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Italy will not take part in US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday, citing “insurmountable” constitutional issues. Trump launched his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January and …
Bad for Intel, fine for AI, and a reminder that the real power still sits with whoever runs the best fabs. NVIDIA had reportedly tested Intel’s 18A chips following their $5 billion ‘mega-deal,’ according to a new report, but the …
by confoundedinterest17 Roll out the barrel! As in Fed money printing. How can the current housing disaster be fixed? One answer is to build more homes (made difficult by local government zoning and building policies). Another is increase household income. But …
BREAKING 🚨: U.S. Housing Market Homeowner Households declined for the first time in 9 years 👀📉 pic.twitter.com/8lUGHnHx93 — Barchart (@Barchart) August 14, 2025 Las Vegas has the 3rd highest home foreclosure rate among major US metro areas as of July …
by confoundedinterest17 It’s Gov’t Gone Wild! That includes The House, Senate, President and Federal Reserve. The purchasing power of the US Dollar was $1004.4 on 1915-03-01. By 2025-05-01, the purchasing power fell to $31.1, a loss of 97%. Public debt …
Core Retail Sales (Month-over-Month) Actual: -0.3% Forecast: 0.2% Previous: 0.0% Export Price Index (Year-over-Year) Actual: 1.7% Forecast: Not available Previous: 1.9% Export Price Index (Month-over-Month) Actual: -0.9% Forecast: -0.1% Previous: 0.1% Import Price Index (Month-over-Month) Actual: 0.0% Forecast: -0.2% Previous: …
HOLD ON:Did no one else notice in today's GDP report that interest on the federal debt DECLINED for the 1st time since…*checks notes*…Trump was president in '19 and '20. This is incredible news! pic.twitter.com/jB9GhN9x2J — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) April …
The New Tenant Rent Index, which leads CPI Rent, declined sharply in Q4. pic.twitter.com/tx68aJFd8c — Augur Infinity (@AugurInfinity) January 22, 2025 Powell has mentioned the Cleveland Fed "New" rents vs. that of "All" rents, knowing that New will lead the …
Imagine if humanity’s future were slipping through our fingers—literally. For decades, the world has been fixated on the threats we can see: climate change, pandemics, economic upheaval. Yet, quietly, an invisible crisis has been brewing inside our bodies. Sperm counts in …
https://t.co/x86jmwPvji — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) September 12, 2024 Health insurance in the US is a racket, legalized fraud. Look at the United Healthcare chart. $UNH pic.twitter.com/FGTeB4E5jR — Devin Downing (@Devin_Downing) September 12, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential campaign reportedly “declined requests for comment” about when Harris will stop declining the media’s requests for comment. “The Harris campaign has declined requests for comment about when Harris plans to stop shunning media availability,” …
BREAKING.🚨 The heads of the Secret Service, FBI, and Homeland Security have all declined to testify in the House on the shooting of former President Donald Trump. The Trump assassination plot cover-up continuespic.twitter.com/abkpUeImVj — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 23, 2024 …
A new report from Circana shows that US spending on video game hardware, content and accessories declined by 6% in May to US$3.97 billion, a difference of nearly US$300 million compared to the same month last year. All sectors of …
You wonder why homes for prices have not declined? This has been going on for some time and Congress knows about this and came up with a bill….but nothing has happened. — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) July 15, 2024
Overall CPI-U: The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) remained unchanged in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, following a 0.3% increase in April. Over the last 12 months, the all items index rose by 3.3% before seasonal …
THIS IS REALLY CONCERNING: Japan households spending declined in the last 14 out of 15 months. Meanwhile, Japan's GDP shrank at an annualized pace of 2.9% in Q1 2024, rose slightly by 0.1% in Q4 2023 and contracted by a …
by confoundedinterest17 I am no forune teller, but this doesn’t look to good for old Joe (Biden). Existing home sales fell -2.8% YoY in May. US existing home sales fell for the third straight month in May (-0.7% MoM vs -1.0% …
Homebuyer Conditions Index: The homebuyer conditions index has declined to an all-time low in June 2024, reaching 27 points. This index reflects consumer sentiment regarding homebuying conditions. Only 14% of consumers currently believe it’s a good time to buy a …
Lol, of course they revised the PPI numbers to be worse for the last four months in a row. Of course they did. The headline is all that they need today to make the markets go green. They’ll tell you …
China faces a demographic challenge with sharp declines in young adults and births. China: The number of annual births has plummeted from 18 million in 2014-15 to 10 million today pic.twitter.com/91Rmch1gJZ — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) May 22, …
All legacy media is dying. And they should. I much prefer the raw, unfiltered truth of an outlet like X. #Reuters pic.twitter.com/z3xm0NaGfu — Bogachan Ozdemir (@Bogachan_1971) May 14, 2024 https://twitter.com/sw_hines/status/1790412580315697547 AC
Despite expanded capacity, U.S. wind power faced setbacks in 2023, primarily due to decreased wind velocity. Similar wind stilling phenomena in Europe underscored the vulnerability of wind-dependent energy systems, prompting a return to coal power generation during energy shortages. Wind …
by confoundedinterest17 Manufacturer’s Durable Goods New Orders growth peaked in April 2021, thanks in part to M2 Money Growth peaking in February 2021. And its been all downhill since then. Preliminary March data showed a slightly better than expected 2.6% …
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that members of former President Donald Trump’s inner circle asked him to run as Trump’s vice president. “President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to …
Q1 ENDS WITH CITIGROUP “REFUSING” TO PAY INTERESTS DUE ON A REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA NOTE… 🤨 The fun part? As you can read here the #DTCC is totally “relaxed” about it… https://t.co/VMZ02Qsr2o pic.twitter.com/W5vS1OYTWs — JustDario 🏊♂️ (@DarioCpx) March 28, 2024
Due to the difficult situation at the front, the United States may evacuate Zelensky from Kiev, said ex-Pentagon employee Stephen Bryan pic.twitter.com/dcATsI1xtn — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 5, 2024 The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis: KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President …
by mrmrmrj Here are some recent “news” articles: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/08/apartment-rents-on-verge-of-declining-due-to-massive-supply.html Rents in August were just 0.28% higher than August 2022, according to RealPage. Compare that to a year ago, when rents were posting 11% annual growth. The number of new units …
4/7 "The overall participation rate is expected to drop to 60.4% in 2032, according to the #Labor Department, mainly because of baby boomer retirements." pic.twitter.com/OBkde7cVKs — Kailash Concepts (@KailashConcepts) October 18, 2023
by confoundedinterest17 Is The Fed pushin’ too hard on rates to fight inflation? Or not hard enough?? Between the data and the overnight momentum in overseas markets, bonds are at their weakest levels in years. Mortgage-backed securities (the bonds that dictate mortgage …
