRi — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) April 24, 2025 🚨 Home prices are falling in 11 major U.S. cities – the most widespread decline …
China has spent 7 yrs making “bad economic choices” to prepare itself for decoupling it has anticipated since 2018. It has diversified trade partners byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts China 🇨🇳 may be the world’s biggest exporter, but its economy isn’t nearly as …
The Producer Price Index (PPI) for January jumped by +.4%, exceeding the forecasted +.3%. This unexpected rise highlights ongoing inflation pressures, which could have significant effects on both consumers and businesses. The PPI gauges the average change over time in …
https://twitter.com/BernieSpofforth/status/1688125097276583936 She has no idea whats comes next…pic.twitter.com/6gh4mjC1Da — Chris Martenson (@chrismartenson) August 6, 2023