That’s Biden/Harrisnomics! Leading Economic Indicators Down For 29th Straight Month (Outside Of Great Financial Crisis, The Worst Decline In LEI Since Mid ’70s!!!)

by confoundedinterest17 That’s Biden/Harrisnomics! US Leading Economic Indicators down for their 29th straight month – at a level worse than the trough of COVID lockdowns… …and the head of The Conference Board says ‘nothing to see here’… “The LEI continues to fall on a month-over-month basis, but the six-month annual …

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Armstrong: The Second Great Depression?

By Martin Armstrong The coming economic collapse will not resemble the Great Depression. Yes, we are in a recession – but it will not be reminiscent of the Great Depression that began in 1929. For you see, the landscape is entirely different now. America was transitioning from an economy based on agriculture …

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Markets pricing in the most cuts since 2008…. BOJ rate hike + Fed rate cut = a major risk-off event!

"Markets pricing in the most cuts since 2008."@marketdesk via @MikeZaccardi pic.twitter.com/qIUTMQymi8 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) August 10, 2024 This is where the bull shit hits the road. This entire week's global rally was based on the widespread belief that the BOJ has paused permanently. However, the majority of economists in …

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The Great Unwinding: Is There Any Way to Come Out Ahead?

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, History suggests being wary of the “strong buys” at $45 when the eventual bottom is $4. In response to my chart-fest post The Rollercoaster Ride Ahead: 15 Years of Extreme Distortions Will Be Unwound, readers asked: OK, so what can I do in response? That’s the right …

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An interest rate cut right now won’t save them. There’s a lag effect in both directions. A hard landing is baked in. Americans worry more now than during the Great Recession

https://twitter.com/GayBearRes/status/1816446012275229105 Do you remember how painful the Great Recession was?  2008 and the years immediately following were definitely a very dark chapter in our history, but a new study has actually found that the percentage of Americans that worry they won’t be able to pay their bills is actually higher …

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Democrats….we’re going to Make America Great Again

Top Biden surrogate Rep. Joyce Beatty: “WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” pic.twitter.com/bFO9fyAhyZ — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 18, 2024 Feels like I’ve heard that somewhere before 🤔 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2024 Build a wall next…. h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal

Great Depression 2.0 – Is It Already Here?

Despite corporate messaging, economic indicators point to an economy in shambles. What’s the truth about our current economic climate? From Peter Reagan at Birch Gold Group If you have that strange feeling like the full story about the U.S. economy isn’t being told, you’re not the only one. You might even …

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China’s Great Resource Grab – Will It Affect Americans?

With China and other foreign nations buying up farmland in the U.S., Brandon Smith of Alt-Market.us discusses the harmful ramification for Americans, and the future of our economy. By Brandon Smith In the past three years China has accelerated export agreements and industrial operations in Africa, becoming the continent’s largest bilateral …

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Consumers still don’t feel particularly great according to this survey

University Michigan Sentiment Prelim: 66.0 vs a Forecast of 68.5 Inflation expectations of 2.9% for one-year ahead vs 3% on the prior reading Overall consumers still don't feel particularly great according to this survey pic.twitter.com/XQ0KAYd2tW — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) July 12, 2024 🇺🇸 United States Michigan Consumer Expectations (Jul) …

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The consumer has been in the worst shape since the Great Financial Crisis, and spending is collapsing.

Consumer spending is collapsing. This chart is just ugly. Stimmies are drying up and inflation continues to pressure spending. Never forget: Consumer spending represents 70% of the economy. pic.twitter.com/tTPeM1fKMp — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) June 2, 2024 Savings Depletion: Many households have been drawing from their savings, which may not be …

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During The Great Depression They Were Called “Hoovervilles”, But Today America’s Shantytowns Are Called “Bidenvilles”

by Michael To those at the bottom of America’s economic pyramid, it feels like the economy has already collapsed.  When you can’t afford to put a roof over your head and you barely have enough food to eat, nothing else really matters.  During the Great Depression of the 1930s, millions of homeless …

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The Great Trash War?

(3rd LD) N. Korea sends over 200 balloons carrying trash into S. Korea: Seoul military As of 1 p.m., some 200 balloons had crossed the border to fall in various locations across the country since Tuesday night, reaching as far as the southeastern province of South Gyeongsang, according to the …

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