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Key Takeaways America’s median home price-to-income ratio has risen from 3.5 in 1985 to 5.0 in 2025. In 2025, the median price for an American home is $416,900, up from $82,800 in 1985. 30-year fixed mortgage rates have reduced from 12.4% …
The economy may appear strong for the top earners, but for the rest of the country, the pressure is building toward a breaking point. Political movements will grow more extreme as citizens feel ignored and powerless, widening the gap between …
Heavy spending on cloud and artificial intelligence pushes Amazon’s free cash flow lower even as profits surge leaving investors questioning buyback potential. Amazon used too much cash in capital expenditure to build AI and cloud computing. — roger the investor …
It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴☠️ …
The cracks are showing. DR Horton booked $1.02 billion in net income for Q3 2025, a sharp drop from $1.35 billion a year ago. Revenue slid 7% to $9.2 billion. Closings fell to 23,160. The backlog shrank 16%. Order value …
The fundamental problem in the housing market today. American households need to earn $112,000 in order to afford a house. However, the Median Household income is only $84,000. Meaning that a huge portion of the U.S. population is unable to …
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Where’s the money going?! Personal Income: -0.4% vs 0.3% exp. Weakest in 4 years. pic.twitter.com/vajFt4oLJE — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) June 27, 2025 Not good https://t.co/KVlatfqiI9 — Merlin Capital 🧙♂️ (@merlinscapital) June 27, 2025 Breaking Core PCE +.2% vs +.1% exp …
The numbers are no longer whispering. They’re screaming. The gap between what homes cost and what Americans earn has never been wider. Not in 2008. Not in 1980. Not even during the COVID frenzy. This is new territory. And it’s …
Rising incomes under Trump’s leadership prove pro-growth policies work—tax cuts, deregulation, and America-first priorities fuel real gains. But let’s not forget: Biden’s $1.8T deficits set this fiscal dumpster fire. Santelli’s right on incomes, but D.C.’s addiction to reckless… — Watch …
🚨BREAKING: Personal income skyrocketed by 0.8% in April which is 3x the expectation. The Trump Effect. pic.twitter.com/mUoLy8rnmF — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 30, 2025 And they were surprised about the Inflation came in cool as well.
The numbers don't lie – New York's $235B budget vs Florida's $125B with comparable populations exposes the crushing weight of bureaucratic bloat. The FairTax Act of 2025's elimination of income taxes aligns with Florida's model, proving that states can fund …
The numbers are not vague. They are right there in the tax receipts. The top ten percent of U.S. earners cover nearly eighty percent of federal income taxes. That is not a talking point. It is raw arithmetic from the …
Canadian 🇨🇦 cities by income needed to buy a home (March 2025): 1. Vancouver: $223,9002. Toronto: $211,3003. Victoria: $176,3004. Hamilton: $147,3005. Ottawa: $134,9006. Calgary: $118,6007. Montreal: $108,9008. Halifax: $94,6009. Edmonton: $93,70010. Winnipeg: $74,600 — Made In Canada (@MadelnCanada) May 27, …
This trend, especially the big jump among those earning $70,000 to $149,999, suggests people are feeling the pinch of tighter finances, which could signal broader economic stress and potentially slow down growth if spending keeps dropping. Big Short 2 coming …
AI won’t just lead to universal basic income — but universal high income. Tens of billions of humanoid robots could 10× the global economy. They won’t just help. They’ll unlock abundance. Everyone gets what they want, if we get it …
Household debt service ratio vs. disposable personal income growth byu/MonetaryCommentary inEconomyCharts Rising household debt service and fading disposable income growth are quietly throttling the U.S. expansion from the inside out. As households allocate more of their income toward debt obligations, …
Americans save 3% of their income. 3%. That's all. We spend 97% of it. And that's with essentially zero goods inflation for the past 40 years as China subsidized our consumption at their own domestic consumers expense. So if your …
We’ve been promised a future where technology works for us, not the other way around. Cars that earn money while we sleep, fridges that automatically reorder our food, phones that know our heartbeat before we do. It sounds like a …
Tesla's Net Income fell 71% over the past year to $409 million. This was the first sub-$1 billion quarter for Tesla's bottom line in 4 years. $TSLAhttps://t.co/l5IYmkeySJ pic.twitter.com/ecd8oAiHYk — Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) April 22, 2025 BREAKING: Elon Musk announces he’ll …
Walmart said President Donald Trump’s new tariffs could affect its profits in the first quarter, though it expects sales to be stable during the period and for the full year. In a news release, the discounter said it wants to …
The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home for sale in the US ($124k) is now 57% higher than the current median household income ($79k). This is the most unaffordable housing market in history. Video: https://t.co/3GVJzoEu3z pic.twitter.com/lwqEsx6jX5 …
by Martin Armstrong Good news for the people of Mississippi—lawmakers have finally removed the state income tax. Mississippi is now joins Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Washington, Texas, and Wyoming in eliminating this excessive and predatory taxation …
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🚨 “Ireland is my favourite tax scam – it’s gotta end” Howard Lutnick did not hold back in a recent interview. Rightly or wrongly he has Ireland directly in his sights. What is Plan B?? pic.twitter.com/9ThtlC24gL — Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 …
Skyrocketing rates make homeownership impossible for most Americans, with $124,150 needed to afford the median home—far above the $79,223 median household income. As of January, "qualified income" needed to afford median home in U.S. was $124,150, but U.S. median household …
Mortgage payments now make up 40% of the average household income – the highest levels in over 30 years By the classic rule of keeping payments under a third of income, about 70% of Americans today can’t afford a mortgage …
by Michael Most Americans don’t know that for much of U.S. history there was no federal income tax and there was no central bank. But now everyone assumes that we must have a federal income tax and a central bank …
Home prices in the USA have increased from $25,800 in 1971 to $419,200 in 2024. Over this same period of time household income has also increased but at a much slower rate. For this reason when looking at historical home …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – For the first time ever, Albuquerque could be offering cash to low-income families. To start, the initiative would benefit those in the international district and southwest Albuquerque. The city could be following other cities across the …