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JUST IN: 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canadian dollar falls to lowest level since 2003 following President Trump's new tariffs. pic.twitter.com/oYdSzfYjmp — Rome (@Rome_Colt45) February 2, 2025
Drumpf has been President for 5 minutes. Why aren’t eggs cheap yet??? byu/EuphoricTrilby inwalkaway
We’re in a strange, contradictory market where some trends suggest stability, but the underlying reality remains volatile. Only a 22% chance of a recession occurring within the next year pic.twitter.com/nx26BqGko7 — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) January 24, 2025 Your food prices are in a bull market: Egg prices are now up 101% since October 2023. …
Retail in general has been stuck in low gear since inflation destroyed the budgets of many households in 2022. pic.twitter.com/FzLuEpuu1z — Canada Stats Hub (@CanadaStatHub) January 23, 2025 The retail fast food situation in Canada is indeed struggling, even with GST tax holidays. Many Canadians are cutting back on spending due to economic uncertainties. This …
Food stamp recipients could be prevented from purchasing soft drinks, candy, ice cream and more under a new House bill. Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Oklahoma, introduced the Healthy SNAP Act last week. The bill would exclude junk food and prepared desserts from benefits provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the official name for food stamps. …
by Mike Shedlock By many measures the price of food is on the rise. Let’s discuss some charts. CPI and PPI food Indexes from BLS, chart by Mish The price of food away from home closely track the PPI. And the PPI shows rising pressure on prices. CPI Food Index Levels at Home vs Away …
Eggs are packed full of beneficial nutrients • Iodine• Choline • Selenium• B vitamins • Vitamin D• Vitamin A• Phosphorus • Pantothenic acid It's hard to come up with a better high-protein breakfast option pic.twitter.com/CrCHitdSrB — FoundMyFitness Clips (@fmfclips) November 26, 2024 While eggs haven’t historically been considered a “health food,” the U.S. Food and …
Take a look. pic.twitter.com/5TdiFkZKV0 — WHO? (@soursillypickle) January 5, 2025
The Swiss have printed about 3x less money than Canada has between 1980 and 2024 And in 1985, 1 Canadian dollar could buy 2 swiss francs. Today? It buys 0.65. This isnt magic, guys. pic.twitter.com/KPOn7lqfb5 — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) December 24, 2024 The original Big Mac Index: Campbell's Tomato Soup. In short, Nixon broke the …
Rising crime has lead to 1 in 3 New Yorker’s reportedly relying on a food pantry. However very few realize the reason groceries are more expensive than they should be is partly because of how often food gets stolen…
by Michael Why is demand at food banks all over the country higher than it has ever been before? The media keeps insisting that economic conditions are just fine, but it has become quite obvious to everyone that this is not true. In particular, the rising cost of living has been absolutely crushing households from coast to coast. In …
We know many fast food restaurants have been losing customers due to extreme pricing of the poor quality food but on top of losing customers there also losing employees in California due to the new $20 per hour minimum wage mandate. So far just in less than one year already 6100 jobs have been lost …
by Michael What in the world is going to happen if global food supplies continue to get even tighter? During the second half of this year global food prices have been surging. A “perfect storm” of factors is suppressing production all over the planet, and meanwhile worldwide demand for food just keeps rising. Needless to …
#recession … #StockMarket Bubble edition https://t.co/p7cgcLzyrT pic.twitter.com/So5TXB58ic — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) December 11, 2024 Big cap Tech performance last 8 trading days $GOOGL 14%$AAPL 5.5% $MSFT 6% $META 10% $TSLA 18% $NFLX 6% — TT3 (@TradingThomas3) December 11, 2024 Bitcoin rippingGold rippingMost stocks ripping. Why? Because the Fed is a farce and not restrictive and …
The Food and Drug Administration will decide on a ban of certain food dyes in the coming weeks after receiving a petition to review the safety of Red 3, NBC News reports. “With Red 3, we have a petition in front of us to revoke the authorization board, and we’re hopeful that in the next …
It’s 2025 in 🇨🇦: Federal, provincial, and personal debt are at breaking points. Food bank lines hit record highs. Homeless encampments spread across cities. Housing is out of reach. Universities and hospitals are buckling. Collapse isn’t a question of if—it’s when. — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) December 1, 2024 This crazy chart is now updated to include …
Democrat NYC Mayor Eric Adams defends Trump nominating RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary on The View! “Let’s be clear: We have a REAL problem with our food in our country.” I almost lost my sight with diabetes … I was gonna lose my fingers and toes. It was my food, it wasn’t my DNA, it …
by Mike Shedlock In September, retail sales rose 0.4 percent, up 0.3 percent inflation adjusted. Here’s where consumer spent their money. According to the Census Department Advance Estimate, retail sales rose 0.4 percent in September. Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for September 2024, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but …
I don’t know who the hell has taken over control of Walmarts outreach department, but I’ll take it.. This is doing the right thing. DESPITE what side you are on because we all know typically Walmart isn’t the hero, but I’ll give my respect today. WOW!!! 60 Walmart trucks full of food, water, and supplies …
Donald Trump ass@ssination attempt suspect laughs, smiles during first court appearance in Florida.https://t.co/KxsVunqiWo — @amuse (@amuse) September 16, 2024
A chemical used in rocket fuel, fireworks, and airbags has been detected in various supermarket and fast food items, according to a recent study. But how worried should you be? Researchers with Consumer Reports tested 196 food samples and discovered that about 67% contained varying levels of the chemical perchlorate. The findings, published on August …
by mmofrki I’ve heard that unemployment is severely down but that’s due to most people needing to work upwards of three jobs just to scrape by. It’s scary how unsustainable it is. Especially given how unaffordable Healthcare is in the US, now imagine exhausted, sleep deprived people having heart attacks or other cardiovascular issues due …
American Rancher Has Advice To The Idaho Farmers Having Their Crops Destroyed By The Half A Million Acres Of Farmland Water Being Shutoff By The US Government “Group up together and go open those valves up and guard them. — Go get your water. Turn it on. Keep guards on all the… pic.twitter.com/ILQFa8fWBp — Wall …
A humble species of eatery has become increasingly popular in Hong Kong, especially among residents who savour frills-free food to fill their stomachs. The restaurants serving low-cost “two-dish-rice” dishes, once found mostly in poorer neighbourhoods, are gaining acceptance across all social classes. The trend is widely seen as a reflection of the city’s lacklustre economic …
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by confoundedinterest17 Call it Washington DC soullessness. Back in 2023, Socialist Paul Krugman declared that “the war on inflation is over!!! “We” won, at very little cost.” I love when elitists claim “We won!” since clearly 99% of Americans lost since food, housing and car prices up are double digits under Biden. The problem is that food, …
