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Introducing: Richland High School Opening next week in Prosper, Texas Nobody builds high schools like North Texas pic.twitter.com/sIqzLfXeAQ — Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW) August 7, 2025 Prosper ISD’s debt load is $5 billion with interest. “Prosper ISD’s 2023 bond package is …
Morgan Stanley just slammed a price tag on AI’s future. $2.9 trillion in data center spending by 2028. Only $1.4 trillion of that comes from actual cash flow. That leaves a massive $1.5 trillion debt crater. Not a simple gap. …
It’s clear the economy is slowing down badly and yet the market continues to hit new highs daily. Such a bizarre world. pic.twitter.com/0YaCw6mAGQ — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 6, 2025 The U.S. economy is experiencing a noticeable slowdown in mid-2025, …
The student loan debt crisis is exploding in 2025! In today’s deep-dive livestream, we expose the shocking truth behind a $40,922 student loan turning into a staggering $118,305 repayment nightmare. This isn’t just one story — millions of Americans are …
$38 trillion. That is the mountain of debt the United States carries. Senator Josh Hawley proposes issuing rebate checks funded by tariffs. The idea sounds simple. Tariffs raise revenue but also push prices higher for consumers already squeezed by inflation. …
The US federal debt just hit 36.66 trillion dollars. That’s an all-time high. But the real story is velocity. In just two weeks, public debt jumped 441 billion dollars. That’s not seasonal. That’s a panic refill. The Treasury General Account, …
UPS is closing 73 buildings and cutting 20,000 jobs. Amazon volume is down 50 percent. That’s not automation. That’s collapse. UPS says it’s “reconfiguring the network” but the closures are concentrated in retail-heavy states where consumer demand is evaporating. Q2 …
Nobody wants buy gov. Debt. Central bank holdings of government debt: • 🇯🇵 Japan: Over 50% of all outstanding government debt • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Approaching 50% of the outstanding debt • 🇪🇺 Eurozone: Nearly one-third of outstanding sovereign bonds …
The U.S. is drowning in debt. 80 trillion dollars. It’s not numbers on a page. It’s money borrowed and owed by everyone alive now and generations not even born yet. Politicians keep spending like there’s no tomorrow but there is …
It's so over for Crypto, Jim Cramer likes Bitcoin $BTC and Ethereum $ETH as a hedge against inflation and national debt. 😭pic.twitter.com/pjog2RQSeq — Just a Dude Who Invests (@DudeWhoInvests) July 23, 2025 Erratic behaviour intensifies. Mass distribution in play. pic.twitter.com/tyGlybiUWk …
I don’t think people understand just how fragile the UK bond market is. Every week, stories emerge about the increased risks linked to the duration, liquidity, and volatility of UK bonds. This is not just about yields going up or …
The biggest threat to your wealth today isn’t inflation or recession – it’s a deliberate policy shift meant to stabilize the national debt. This may be the only way out of our debt trap. But how much of our prosperity …
Marc Faber believes there is a very real possibility that the Trump administration will default on America’s debt obligations, and he thinks you would be insane to not be holding physical gold as the government continues to drive reckless spending …
by Martin Armstrong The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may no longer remove medical debt from credit scores, a federal judge has ruled. This is yet another example of political cycles dictating economic policy, as the Trump-era judge dismissed the …
Each American family could face $425k in federal debt load. In 10 years, the US government will be $55-60 trillion in debt (which will be 7-7.5 times government revenue) because there will be $25-30 trillion of additional borrowing. That amounts …
Independent analyses, ranging from Yale University to the Wharton School to the Congressional Budget Office, have each said that President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will add trillions of dollars to the U.S. deficit over the next 10 years. Yet, this …
by confoundedinterest17 We got silver? Tavi Costa at Crescat Capital (founded by my former MBA student at University of Chicago Kevin Smith) produced this excellent chart of silver prices showing the cup and handle of silver prices. The rise in …
Want to get serious about US deficits and debt? Address the entitlements. pic.twitter.com/HAPKe2ERmj — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) June 21, 2025
The bond market doesn’t shout. It signals. And right now, it’s sending a message no one in Washington wants to hear. Credit markets are quietly pricing in a six-level downgrade to U.S. sovereign debt. That would drop the country’s rating …
ROME DIDN’T FALL – IT BLED OUT IN GOLD, TAXES & DEBT (AND WE’RE NOT IMMUNE) The Roman Empire, once a beacon of power and prosperity, crumbled under the weight of internal mismanagement, with reckless spending and currency devaluation playing …
Right now, the House proposal fails to meet the moment. It does not meaningfully change spending (Medicaid expansion to able bodied, IRA subsidies). Plus many of the decent provisions and cuts, don’t begin until 2029 and beyond. That is swamp …
Does the debt get rolled over? How are CRE companies going to refinance their debts? What about corporate debt financed at the COVID lows near zero % that needs to be refinanced at 6%+? PE did it too How are …
They say inflation is cooling. The market claps. Yields dip. And just as quickly, they climb right back up. Over and over again. It is not confusion. It is the new reality. And many still do not get it. Soft …
Total household debt just hit a record $18.2T, up $167B in Q1. This isn’t prosperity. It’s survival—fueled by credit. Households aren’t thriving. They’re borrowing just to stay afloat. pic.twitter.com/jvqIHKvews — Kurt S. Altrichter, CRPS® (@kurtsaltrichter) May 14, 2025 Total household …
So how do we refinance the debt now? pic.twitter.com/XSeGui9ELI — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) May 13, 2025 The U.S. is on track to default on its debt within four years. We need to refinance $9T this year, plus $2-3T in new …
This won’t ever be paid back. It’s nothing but a giant Ponzi scheme at this point. https://t.co/1ok4LJIWZT — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 11, 2025 Gold scores highest weekly close in history 📈📈 pic.twitter.com/DOjfooThwz — Barchart (@Barchart) May 11, 2025 The …
Household debt service ratio vs. disposable personal income growth byu/MonetaryCommentary inEconomyCharts Rising household debt service and fading disposable income growth are quietly throttling the U.S. expansion from the inside out. As households allocate more of their income toward debt obligations, …
Almost exactly one year ago, Jay Powell said: "I don't see the stag, nor the 'flation.'" Today, the Fed’s projections anticipate both. This is a timely reminder that we’re still grappling with a rare trifecta of macro imbalances: Inflation like …
