The zero rate boom was never free since ordinary people traded their future away while a small elite captured the nation’s stocks, homes and land under the illusion of easy money.

This was all pre planned. Government printed dollars. Lowered rates to 0%. You thought you were getting free monies to buy LED TV! In reality you were paying for this with your future and the elites were capturing every single …

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Small shops cutting staff, Home Depot losing customers, and 53 percent of homes dropping in value. America enters quiet recession.

Affordability crisis rattling mom-and-pop shops… “Surging import costs. Mounting payroll and healthcare expenses. A shortage of affordable loans. And a stressed-out workforce. Small businesses are facing mounting pressure from America’s affordability crisis. Doug Scheffel, owner of a family-run ETM Manufacturing …

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Housing needs help deflating: Completed but unsold homes at highest level since 2009. Oversupply and weak demand point to price cuts ahead

https://twitter.com/rev_cap/status/1962197481111834696 Housing *does* need help, but totally agree if they cut FFR it’ll just make things worse Since cutting cycle of 100bps last sept, 30Y UP 100bps Eventually I also think they try another George W Bush type program (when …

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America’s housing dream collapses: More than half of homes sell below asking, rents plunge, vacancies soar, and even first-time buyers fear losing it all

Interest rates are stuck. Inventory is swelling. Buyers are gone. More than half of all homes now sell below asking. It’s the weakest housing market since 2012. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/housing-market-craters-56-homes-123114860.html Rents are falling, vacancies hitting records. National apartment rents dropped 0.8% year …

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Wonder what the “permanent homes” look like?

Mayor Adams announces over 1,000 homeless New Yorkers moved from subways to permanent homes thanks to Subway Safety Plan https://t.co/yL3wWtBzyR pic.twitter.com/MaaFMWwsnS — New York Post (@nypost) August 11, 2025 Over 3,500 homeless New Yorkers have been taken off Big Apple …

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