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The US economy is in a hiring recession byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts What kind of jobs are available to someone with a BA in "Communication"? BA in Spanish is nice, if you are ordering in a restaurant. BFA in Dance might get you a boyfriend. Everybody and their dog is a journalist today. Can you weld? That …
by David Haggith While I may be tempted to write in greater depths about some of these stories in my weekend Deeper Dive, we’ll have to see what more the week brings, but today sure brought a whirlwind of news. The swirling headlines of economic and maybe political collapse feel appropriate where I live as …
Trump is putting all the pieces together for the new economic system. Gas prices are dropping like a rock. Silver prices are now higher than oil prices. Trump is building a smelting factory in TN to compete against China. The Fed is buying the debt which will destroy the Fed. Is Trump working with Jamie …
🇨🇳 China Overnight Economic Data: *Retail Sales: Miss 🔴*Unemployment Rate: In Line*Industrial Production: Miss 🔴*Fixed Asset Investment: Miss 🔴 China's economy is in awful shape. pic.twitter.com/cHvVsnWp98 — Jesse Cohen (@JesseCohenInv) December 15, 2025 Retail sales rose 1.3% last month from a year earlier, slowing from 2.9% in the prior month. Industrial production climbed 4.8% in …
POLL: TRUMP’S APPROVAL FALLS ON ECONOMY AND IMMIGRATION A new AP-NORC poll shows President Trump’s approval rating dropping to 36%, down from 42% in March. Support for his economic policies fell to 31%, the lowest recorded in any AP-NORC survey of his terms. Approval on crime… — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) December 11, 2025 AP/NORC – …
BREAKING: President Trump signs executive order, federally protecting AI companies from state law violationspic.twitter.com/F9THQTMjBz — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) December 11, 2025 BREAKING 🚨: Housing Market U.S. Home Prices turn negative for the first time in more than 2 years 🏡📉 pic.twitter.com/UFvQcjACyV — Barchart (@Barchart) December 11, 2025
Voters’ views of the economy have dimmed in recent months, as economic concerns that helped return President Donald Trump to the White House are now weighing on his approval ratings in the latest Fox News poll. The survey, which was conducted Friday through Monday, found that three quarters of voters viewed the economy negatively – …
Low Claims, Slow Cracks And The Labor Market’s Most Misleading Signal This chart only measures one thing…how many people got laid off this week and immediately filed for unemployment insurance. And on that narrow metric, the number is undeniably low, the lowest since late 2022. If you look at it in isolation, it doesn’t give …
Economy going to be so good but we gotta keep cutting rates https://t.co/Ah1mWdIOjh — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 5, 2025 Kevin Hassett, head of the National Economic Council, argues a wave of new factory construction and reshoring projects is building “massive momentum” for the U.S. economy into next year. He points to dozens of recent factory …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The conclusion that soaring asset prices mean the economy is strong is a hallucination that goes unrecognized because the entire financial system is hallucinating. Consider the data that the financial sector bases conclusions / decisions on (i.e. the data that the financial sector “trains” on) in a Bubble Economy like the …
Forget the Headlines The 3 Month Treasury Just Told You the Truth. The 3 month Treasury is basically the market’s closest read on the Fed. It sits right on top of the policy rate, so when it starts drifting meaningfully below that range, it’s the market’s way of saying, “We’re already looking past today’s rate …
🚨BREAKING: In a HORRIFIC development, the economy is CRASHING thanks to Trump. pic.twitter.com/13jeAHyDuA — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) December 1, 2025 Mom-and-Pop Business Bankruptcies Hit a Record as Debts Rise (Bloomberg) — A six-year-old federal program designed to help the smallest American businesses cut debt and get a fresh start has set a record for the …
Trump claims Black Friday proves the economy is fixed, but the data shows 41% of BNPL users are already missing payments. byu/DumbMoneyMedia inEducatedInvesting Trump economic advisor Kevin Hassett touts ‘best Black Friday that we’ve ever seen’ as holiday spending surges Kevin Hassett credits Trump policies for holiday spending surge while pushing back on Atlantic report …
An unmanned, oval-shaped aircraft from flying taxi manufacturer EHang hovers above a riverside innovation district on the outskirts of the southern Chinese commercial center of Guangzhou, whirring loudly like a miniature helicopter as part of trials for a compact flying taxi that could have been lifted straight from science fiction movies. In the neighboring city …
Canadians now prioritize jobs and economy over the environment a complete reversal since 2015 2015 →24%2025 →57% And yet Canadians voted for more Liberal government The same people who caused this suffering Soon 100% of 🇨🇦 will say F the environmentpic.twitter.com/ICjBueAXnv — Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) November 29, 2025 10 years the liberals had to do …
This news is totally insane CEOs of Walmart and Amazon want Americans to receive stimulus again. They want it so bad! h/t @LockedUpLarry
Here is a brief overview of multiple signs that the economy is already in recession. by David Haggith While seven stocks have glowed brightly this year, keeping the stock exchange high, Main Street is a mess, covered over with garbage statistics. Economists and politicians like to stick to the one big number to indicate how …
The US is officially in a debt spiral, the government refuses to stop spending because it can't without causing a massive depression (capitalism). Life feels worse because it IS worse.pic.twitter.com/LDXHs9efGZ — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November 24, 2025 Government spending has stolen 28.42% of your purchasing power since 2020 https://t.co/zALRP7G1ST pic.twitter.com/87bqJb8564 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) November …
The U.S. economy is collapsing from the inside out, and millions of Americans are feeling the pressure. From the cost of living crisis to skyrocketing rent, inflation, stagnant wages, job losses, and a weakening middle class, everyday life in America is becoming harder to afford. In this video, we break down why the economy is …
Misty Pellew’s family lived in the dark for several days this month. Pellew’s power was shut off Nov. 13 because of $602 in unpaid bills, the latest in a string of financial humiliations that began six months ago after her husband lost his $20-an-hour excavation job in northeastern Pennsylvania. The recent government shutdown dealt another …
.@VP: "This economy was not harmed in 10 months. It took a deliberate 4-year administration that was making life harder for everyday Americans, that was importing foreign workers… over regulating, overtaxing… As much progress as we've made, it's going to take a little bit of… pic.twitter.com/ycgvkBPftW — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) November 20, 2025 And …
Massive stimulus wave incoming. pic.twitter.com/wl0ReukCvX — Laurel Lee – bzzZ (@akalaurelee) November 21, 2025 *JAPAN PACKAGE TO BE WORTH 42.8T YEN IN OVERALL IMPACT: GOVT *JAPAN'S ECON PACKAGE TO BE 21.3T YEN OVERALL: GOVERNMENT *JAPAN SET FOR 17.7T YEN IN FRESH SPENDING VIA EXTRA BUDGET 🇯🇵🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/0lM8nxhLNG — Investing.com (@Investingcom) November 21, 2025 TOKYO — …
Costco’s $1.50 hot dog combo is basically America’s happy meal — and it's turning 40. 🌭🇺🇸 #Costco https://t.co/9oAFQEfqRi — The Big Time with Whitney Allen (@thebigtime) November 21, 2025 Content creator Joey Kinsley has pulled quite a few gut-busting feats. He ate chili every hour for 24 hours and once consumed only potato chips for …
🚨BREAKING: Fox Business ADMITS the Economy SUCKS. “The unemployment rate going up to a cycle high of 4.44%. It's not good news.” pic.twitter.com/XGvlMOUdKo — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 20, 2025 This is the worst economy I’ve seen: Inflation way up Job market sucks Wages stagnating Largest wealth gap Record national debt Record consumer debt Mortgage …
“Meanwhile sectors like AI, quantum, nuclear, flying cars are going parabolic. The disconnect has never been bigger. This won’t end well. Just look at the YTD bloodbath in major consumer names. $WEN – Wendy’s: -48% $CMG – Chipotle: -48% $LULU – Lululemon: -48% $TGT -Target: -35% $HPQ – HP: -30% $PYPL – PayPal: -30% $UPS …
via James Hickman Sometimes it feels difficult to get one’s bearings. Markets are near all-time highs, yet extremely volatile. America is the ‘hottest economy in the world’ attracting trillions of dollars in capital, yet inflation is up… and seemingly almost every week some major corporation announces mass layoffs. Very little makes sense these days. So …
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Fox guest on how to save money during the holidays: “Remember, adults don’t need gifts. Focus on the people in your life who are aged 3 to 18. Grandma doesn’t need slippers. If they don’t live by you, don’t get them a gift.” Fox 2024: "They're waging war on Christmas!" Fox 2025: "Fuck Christmas!" — …
Current situation: 1. The US is preparing $2,000 stimulus checks 2. Japan is preparing a $110 billion stimulus package 3. China has approved a $1.4 trillion stimulus package 4. The Fed is officially ending QT on December 1st 5. The US is issuing~$1.9 trillion in treasures per year 6. Canada is restarting its Quantitative Easing …
This is consistent with the effects cited in the recently released SF Fed study of 150 years of tariffs. Tariff shocks = higher unemployment = lower inflation = clear aggregate demand contraction. This is not model based. It’s historical, empirical & statistically robust pic.twitter.com/wHbqUXofNV — Fifty Shades of Truth (@RamonGo62661955) November 15, 2025 Cass Freight …