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New reports reveal that Americans have started panic buying again. People are noticing that shortages are getting worse, and shelves are getting increasingly emptier as we approach the last quarter of 2023. Some have decided to act now before they can no longer find household supplies and their favorite items at their local stores. Many …
Gas prices in the US have surged to an eight-month high after foreign suppliers slashed production, and experts are warning that a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico could trigger further increases. On Friday the national average price of regular gasoline stood at $3.73-a-gallon, a sharp increase from $3.55 one month ago, though still well …
via Mike Shedlock: As widely expected, the Fed hiked its base interest rate by a quarter of a point. It’s the highest in 22 years. This was the 11th consecutive increase since March 2022. FOMC Statement Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace. Job gains have been robust in …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKPyR752aZ0 It seems like America’s financial problems are set to continue with Best Buy reporting major price increases, declining sales and an economic downturn for the rest of the year. Just a few years ago Best Buy stores were filled with buzzing shoppers huddled around displays carrying the latest gadgets from the likes of Microsoft …
The Bloomberg dollar index has fallen to the weakest vs peer currencies in more than a year. pic.twitter.com/yA8jmUJwsc — Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) July 13, 2023 DXY has broken down to new 52-week lows Reaching levels seen in April 2022 pic.twitter.com/HYpmPEae0s — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) July 13, 2023 h/t SilverStorey
by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics relied of massive Federal spending thanks to Covid and massive monetary expansion. This led to the highest inflation in 40 years (Bidenflation). But now The Fed is slowing M2 Money growth into negative territory and hiking their target rate. The result? Bank credit growth has crashed to 0.5% YoY. In other words, …
by confoundedinterest17 Livin’ la vida Biden! The Biden Administration has got a line on you! Unfortunately that line is choking America’s middle class and low wages workers with inflation and rising interest rates. Auto loan rates are now up to 7.65%, a gut-wrenching 166% increase under Bidenomics. Average monthly payments also reached a new record of …
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s central bank umbrella body, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), called on Sunday for more interest rate hikes, warning the world economy was now at a crucial point as countries struggle to rein in inflation. Despite the relentless rise in rates over the last 18 months, inflation in many top …
by confoundedinterest17 Fed’s Powell to double down of hawish rate message. Or banks and consumers can expect no sugar tonight. Expect a hawkish Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to double down on the Fed’s commitment to vanquish inflation at his semiannual testimony before Congress on June 21-22. While the immediate audience will be lawmakers, the message will be …
by Dismal-Jellyfish Norway: https://www.norges-bank.no/en/topics/Monetary-policy/Monetary-policy-meetings/2023/june-2023/ Policy rate raised to 3.75 percent Norges Bank’s Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Committee decided to raise the policy rate by 0.50 percentage point to 3.75 percent. The Committee’s current assessment of the outlook and balance of risks implies that the policy rate will most likely be raised further in August. Inflation …
by confoundedinterest17 Fridays are always fun in the market. Bitcoin is up 3.23% as The Fed took a pause yesterday. Note that bitcoin and gold are moving together since March 2023 as the US Dollar deteriorates. And expectations of Fed rate hikes (yellow dashed line) increases. As least Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria knows better …
by confoundedinterest17 Okay, Joe Biden was generally regarded as the dumbest member of the US Senate and mean-spirited (I won’t repeat podcaster Joe Rogan’s opinion of Biden). Now we realize how brazenly corrupt Biden is (taking bribes from China and Ukraine to influence American poliicies). Not only is Biden an attrocious human being, but his …
by confoundedinterest17 Foul Powell on the Prowl! Federal Reserve policymakers are about to take their first break from an interest-rate hiking campaign that started 15 months ago, even as they confront a resilient US economy and persistent inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday is expected to maintain its benchmark lending rate at the …
Source: https://wolfstreet.com/2023/06/06/reserve-bank-of-australia-first-central-bank-to-pause-then-un-pause-hikes-again-warns-of-more-hikes-qt-continues/
