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🚨 NEW: Over 1 million Americans age 65+ are now living with unrelated roommates as rent costs continue to surge. Many seniors who worked their entire lives are now forced to split housing just to afford basic living expenses.pic.twitter.com/D9PYaUdQEF — Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) February 17, 2026
Kamala wanted first time home owners to get a $25,000 tax credit. Trump wants first time home owners to take out a 50 year mortgage. MAGA! — Kid Riles (@kid_riles) January 30, 2026 Trump bragged he would bring home costs down 30-50%pic.twitter.com/b9TZCKWq5l — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) January 30, 2026 It’s a K-Shaped economy. The well …
Business owner: I have seen a constant increase of 25-50% in the cost of our equipment because of tariffs. Our most recent project, I received a $30,000 tariff bill. That cost was never forecasted and could have never been anticipated for. For a new small business, that kind of… pic.twitter.com/MaRaZ4qv2X — FactPost (@factpostnews) January 22, …
Took a look at the CPI report. Food is up 0.7% and natural gas service is up 4.4% The only reason is flat is because of the drop in oil prices and used car prices. Actual living costs are up. pic.twitter.com/UDwkcC2tnp — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) January 13, 2026 Jason Burack of Wall St for Main St …
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-its-next-major-ai-platform-at-ces-2026-230045205.html AI powerhouse Nvidia (NVDA) announced the launch of its next-generation Vera Rubin superchip at CES 2026 on Monday in Las Vegas. One of six chips that make up what Nvidia is now calling its Rubin platform, Vera Rubin combines one Vera CPU and two Rubin GPUs in a single processor. Nvidia is framing the …
An American goes to the ER for high blood pressure. He’s there less than TWO hours. No surgery. No scans. The bill comes back at $41,297 — even AFTER he’s paid his FULL out-of-pocket max. This isn’t healthcare — it’s extortion. pic.twitter.com/8czWauKyG8 — MatrixMysteries (@MatrixMysteries) December 24, 2025
"As seen in PNC’s Christmas Price Index, which tracks the cost of each gift in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” prices rose by 4.5% in 2025, down from 2024’s 5.4% gain." -JPMorgan AM pic.twitter.com/AKmUtyNVSf — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) December 24, 2025
No way this is true. Tariff rate for a doll is 25%, so $800 tariff would be on a doll worth$3,200. — Jackie Staaf (@StaafJackie) December 22, 2025 pic.twitter.com/3QiXj2zlCu — Mahovolich (@mahovolich) December 21, 2025
$JPM 👀 pic.twitter.com/I9AEkddf7K — Godzilla Trader 🦖 (@David_Tracey) December 9, 2025 JPMorgan shares drop as bank warns of fragile consumers, higher costs Investing.com — JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) stock fell 4.3% by 2 pm Tuesday after the bank’s consumer and community banking CEO Marianne Lake warned of a “bit more fragile” consumer environment and projected higher-than-expected …
Let’s be honest.. The only thing this administration has kept their word on has been deportations. Everything is still unaffordable ( gaslit everyday & saying it’s a “hoax” ), gotten into countless wars ( none have ended ), bailing out foreign countries, none stop foreign aid,… https://t.co/JfNUVC61Jy — blake (@blakestonks) December 6, 2025 BESSENT: US …
SHE JUST DISCOVERED THE DUMBEST PRICING GLITCH IN AMERICA – AND WALMART CAN’T EVEN EXPLAIN IT. This woman went to Walmart to grab the ink she always buys. It used to be around $40. Today? $79. Same box. Same ink. Then she checks the shelf and sees the entire printer – which comes with that …
Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, has argued that the recent surge in spending by Big Tech on AI-data centers is economically unrealistic. On the “Decoder” podcast he estimated that building and fully outfitting a one-gigawatt AI data center costs about $80 billion. Given that industry announcements suggest firms are planning up to 100 gigawatts of …
For decades, people have fretted about the financial sustainability of America’s bedrock retirement income program. Now, Social Security’s precarious fiscal state is an issue for the here and now. How to fix it is set to be a defining political fight of the next several years, with millions of Americans’ benefits and the fiscal future of the …
AI infrastructure is driving electricity costs higher: US industrial electricity prices in the top 5 states with the most data centers have surged +43% over the last 5 years. These states are Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, and Ohio. By comparison, prices have risen +26% nationally over the same period. Prices in both groups rose at …
via AIER’s The Daily Economy: The 2025 Thanksgiving season arrives with an unwelcome development: after last year’s brief and much-needed period of easing in several Thanksgiving staples, prices have begun to tick back up. As of September 2025, the AIER Thanksgiving Cost Index stands at 1904.72, less than half of one percent from its all-time high of 1912.30 (2023). …
Chinese are building out 33 next gen nuclear power plants at much cheaper costs than us and we’re debating bathroom rights… Anyone know a good mandarin language tutor? https://t.co/E1mnVPnUL0 pic.twitter.com/nCyJCtQhRn — Kris Patel 🇺🇸 (@KrisPatel99) November 11, 2025 China Aims for Nuclear Expansion with Approval of 10 New Reactors Approval aligns with China’s climate goals …
Credit scores are collapsing faster than at any time since the Great Recession, and the warning lights are flashing across every corner of the economy. Millions are now falling behind on car loans, credit cards, and personal loans, revealing how fragile the so-called recovery really is. “Credit scores are falling at the fastest pace since …
Keep in mind, the Q3 average gold price was not much different from Q2. I am actually hoping they sell off after a disappointing earnings quarter, only to absolutely explode on Q4 earnings. — Doc (@EmmettBrownMD) October 20, 2025 The Fed is pissed about gold moving higher — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) October 20, 2025
What the chart really conveys is the scale of economic drag gun violence imposes. Converting each firearm homicide into lost economic value using the government’s own VSL benchmark, the burden routinely matches or exceeds what the US spends annually on critical categories like research, infrastructure, or social safety nets. When that ratio sits near 1% …
Independent view:You are correct in what you are saying but did the insurance companies not sell Obama on the ACA in the first place? Seemed like that was a sweetheart deal to insurance companies while the people lost good coverage.I don’t see the insurance companies going… — RKbarbourjr (@RKbarbourjr) October 6, 2025 Mark Kelly: "In …
Banks and PE don't like the sunlight. They fight it at all costs. Then you get a Tricolor and they all act shocked. — kristen shaughnessy (@kshaughnessy2) October 4, 2025 Most of Wall Street had buy recommendation or no worse than hold recommendations on Silicon Valley Bank the DAY IT FAILED. pic.twitter.com/jKFS2juOAf — TACO Trade …
The American workforce is wobbling on the edge of a precipice yet Washington’s bickering shows no signs of slowing. In September the country lost 32,000 jobs a number that is only the visible tip of a larger unraveling. The figures are not just statistics they are people struggling to pay rent put food on the …
The lights are still on, but keeping them that way is getting expensive fast. No one in charge wants to admit how bad it has become. Electricity in the average U.S. city now costs 18 cents per kilowatt-hour. That is a 35 percent increase in five years. Prices are rising faster than wages, faster than …
Sherwin Williams cutting its 401(k) match is a pretty loud signal about where the cracks are showing in the economy. The company lives and dies by housing turnover and renovation cycles. Normally, people buying and selling homes drive paint demand, and DIY projects keep the volume steady. But with mortgage rates still locking people into …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Electricity demand for AI data centers is soaring. The result won’t be pretty. Consumer electricity costs from BLS, Industrial costs from Statista, chart by Mish Chart Notes: Industrial prices for 1980-2010 only for years divisible by 5. The rest are extrapolated. I estimated the consumer cost for 2025 from …
A Florida lawmaker is pushing to eliminate homeowners associations in the state after calling them a ‘failed experiment’. HOAs have been stirring up controversy in Florida, where residents are becoming frustrated with steep fees, strict rules and rigorous enforcement. As tensions continue to rise, State Rep. Juan Carlos Porras (R-Miami) is fighting to abolish HOAs …
Raising Cane's recently shrunk the size of their chicken fingers but that hasn’t stopped them from increasing their prices 6 chicken fingers now cost $18.79 plus tax $20 dollars used to get you an entire cart of groceries in America pic.twitter.com/iqq47IA8pD — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) September 5, 2025
The economy just got punched. $31 billion in tariffs hit in a single month. August didn’t end in prosperity or surplus. It ended in extraction. Every dollar was drained from consumers and corporations, funneled straight into the Treasury’s vault. The machinery of wealth didn’t grind forward, it was siphoned sideways. Importantly, tariffs are being paid …
The grid is snapping. Not metaphorically. Not slowly. It’s breaking under unrelenting pressure, pressure from machines that never rest, never blink, never care. Data centers are not a part of the future. They are the future’s parasite. And they are feeding on your power. “Electricity prices across the country rose at more than twice the …
The Big Short wasn’t about 2008. It was about every earnings call you’re watching right now. 2006: lenders bragged about profits while delinquency rates exploded. 2025: – Corporates brag about “AI revenue” but hide costs. – They brag about “stable headcount” but bury workforce hollowing. – They brag about “strong balance sheets” but roll silent …