economy

The US economy is running HOT – Atlanta Fed is now projecting that Q3 GDP will be +3.4%. Grocery prices spike to highest level in 3 years. Fed cutting rates now would be irresponsible.

Holy. Shit. Atlanta Fed is now projecting that Q3 GDP will be +3.4%… a massive expansion. The US economy is running HOT. pic.twitter.com/aDQHxtq4iY — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) September 16, 2025 For the rate of inflation to be dropping (LOL Trump) or even flat during this time frame tells you that consumption has completely evaporated. It …

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3 signs the U.S. economy is quietly imploding while Wall Street cheers

BIS warns of mounting disconnect between debt and stock markets  LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank for International Settlements has warned that record global share prices appear increasingly disconnected from the rising concerns about government debt levels in the bond markets. The BIS, which acts as an umbrella group for the world’s central banks, said the rise …

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Is the market acting like a 0.25 cut just rewired the whole economy?

Traders are piling into record highs as if cheap money alone fixes slowing jobs and sticky inflation. It’s not disconnected from Money Supply though. pic.twitter.com/PsN8F6YMfu — Graham Sanders (@geswolfcrest) September 12, 2025 When the tide goes out, we get to see who was swimming naked. I expect epic amounts of fraud to appear as the …

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Trump on radio this morning: “We have no inflation. Prices are down on everything. Prices are way down on energy.”; U.S. economy at “stall speed” – Goldman Sachs

Trump on radio this morning: “We have no inflation. Prices are down on just about everything. Prices are way down on energy.” pic.twitter.com/eUcQxwvrIL — PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) September 9, 2025 🚨 *TRUMP: POWELL MUST LOWER THE RATE, BIG, RIGHT NOW — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) September 10, 2025 LOWER INCOME CONSUMERS ARE ‘LIVING ON THE EDGE’ …

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Trump now claims the economy will be good in 2027

LOL — Trump now claims the economy will be good in … wait for it … 2027 pic.twitter.com/jLAI353vpr — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 5, 2025 Democrats are wrong to claim the U.S. economy was strong under Biden. Republicans are wrong to claim it’s strong under Trump. The economy was weak under Biden, and it’s even …

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The economy failed, so now we have to rig the numbers.

“Has job creation stalled?” – CBS “The numbers don't really make sense and we really have to modernize the data.” – Kevin Hassett Translation: The economy failed, so now we have to rig the numbers. pic.twitter.com/qjw3bkoDfy — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) September 7, 2025 Trump’s trade war squeezes middle-class manufacturing employment — Since April 2025, overall …

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The CEO of McDonald’s says that we’re now living in “a two-tier economy.”

When even McDonald’s customers are tapped out, that signals the consumer engine is failing. This is what the end of a credit cycle looks like. ‘The peasants who eat at our restaurants are struggling to afford breakfast.’ pic.twitter.com/k5DEMa95ZQ — hammy (@hammyXBT_) September 7, 2025 McDonald’s pushes to end tipped wages and calls for higher federal …

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50 Basis Point Cut Coming? US Economy Adds Only 22k Jobs In August, Unemployment Rate Rises To 4.3% (Guns Of August Misfires)

by confoundedinterest17 Not exactly the Guns Of August. More like a wet cap gun firing. The jobs report for August showed only 22k jobs added. U-3 unemployment rate rose to 4.3%. U-6 unemployment and part-time rose to 8.1%. Total private jobs added was 38k while manufacturing jobs added was down -12k. Government jobs dropped -16k. …

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Excluding health care, the U.S. economy has lost more than 140,000 jobs over the last four months

Excluding health care, the U.S. economy has lost more than 140,000 jobs over the last four months pic.twitter.com/l9HjcgqeEY — Matthew B (@boes_) September 5, 2025 Fox Business is coping hard with another bad Trump jobs report: "That 22,000 number — it's a weaker than expected number, and these revisions are pretty brutal … it's disappointing …

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The labor market is going from frozen to cracking. How long can the US economy survive with jobs only in healthcare?

The labor market is going from frozen to cracking. Look at how many industries have LOST jobs in the past 3 months. Mining -13,000Construction -10,000Manufacturing -31,000Information -15,000Business/Professional -51,000Federal gov't -34,000Finance 0 job gains The US job… pic.twitter.com/BsUYoCTMX3 — Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 5, 2025 Fox Business announcing today’s horrendous job numbers live: pic.twitter.com/tOfItA9s9f — Spencer …

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Trade deficit explodes, imports surge, exports stall, US economy faces headwinds

The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened 22.1% to $103.6 billion in July from $84.9 billion, according to the Commerce Department’s advance estimate released Friday. The deficit was much wider than expected. Economists expected the deficit to widen to $87.7 billion, according to the Econoday research firm. “The wide fluctuations in trade flows associated with …

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You don’t realize how weak the economy is right now. If you have a job, hold onto it for dear life.

The labor market may already be contracting, and when the official numbers arrive, the public could finally confront the fragility that has been quietly building. …and if you are lucky to land a new job, it will be at a compensation level well below your current or last job. We didn’t learn our lesson in …

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Lululemon’s collapse is more than a bad quarter, it’s a warning about the entire consumer economy.

LULU down 12% after slashing forecasts, consumer is on life support. yoga sales down pic.twitter.com/6cRakP8JiV — Swingtrader (@Swingtrader) September 4, 2025 Lululemon's comp sales have deteriorated! From the CEO: "We have become too predictable within our casual offerings and missed opportunities to create new trends."$LULU pic.twitter.com/b1jYSOCArV — Patient Investor (@patientinvestor) September 4, 2025 LET THE …

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Europe On Path To War Economy: Rheinmetall Opens Continent’s Largest Ammo Factory

In Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, Europe’s largest ammunition factory began production yesterday. What started clandestinely is now being publicly scaled with full firepower: the European Union is building its own war economy. In the good old days in Germany, recessions were typically masked by state-funded infrastructure programs. The concept worked as long as the state did …

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The economy hit a wall in August. At least amongst the middle class.

Without giving numbers this chart is my personal sales metrics over the last 12 months. Something happened in Feb. pic.twitter.com/awTFN5xeM6 — TrustDansCharts (@DizzleTheRizzle) August 27, 2025 This isn’t growth, it’s inflation’s disguise. Negative investment and exports show the economy’s underlying weakness. — MacroInsight360 (@MacroInsight360) August 28, 2025 Here’s an interesting trend from the retail sector: …

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Economy implodes, 800k+ layoffs and student loans explode! And the stock market is propped up, nearly completely on leverage at this point.

The economy is breaking. And no one’s ready. 806,000+ layoffs in 2025 so far. 48% of consumer credit applications denied over the past year. Refinance rejection rate: 41.8%… the highest in 12+ years. U3 Unemployment forecast: 4.5–5.0% by year-end, according to Apollo, Peterson. (If the BLS is left the same- but who knows at this …

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New Data Reveals People Have Given Up on the Economy

What if your gold could actually pay you every month… in MORE gold? That’s exactly what Monetary Metals does. You still own your gold, fully insured in your name, but instead of sitting idle, it earns real yield paid in physical gold. No selling. No trading. Just more gold every month.

Working dogs worth $3 billion to the Australian economy

“A study by ANZ has valued Australia’s farm dog workforce at a staggering $3 billion as farmers struggle to hire and retain good staff. The study estimated the nation’s 270,000 working livestock dogs contributed to the economy at an amount similar to Australia’s beef exports to the US in 2023-24. ANZ executive director for food, …

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America’s Debt-Fueled Economy Is Cracking at the Seams

Nearly 1 in 10 Americans can’t afford minimum credit card payments. With household debt surging past $18 trillion, the foundation of our economy – consumer spending – looks increasingly shaky. Here’s what happens when borrowing breaks down… By Peter Reagan In our modern day and age of economics, the health of the economy is usually …

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S&P 500 keeps hitting highs, 0DTE volumes surpass 60% of total, but transports lag — real economy might be whispering a warning.

The S&P 500 keeps climbing to new highs while the transportation index, which tracks trucking, shipping, and freight companies, has started to stall out. That matters because transports are tied directly to the real economy, if goods aren’t moving, demand is slowing, and it usually shows up there first. In the past, these two have …

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Fed cutting rates usually means trouble ahead, not a party for the economy. Retail sales for restaurants and bars show sharp slowdown. BLS set to slash US jobs by up to 950,000

Rate cuts: like putting a band-aid on a sinking ship. For those begging for rate cuts, look back at 2001 and 2008. The Fed started cutting right before unemployment spiked. The pivot wasn’t a win, it was the signal that the real damage was about to hit. If the economy was healthy and booming, there …

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Just got back from a short trip in China. The locals were telling me the economy has pretty much ground to a halt. Brace…

Just got back from a short trip in China. The locals were telling me the economy has pretty much ground to a halt. Brace… — David's Capital (@davids_capital) August 18, 2025 Chinese Economy’s Worst Month of 2025 Puts Stimulus Back in Play (Bloomberg) — China’s economy clocked its deepest slowdown of the year in July, raising …

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Small businesses are grappling with rising healthcare costs, high swipe fees, and the growth of the subscription economy.

Small businesses in the U.S. are facing big challenges. Health insurance costs keep rising. Premiums for firms with fewer than 50 employees went from $20,236 in 2019 to $25,167 in 2024 (https://www.kff.org/report-section/ehbs-2024-section-1-cost-of-health-insurance/). The average family premium was $7,529 in 2023 (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Deductibles are high too, averaging $5,074 a year per employee (https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2024/dec/trends-employer-health-insurance-costs-2014-2023). Credit card fees …

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Are Tariffs About to Flip the U.S. Economy? with Dale Smothers

from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network The U.S. labor market is facing one of the sharpest corrections in over a century, even as AI-driven productivity gains push markets forward. In this conversation, Kerry Lutz and Dale Smothers explore the strange duality of slowing job growth alongside investor optimism — and what it means for interest rates, mortgages, and …

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