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Last week’s trade data shows an incredibly bleak picture for the economy: – 49% drop in global container bookings – 64% drop in U.S. imports. – 30% drop in U.S. exports. The data from March 24-31, 2025, compared to the …
🇺🇸 PETER NAVARRO: CHINA’S NOT JUST KILLING AMERICANS — THEY’RE KILLING OUR ECONOMY “From our perspective, China’s killed over a million Americans with deadly fentanyl and related drugs, and it simply refuses to do anything about that. Many of these …
The last time the market dropped 9.5% in two days, the Fed unleashed a multi-trillion bailout of the economy including $500BN in QE, $1 trillion daily repo and tens of billions in junk bond ETF purchases byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
by Michael Over the past few years, there has been a tremendous amount of buzz about an imminent “reset” of the global economy. Well, what we are currently witnessing may not look like what they were anticipating, but a “reset” of …
The U.S. economy is a house of cards. It’s built on outsourcing labor overseas, enriching corporations that funnel those profits into stock buybacks and executive bonuses. This cycle artificially inflates corporate earnings and creates the illusion of growth, but it’s …
It didn’t happen overnight. It was slow, deliberate, and brutally effective. A sleight of hand so seamless, most never noticed. The American mind was rerouted. There was a time—within living memory—when the economy sat at the center of political life. …
“The private sector’s hiring was much stronger than expected. Economists had forecast 115,000 jobs. Businesses added 209,000 jobs. The workforce participation rate climbed from 62.4 percent to 62.5 percent. The average workweek lengthened, a sign of increased demand for labor. …
ISM services index slips to 50.8% from 53.5% The service side of the U.S. economy, known as its engine, grew in March at its slowest pace in nine months, reflecting government spending cuts and uncertainty among businesses spawned by U.S. …
Downgrade fever is here. It’s coming in from private sources as well as central banks, in the US as well as outside of it. The global economy’s loss of momentum has become too much to ignore any longer. While that …
by Michael The global trade war is officially heating up. President Trump just unveiled a series of tariffs that were higher than expected, and business leaders all over the world are absolutely stunned. For many of those that have made a …
"The U.S. economy may look rosy on the surface, but under the hood, it’s supported by just three pillars, writes Bleakley Financial Group’s Peter Boockvar: spending by the rich, spending by the government, and anything to do with artificial intelligence." …
The Trump Administration doesn't understand how much government, consumers and financial markets depend on the global subsidy of low-cost imported goods. They are the foundation of our house of cards economy. Once it topples, removing the tariffs won't put it …
Trump’s stimulus kept the economy afloat in 2020. Biden inherited the benefits, rode the bull market, and walked away before the cracks turned into craters. Now, Trump is back at the wheel, facing an economic mess that was years in …
By Graham Summers, MBA | Chief Market Strategist I warned that the Fed was going to break something. Well, things are starting to break. The latest round of economic data was disastrous. Consumer confidence collapsed to its lowest reading since January …
Vlogger Tiffany Cianci recently went viral with a video explaining how private equity firms have recently bought up and destroyed well-known brands like Hooters, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Party City and Forever 21, driving these often beloved franchises into bankruptcy. Even worse, …
As trade tensions between Canada and the United States escalate, one Canadian comedian has proposed an unexpected retaliation—blocking US access to Pornhub, the Montreal-based adult website. Toronto comedian Matthew Puzhitsky suggested the move in a viral Instagram video, calling it …
by David Haggith Alarms are ringing everywhere for the economy. Not all of them are due to Donald Trump, though many are. For example, one big alarm that is ringing is a towering stack of evidence that emerged today, showing …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that the White House prioritizes the “real economy” over short-term market volatility. He downplayed concerns about economic fluctuations, dismissed fears of a major slowdown, and emphasized the transition from government-driven to private sector-led growth. His …
The stock market slipping by 10 percent is nothing new. It has happened over fifty times since 1950. But what is different now is the effect. This decline has already erased wealth equal to 12 percent of GDP, something that …
by Guest The economy’s not looking too hot right now. Take it from someone in the trenches of the automotive industry. Sales might be ticking along, but when you dig a little deeper, it’s clear things aren’t exactly thriving. Looking …
Billionaires Jamie Dimon and Larry Fink have both begun to express their concern about the impact of Donald Trump’s policies on the US economy. JPMorgan Chase CEO Dimon, who has had a bumpy relationship with the President, warned this week …
Retail sales data confirms what many already knew—the economy was juiced to mask deeper problems. Now, as stimulus runs dry, the lower-income consumer is collapsing. The administration’s money-printing spree fueled corruption, not prosperity. Chicago Fed retail sales data shows the …
It’s not tariffs that are tanking the economy. It’s the sudden shut-off of deficit spending. A huge number of companies were surviving only at the government teat. — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) March 14, 2025 Transports – new 52 week …
via WSB Media and Investors celebrated a lower CPI reading and sent the stock market futures up by 1.5% before open. As of this writing S&P is up by 0.8%. There is a strong argument that the slower month-on-month CPI …
CNN has been forced to admit that Trump is taking the economy in the right direction.pic.twitter.com/LVxBVD1Tj4 — Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) March 12, 2025 Dark MAGA Assemble! pic.twitter.com/JGqFQ1DTGO — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 5, 2024
The paper, “Superintelligence Strategy,” posits that rapid advances in AI are poised to reshape nearly every aspect of society, but that governments see them as a means to military dominance, which will drive a “bitter race” to maximize AI capabilities. …
