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The numbers are not bad. They are grotesque. The national debt has exploded past $38 trillion, and nobody in Washington is even pretending to fix it. In just eight months, we’ve added $2 trillion more. That pace makes the 2008 bailout look like a bake sale. Meanwhile, the media obsesses over tariffs or shutdown drama …
Credit Card debt is absolutely exploding higher, now over $5 trillion and personal interest payments just hit a record high The consumer debt picture also indicates that decades ago, there was a massive, structural break in the economy and broader financial system- will we ever recover? “Credit card debt in the United States at the …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The CPI was higher than expected in August, but the Fed will do what it wants to do. The CPI Rose 0.4 Percent in July The BLS reports the CPI Rose 0.4 Percent in July, higher than the Bloomberg Econoday consensus of 0.3 percent. The BLS reports to a single …
🚨 BREAKING: Police have the NAME of the person of interest in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, per CBS. Make the execution SWIFT. Let’s hope he’s arrested TONIGHT so we can get those charges ASAP. 1-800-CALL-FBI pic.twitter.com/2jnZERLvPm — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 11, 2025 BREAKING: Law enforcement says they believe they have identified the name of a …
Everyday costs are exploding. Gas is up 94 percent. Electricity is up 78 percent. Fuel is up 49 percent. Hotels are up 38 percent. Rent and food are up 25 percent. Average earnings have fallen 2.8 percent. Citizens are being squeezed from all sides and the economic strain is driving a subtle exodus. This is …
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How the HELL is Trump demanding rate cuts not a direct conflict of interest? -Trump empire tied to real estate -Entire fam heavily into crypto -Extended fam run PE/VC/investment firms -DTJ buys ~$100m worth of bonds This is absolutely absurd the more I think about it How the HELL is Trump demanding rate cuts not …
Trump has bought at least $103.7 million in bonds while in office, including debt from Meta, Qualcomm, Home Depot, and T-Mobile, according to a White House disclosure dated August 12, 2025: “Trump reported no sales.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/trump-embarks-on-104-million-bond-buying-spree-while-in-office/ar-AA1KPNzK 👀 pic.twitter.com/lQtyLDsbQ3 — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) August 20, 2025 Unlike every modern president before him, Trump didn’t divest …
Starter homes should not cost $400,000. byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance
Interest payments on the national debt hit $1.049 trillion in the first 10 months of FY2025, up 30% from the same period last year. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/09/12/interest-payments-on-the-national-debt-top-1-trillion-as-deficit-swells.html The Treasury confirms the government is on track to spend $1.2 trillion on interest payments for the full fiscal year ending October 2025. https://www.investopedia.com/why-interest-payments-are-blowing-up-the-federal-budget-8712197 The U.S. Treasury’s own fiscal dashboard …
Cutting interest rates amidst the biggest asset bubble in history is the definition of madness — The Maverick of Wall Street (@TheMaverickWS) August 12, 2025 1. Stocks: all-time high2. Home Prices: all-time high3. Bitcoin: all-time high4. Gold: all-time high5. Money Supply: all-time high6. National Debt: all-time high7. CPI Inflation: 4% per year since Jan 2020, …
So basically the Fed is doing QE again. They are using the interest on reserves from their SOMA account to purchase treasuries at bond auctions. This is why the market is rising. The smart guys understand this. QE=higher stock prices. pic.twitter.com/k6eKdAwacD — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 10, 2025 “The Federal Reserve just bought $43.6 billion …
Earlier in the day, US President Donald Trump announced an extra 25 per cent trade tariff on India after he warned the country of action over its oil purchases from Russia, taking the total levy to 50 per cent. The additional tariffs are to be applicable after 21 days from today, coming into effect on …
What you’re not told about these Americans crying due to their student loans She paid $36,000 over 2 years. Her loan payoff is over $90,000 after all these payments, which is more than what she borrowed They’re paying their loans but can NEVER escape “Like, what the f*ck am I supposed to do? I’m gonna …
Housing prices would need to fall about 30% before basic affordability returns to most U.S. cities. Experts say mortgage rates must drop to around 4.4% for a typical home to fit within the affordability rule of 30% of median income. https://fortune.com/2025/07/30/mortgage-rates-housing-affordability-zillow-report Right now the average thirty year mortgage rate sits near 6.8%, despite being well …
Credit card debt in the U.S. has climbed to $1.25 trillion. Many Americans manage four or five cards. Interest rates average around 24%, making essentials like groceries costly on credit. Balances get shifted between cards just to stay current. Meanwhile, banks posted record profits last year, fueled largely by high credit card interest income. “U.S. …
Student loan interest resumes today for nearly 8 million borrowers enrolled in Biden’s SAVE plan. The temporary 0% interest waiver expired August 1, after being quietly applied last year following legal scrutiny of the plan’s funding structure. Borrowers will now see interest pile on top of balances again. According to the Education Department, “Borrowers should …
S&P 500 hits frothy 39 P/E as markets soar in historic rebound but past peaks signal danger ahead If the credit market was pricing this in interest rates would be over 10%. The problem is everything is being ignored. https://t.co/5SPicZHZpp — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) July 29, 2025 Linkhttps://t.co/DrQuoW85rw pic.twitter.com/Fk04MoJMv8 — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) July 30, …
Mean reversion on that going to be rough! Pulte owns 38 million shares of $PHM or around 19% of the company stock. Imagine how much he borrowed from the bank using his stock as collateral. This is why Pulte is sperging out 40 times a day on twitter. His family fortune is on the line …
Big moves in yields, especially at the front. While twos are making a move on their own, it’s the very front at the first-in-line bills that draws our attention. Steepening has been given a boost by some ugly recent data from right where it counts – incomes and spending. June Chicago PMI down to 40.4 …
I hate to pop your narrative bubble…not really…but, interest rates are not the cause or fix of inflation. See below. The US had 7-years of a 0% federal funds rate. No inflation. Then, we had 2-years of 0% and got inflation. It’s not rates, it the M2 money supply. pic.twitter.com/0gzeMoHEdR — Brian Wesbury (@wesbury) June …
Paying your credit card by the due date rarely guarantees you dodge interest charges. That’s a widespread mistake. Interest depends heavily on your grace period, something nearly everyone overlooks until it shows up on their bill. The grace period is the window between the statement closing date and the due date. Pay your full statement …
The problem isnt the interest rates the problem is wages and the shrinkflation down to 450 sq/ft units — Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) June 9, 2025
US 5-Year Note Auction High Yield 4.071% (stop through 0.4 BPS)Bid-to-Cover 2.39Sells $70 blnAwards 23.12% of bids at highPrimary dealers take 9.24%Direct 12.39%Indirect 78.37% — FinancialJuice (@financialjuice) May 28, 2025 US sells $70B in 5-year notes at a high yield of 4.071%, slightly below the 4.075% when-issued level. Strong international demand with 78.4% going to …
from Kerry Lutz’s Financial Survival Network In this explosive episode of the Financial Survival Network, Kerry Lutz welcomes back financial analyst John Rubino to unpack the global economic and geopolitical chaos brewing beneath the surface. Rubino warns that rising interest rates are pushing indebted nations—especially the U.S., Japan, and Europe—into a deadly fiscal spiral. With 30- and 40-year …
Musk is done IMO. He realizes DC is a complete cesspool. Back to continue being the greatest innovator in this generation and focusing on his companies. https://t.co/mEJlLUjAnC — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) May 25, 2025 🚨 RINO Republicans not codifying @DOGE cuts and doing everything @elonmusk suggested will go down in history as one of the …
Reporter: On the crypto dinner tonight, you mentioned this is not a WH dinner, but the president is always the president and the Trump family is making money off this. So how is this not the president using the office to enrich himself? White House: All of the president's assets… pic.twitter.com/LfGTrepzk1 — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) May …
