U.S. Household Debt Reaches $18.59 Trillion; When six figures isn’t enough, the system is broken. Side hustles and selling stuff to survive on a high income? It’s not a personal failure; it’s a designed collapse of the middle class.

via halturnerradioshow America’s household debt hit $18.59 trillion with a $197 billion Q3 spike this year.   Many people are calling this  “the elite’s silent war on the middle class.” That’s $136,000 per household and an increase of $1,500. Mortgages, car …

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DB analysts warn OpenAI’s losses are entering unheard-of territory, and HSBC says it could burn nearly half a trillion by 2030. ChatGPT started the AI race. Now its lead is looking shaky

HSBC has said that OpenAI is going to have nearly a half trillion in operating losses until 2030, per FT: pic.twitter.com/KQrsGIqFnK — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 4, 2025 “OpenAI may continue to attract significant funding and could ultimately develop products that…revolutionize …

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High is in.

High is in. Will delete if wrong$ES $SPY $SPX $NQ $QQQ pic.twitter.com/obMZoyMik3 — Flint (@OrderflowES) December 2, 2025 $USDJPY Yen Carry Trade is about to get out of hand like it did August 2024. Dropped $SPX 400 pts in 2 …

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The Real Reason Prices Are Staying High

Washington’s favorite habit is the “temporary” fix – extend a subsidy here, push off a deadline there, and borrow the money to make it work. But those short-term patches carry long-term costs. They raise prices for families and deepen the …

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U.S. bankruptcies explode to 15 year high… We are in a recession in 4 charts… The Fed should hike rates 50 basis points in December.

Comparison: 2020 (COVID crash): ~610 large bankruptcies. 2021: ~400. 2022: ~450. 2023: ~500. 2025 YTD: 655 already. (Reuters) -Large U.S. corporate bankruptcies are on pace to hit their highest level in 15 years, S&P Global data showed on Thursday, underscoring …

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Powell said the Unemployment Rate was now more important than payroll numbers…4.4% is a new cycle high. Highest since 2021. Fed officials voicing concerns about private credit lately.

https://twitter.com/spice1975503/status/1991520334458343476 Noticing a growing number of Fed officials voicing concerns about private credit lately. But this one is esp notable where one of them is openly highlighting risks among life insurers (its largest investor base). If the Fed is concerned …

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Record high debt = record high gold price

via James Hickman Barrick Mining Corporation—one of the world’s largest and most established gold producers—just reported its third quarter earnings yesterday— and it was an absolute blowout. The company reported third quarter profit of $1.3 billion, nearly triple last year’s …

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Thousands of high earners are leaving New York every year, draining billions in tax revenue and forcing the city to spend more while collecting less

New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009 pic.twitter.com/nuOLxApYGW — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 7, 2025 NY State saw peaks of over 3,000 millionaires leaving annually around 2020, with cumulative net outflows shrinking its U.S. millionaire share …

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