Why is the cost of living so high?

"Why is it so expensive just to live … to breathe?" 🔊 pic.twitter.com/djoRRK3KTL — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) February 6, 2024 People buy in bulk at Costco or Sam's Club in order to save money. Does it seem like even …

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Captain Obvious Award Goes To … Treasury Secretary Yellen Who Admits “High Prices Here To Stay” (Food CPI UP 21%, Gasoline Prices UP 38% Under “Inflation Joe”, Home Prices UP 33.2%, Mortgage Rates UP 154%)

by confoundedinterest17 Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just admitted what the rest of Americans already knew: high prices are here to stay. Example? Food prices (CPI) are up over 20% under Inflation Joe while gasoline prices are up 38% under Clueless …

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Addicted To Gov? Government Worker Wage Growth Hits Record High As Savings Rate Falls To 3.7% (Acyclical Core PCE inflation Remains Extremely High)

by confoundedinterest17 Americans are addicted to gov. And government is addicted to spending (and creating more debt). Let’s look at wage growth for government apparatchiks relative to private sector workers. While wage growth overall was modest, it is government wage growth that …

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BREAKING: Propane Truck Crashes into Railroad Bridge Triggering a Massive Explosion — Glenville, New York. Flames 200 ft High.

🚨#BREAKING: Propane Truck Crashes into Railroad Bridge Triggering a Massive Explosion⁰⁰📌#Glenville | #Newyork ⁰⁰Numerous emergency crews are at the scene in Glenville, New York, after an 18-wheel tractor-trailer carrying propane crashed into a railroad bridge, triggering a… pic.twitter.com/u8eX7FFARS — R …

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Credit card debt in the US has hit an all-time high of $1.08 Trillion (The average interest rate on credit cards is now over 20%, also an all-time high) [Balances have increased $154 Billion year over year, the largest increase since 1999]; U.S. Household debt reaches $17.29 Trillion

Another record credit card debt Collectively, Americans now owe $1.08 trillion on their credit cards, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Steadily, persistently higher prices have caused consumers to spend down their savings and increasingly turn …

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The cost of housing in the United States has reached an all-time high, with Americans now needing to make $114,600 per year to afford a median-priced home — To put things in perspective, the median household income is only $75,000.

by TonyLiberty The cost of housing in the United States has reached an all-time high, with Americans now needing to make $114,600 per year to afford the median-priced home. To put things in perspective, the median household income is only …

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Inflation Alert! Fed Governor Michelle Bowman: “Inflation continues to be too high, and I expect it will likely be appropriate for the Committee to raise rates further and hold them at a restrictive level for some time”

Bowman calls out she is in the rates higher for longer camp while leaving room to continue raising rates. She calls out the PCE index rising but fails to mention that it was being undercounted previously and is actually HIGHER going …

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A crisis is looming: Small US banks hold over 70% of $2T in CRE loans, exceeding ’06 guidance. With $1.5T CRE refinancing ahead, vacancies high, and prices falling, excessive exposure risks instability.

“JUST IN: Nearly 700 US banks now exceed the 2006 Commercial Real Estate (CRE) loan concentration guidance. What is the CRE loan concentration guidance? It’s guidance by the FDIC for the amount of exposure that small banks should have to …

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Current debt levels are dangerously high, with $17.1 trillion in household, $12.0 trillion in mortgage, $1.6 trillion in auto loans, and $1.0 trillion in credit card debt.

For the first time in history, the median monthly mortgage payment is nearing $3000/month. Mortgage rates are now at their highest since 2002. Inflation has made many basic necessities into unaffordable things. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as …

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