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It’s not just the war that is pushing interest rates up. The debt is unsustainable and we soon won’t be able to service it. It’s irresponsible. https://t.co/WRKQ08YVob — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) March 25, 2026 Total U.S. obligations exceed $136,200,000,000,000. FIVE times …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, A recent construction report revision suggests a negative revision to GDP. Construction Spending Month-Over-Month December 2025 Construction Spending Total: +0.3 percent Nonresidential: -0.5 percent Residential: +1.5 percent Public: -0.5 percent Private: +0.5 percent Commercial: …
Germany doesn’t want to underwrite France’s chronic overspending. 🚨🚨🚨German Chancellor Merz has rejected French President Macron’s request for the European Union to issue bonds to pay for stuff France cannot afford. Germany doesn’t want to pay for free stuff for …
JUST IN: Peter Schiff says Bitcoin is a "bubble" that is "about to pop." pic.twitter.com/CmMTESG8pG — Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru) October 28, 2025 Nvidia is now 16% of U.S. GDP. pic.twitter.com/FjwEkcbWa6 — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) October 29, 2025 BREAKING 🚨: Short Sellers …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, GDP is like collecting data on passenger satisfaction with the dessert cart on the Titanic and declaring everyone is delighted as the great “unsinkable” ship settles into the icy waters of the Atlantic. That …
What the chart really conveys is the scale of economic drag gun violence imposes. Converting each firearm homicide into lost economic value using the government’s own VSL benchmark, the burden routinely matches or exceeds what the US spends annually on …
Behind the headlines about GDP growth and “resilient consumers” is a generation that cannot afford rent, cannot buy homes, and cannot build independent lives. Wages are stuck while housing costs have exploded, so millions are forced back into childhood bedrooms …
If consumer demand is frozen and margins are squeezed, are stocks about to fall? Data and full report here: https://t.co/pxYDtGgI1a pic.twitter.com/Lp3Bzo280Z — The Coastal Journal (@1CoastalJournal) August 20, 2025 Corporate bankruptcies are heading for a record high this year higher …
Everyone sees the train coming, but no one wants to leave the tracks. We are living in the largest Bubble ever. It is insane (….and it will burst)! Market Capitalization to GDP: Long-term average: 88%Typical historical range: 70% – 115% …
🚨🇦🇷ARGENTINA'S ECONOMY SURGES—MILEI'S POLICIES DRIVE 7.1% GDP GROWTH PROJECTION GDP is expected to grow 7.1% interannually in Q2 2025. After a tough 2024, Milei’s austerity measures and economic freedom reforms are restoring confidence—just in time for the 2025 electoral… https://t.co/ZsYzoGOs9f …
by Mike Shedlock The GDPnow Nowcast for the first quarter took a dive on February 14. Weather-related utility production lessened the blow. GDPNow data from the Atlanta Fed, chart by Mish There were three significant reports on February 14: Retail …
by Martin Armstrong Total global debt has peaked to 326% of global GDP, adding an additional $12 trillion of debt in the last three quarters of 2024, according to the Institute of International Finance. This figure surpasses what we saw …
Are we witnessing ‘peak China’? GDP projections have fallen dramatically over the past ten years.As a reminder, China’s demographics, the key ingredient for potential GDP growth, are way worse than those of the United States. This also explains why debt …
This happens in Canada too! — Mothersilverape (@mothersilverape) December 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/j77324/status/1868113104136986809 https://twitter.com/dailyjobcuts/status/1867920697030578185 The labor market continues to weaken, hard to see a rebound in positive momentum at maximum employment. Employment to pop ratio is finally declining, however. pic.twitter.com/jRvCxKqDYI — …
https://twitter.com/johnson_krister/status/1812639231216673276 "The current AI bubble is bigger than the 1990s tech bubble" Apollo pic.twitter.com/MfSuEEoOVn — Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖 (@MikeZaccardi) July 14, 2024