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PCE inflation rose to 4.1 percent annual rate in May. This up from 3.8 percent in April. Core PCE without food and energy also higher at around 3.4 percent. Energy prices main driver from ongoing Middle East issues. Real wages feel squeeze as prices outrun paychecks for many. Video from Rebel Capitalist points out this …
The numbers are starting to stack up. The US debt ceiling was raised by $5 trillion in 2025 through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The new limit is now around $41.1 trillion. That gives Washington more room until 2027. But the market is watching something else: The cost of carrying all that debt. The …
🚨 COSTCO CEO JUST ATE HIS OWN PRODUCT ON CAMERA — THEN SAID SOMETHING NOBODY EXPECTED Costco’s CEO Ron Vachris just sat down and did the “CEO eats his own product” test… and went straight for the $1.50 hot dog combo. Then he says it: the price isn’t changing. No increase. No… pic.twitter.com/qKdZzGwUAA — HustleBitch …
Michael Burry warns the U.S. might be headed towards full nationalization of the Bond Market 🤯👀😱 pic.twitter.com/Enwbs6ZFnS — Barchart (@Barchart) December 12, 2025 10Y 4.2 Powell is fuming — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 12, 2025 10 year yield right back up to 3 month highs despite the Fed announcing t-bill QE. The bond market is …
OUCH! The bond-market sell-off is continuing, w/German 30y yields climbing to their highest level since 2011 byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts If in doubt, the answer is always higher taxes or higher inflation. THE ENDGAME HAS BEGAN byu/Visible-Title6180 inWallstreetsilver h/t sunk-capital
19-YEAR-OLD DIES AFTER CLIMBING INTO LIONESS HABITAT AT BRAZILIAN ZOO A 19-year-old man died after invading a lioness enclosure at the Arruda Câmara Zoo in João Pessoa yesterday morning. Zoo officials said the man’s invasion was “sudden,” leaving no time to stop him. Despite reinforced walls over 6 meters high and security fencing, he managed …
SOFR rate is plunging which means liquidity is flush throughout the system. Ignore all of the other noise around $2000 stimmies and the end of the shutdown. This surge in liquidity alone will push equities and gold higher at least in the short term. https://t.co/tCTGfKPvLE — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) November 10, 2025 SOFR did drop …
The dollar’s purchasing power has collapsed 87% since 1970. Breaking out again from a rising wedge on the hourly. pic.twitter.com/iPD7rgYiaK — Sheppo (@VVeThePeople) September 30, 2025 Overnight gains are accelerating: Silver prices are now up +63% YTD, gold prices up +46% YTD. This makes precious metals one of the best performing asset classes for 2-straight …
So I’m supposed to believe the Fed is about to cut rates when credit spreads are sitting at multi-month tights? Cutting here = loosening financial conditions just as inflation pressures re-accelerate. That’s a policy mistake in the making and likely the only cut of 2025. The… pic.twitter.com/ubZOJscXpe — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) August 21, …
Guy on the roof waited 5 years for this. If you look closely you can see snipers on the White House roof. Bro was this close on forfeiting his life. h/t dimwitty
Three members of a North Carolina family, including a 7-year-old boy, died in the disastrous flooding from Helene. Now, the survivors share their story of immense grief and comforting faith.
4/ The financial pressure on consumers is evident in the increasing number of defaults Consumer defaults is now climbing at the fastest pace since 2007 While still below 2007 peaks, if current trends persist, we could hit 2008 levels H1 2025 pic.twitter.com/K1j77j1n8L — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) September 24, 2024 ShopperTrak same-store retail traffic is a …
by j_stars Japanese bond yields yoinking higher. Japan’s Federal Debt is 265% of GDP. Won’t be too long.
