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There are seven very important reasons you should not be buying a home in this economy, especially going into 2025. There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future of the US economy and you have to ask yourself if …
For reference, Chinese yields are already lower than during the peak of the Great Financial Crisis and the pandemic meltdown. Something huge is happening in China – and we should pay attention. 2/ pic.twitter.com/zwWT9y7jsQ — Alf (@MacroAlf) December 20, 2024 …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, Addiction, illness and derangement are all immensely profitable, along with monopoly, cartels and collapsing quality. The economy has failed the American people, but it’s taboo to say why because that would undermine the entire …
This isn’t bullish as many claim. What’s happening is there’s limited demand for credit/leverage in China. Yet, b/c banks are sitting on liquidity, they are piling into Chinese bonds, which is driving rates on these bonds lower. While some are …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, All three pillars propping up workforce spending are cracking. Plan accordingly. Karl Marx and Henry Ford both understood the key pillar of an industrial economy: the workforce has to earn enough to buy the …
🚨IMPORTANT: Is the US economy awaiting a second wave of inflation as in the 1970-1980s? Is this a completely false and misleading narrative and the economy is heading for deflation? Or maybe we will see a few years of an …
1. Stocks: all-time highs2. Home Prices: all-time highs3. Bitcoin: all-time highs4. National Debt: all-time highs5. Core CPI Inflation: >3% for 42 straight months, longest run of high inflation since early 1990s6. Fed: cutting rates again in 2 weekshttps://t.co/rQuXrxVpWs — Charlie …
Important updates around the world in terms of global trade, including a sharp drop in American exports and imports. What all of it means for the short run as far as cyclical indications as well as what the long run …
Trump won and the global economy has "unexpectedly" gone into a tailspin https://t.co/W5lAAGM06Q pic.twitter.com/af02CAdEnx — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 4, 2024 US executives are selling stock at extreme levels: The ratio of insider sellers to buyers hit nearly 6x, the most …
I worry about this too. I don’t see how you have another stock market bull run given how overpriced equities are along with how bad the economy is. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. https://t.co/16VaPMt40N — QE …
The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) fell -0.4% in October and hit its lowest since March 2016. This index has not seen an increase for 32 consecutive months, the longest streak on record. The streak has even exceeded the …
It’s Toytown basic economics that the price of any commodity or service is determined by the relationship between supply and demand. The less there is of anything, the higher its price will be, depending on the level of demand. The greater …
"These numbers look terrible. It's like the Eurozone’s manufacturing recession is never going to end. As new orders fell fast and at an accelerated pace, there’s no sign of a recovery anytime soon," HCOB Chief Economist Cyrus de la Rubia …
The directive to supervisors: Hold fewer meetings and make them shorter. Cut superfluous paperwork. Don’t burden the “grassroots”—local-level government workers—with cumbersome and unproductive tasks. Stop using phone apps to track staff and bombard them with instructions. Don’t overwhelm them with …
OUCH! German private sector slides deeper into contraction on services, dealing another blow to an economy grappling with a govt collapse alongside flat-lining growth. The composite PMI dipped to a 9mth low of 47.3 in Nov from 48.6 in Oct – …
American Fertility Rates 1950-2023:– 1950: 3.1 live births per woman– 2023: 1.6 live births per woman pic.twitter.com/9A3eNecBoL — The Rabbit Hole (@TheRabbitHole) November 21, 2024 I suspect at least one contributing factor is Americans getting married later:https://t.co/Oz8F6iNi0u — The Rabbit …
Some leftists are so spiteful over the outcome of the election that they’re planning to not spend any money once Trump is sworn in as president. Most people are expecting the economy to improve under Trump and these people don’t …
https://realinvestmentadvice.com/resources/blog/deficit-spending-keeping-the-economy-out-of-recession/ [Jan 2024 article] Economic growth continues to defy expectations of a slowdown and recession due to continued increases in deficit spending. In fact, the U.S. Treasury recently reported the December budget deficit, which shows the U.S. collected $429 billion …
Milei is incredible pic.twitter.com/kV8u1I0kXR — Cluseau Investments (@blondesnmoney) November 18, 2024 I read this as 85% of the federal workforce is completely unnecessary and needs to be terminated immediately When do we get our refund for the taxes wasted on …
Former asset manager @DowdEdward drives this point home, highlighting that real wage growth is at negative 2%. What this means in simple terms is that people have 2% LESS buying power through their wages than they did just a year …
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The European Union must abandon its policy of sanctioning Russia for its war in Ukraine or risk causing an economic collapse, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told state radio on Friday. The EU has imposed several …
We have reached a very alarming turning point in American history. More than at any other moment in modern times, Americans are extremely angry about the state of the economy. The next Administration will inherit a country struggling with a …
First, let's look at the numbers: • US GDP: $25.5 trillion• EU GDP: $16.6 trillion But in 2008, they were nearly equal. What the hell happened over the past 16 years? It's simple: pic.twitter.com/cC4YeDjwgg — Ole Lehmann (@itsolelehmann) November 13, …
After Germany’s governing coalition collapsed last week, the country’s ZEW added more solid evidence about why that was. The ZEW also collapsed into November. That’s not just about Germany since the “zoo” is really what the rest of the world …
The economic challenges the incoming Trump administration is facing are far and away greater than those confronted in 2016. From the cyclical standpoint, 2024 has far more in common with 2001. While structurally, there’s nothing close to this in generations. …
by Michael The U.S. is accusing Russia of preparing to cut undersea cables which carry Internet traffic all over the world, and Russia is accusing western powers of preparing to do the exact same thing. In some cases, these undersea …
Mexico’s Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard suggested on Monday that the Mexican government could retaliate with its own tariffs on U.S. imports if the incoming Trump administration slaps tariffs on Mexican exports. Ebrard made the comments in an interview with local …
Bezos can't sell his $AMZN stock fast enough… 😅 — Beardo (@BeardoTrader) November 12, 2024 “History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain. pic.twitter.com/FvyF5Q7wrC — Guilherme Tavares (@i3_invest) November 12, 2024 BREAKING: Just 24% of homebuyers are …
Credit card usage isn’t really about spending. Americans use their credit cards when they’re confident about jobs and incomes. The latest data from the Fed contains a more serious warning especially how it lines up with jobs and income data…and …
by LamboSkillz I think the markets are frothy, and we have been going through mini-cycles which raise and lower sentiment almost on a weekly basis, drifting further and further away from fundamentals. Earnings releases, tax cuts (elections), lower rates, etc. – …