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by confoundedinterest17 Mortgage demand is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. That is, mortgage demand will be listless in December (like the infamous Lake Erie snow effect), but leap upwards in January 202. Mortgage applications decreased 1.4 percent from …
Germany will require all men to register for potential military service from 1 January 2026, with compulsory service to be reintroduced if volunteer numbers fall short of targets set to meet NATO commitments. “Modern military service is coming,” said Jens …
The Final Countdown: 417 Days Until Financial Freedom Is Systematically Dismantled. On January 1, 2027, the European Union enacts its financial endgame. The new AML Regulation imposes a €10,000 cash payment limit and annihilates anonymous cryptocurrency accounts. This is the… …
BREAKING: Bank reserves at the Fed dropped -$59 billion last week to $2.93 trillion, the 2nd-lowest since January 2023. This nearly matches the 2023 low of $2.93 trillion, just before the regional banking crisis. Reserves are now on track for …
by Michael An absolutely gigantic space rock that has a mass larger than 33 billion tons will be making its closest approach to Earth on December 19th. We are being told that this gigantic space rock does not pose a …
President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel …
A Popular Market Misconception “Not a bubble if everyone knows it’s a bubble.” In early January 2000, during the dot-com bubble, everyone called it a bubble before it burst in March 2000. Hope this helps. — The Great Martis (@great_martis) …
https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supreme-court-declines-to-take-action-on-trumps-request-to-fire-fed-governor-for-now/ The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that it will hear oral arguments in January on a request from the Trump administration to allow the president to fire Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. In a …
Chinese Stock Market closes at highest level since January 2022 📈 pic.twitter.com/2stRIJEMmx — Barchart (@Barchart) October 1, 2025
They were already inside. Hundreds of FBI agents moved through the January 6 crowd. They mingled with protesters, watched from behind barricades and even entered the Capitol. They did it without uniforms, without disclosure, and without public accountability. For years …
Look, I’m not left or right, okay? But let’s be honest. The right usually trusts cops. The left usually doesn’t. That’s just how it shows up. Watch a protest. Right-leaning rallies? Flags, chants, speeches, maybe a little shouting, then done. …
The ongoing purge of Justice Department officials who investigated President Trump and his allies continued this week, with the Justice Department firing more than 20 employees who worked on the investigations, sources told CBS News. The firings, one source familiar …
Something remarkable is unfolding in America’s political theater exposing a deep well of hypocrisy that rarely makes the evening news. Democrats who just months ago criticized President Trump for not sending the National Guard to Capitol Hill on J6 have …
OMFG!!! 🤯 This hag has the nerve to flat out lie! Pelosi is the one who denied NG along w Mayor Bowser! “On January 6th…we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would …
BREAKING: Crypto funds posted $882 million in net inflows last week, marking the 4th consecutive weekly inflow. Bitcoin funds accounted for the majority of inflows, at $867 million. Year-to-date, investors have poured a whopping $6.7 billion into crypto funds. As …
60 of the nation’s 300 largest metro area housing markets had falling year-over-year home prices between March 2024 to March 2025 Last month, that count was 42 markets Two months ago, that count was 31 markets Analysis via @ResidentialClub pic.twitter.com/vADre6uTh4 …
WOW 🚨 The FBI started a national indoctrination campaign for a January 6th narrative ONLY 2 DAYS after J6 “I had no idea that there was a TWICE DAILY phone call that began only two days after January 6th in …
30-year mortgage rates just hit 7.50%, the highest since January. Buying or refinancing a home just got even harder. pic.twitter.com/2lCnjDCwmA — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) April 15, 2025
Revolving debt, which mostly includes credit card balances, jumped 8.2% in January, according to the Federal Reserve’s latest consumer credit report. Altogether, consumer debt, including student loans, auto loans and credit card debt, now stands at $5 trillion. Higher prices …
January saw a sharp pullback in consumer spending, suggesting a potential slowdown in economic growth, according to a Commerce Department report released Friday. Retail sales dropped 0.9% for the month, following an upwardly revised 0.7% gain in December.. Much worse …
by confoundedinterest17 Biden is out and so are the crazy job preferences of his administration (e.g., green energy). There is a new sheriff in town (Donald Trump). Here’s what the BLS reported in Trump’s first official jobs report since he returned …
It's called targeting of the opposition party. How is this legal? When do they go in front of the Senate Oversight committee or other to explain all this? — floridanow1 (@floridanow1) February 4, 2025
by PrestigiousCat969 The Stoxx Europe 600 Index is up 6.6% in January, its biggest monthly gain in two years, vs the S&P 500 at 3.2%. Stoxx 600 at 14 times estimated earnings compared to the 22 multiple for the S&P …
🚨🚨Gold deliveries on the COMEX exploded in January in uncharacteristic fashion for the month. Who's gobbling all of this metal up so early in 2025? 🤔 👇❗️ 👇❗️ pic.twitter.com/4blGfihSeA — Rob Kientz | The Freedom Report (@freedom_rpt) January 29, 2025 …
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lashed out at Trump for considering January 6 pardons while staying silent after Biden released 11 dangerous Islamic terrorists from Guantanamo Bay prison. “It is utterly shameful that the president-elect is considering pardons for January …
🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: TRUMP TO BE SENTENCED IN HUSH MONEY CASE ON JANUARY 10, DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION Justice Merchan sets sentencing for January 10 after Trump's conviction on 34 felony counts in Manhattan's hush money case. This unprecedented decision comes as Trump …
Job cuts remain elevated to end the year at 71,894 – up year/year and highlighting firms desire to continue shedding jobs into 2025. Expect job cuts to surge in January as firms rightsize & continue outsourcing – especially in white …
The federal debt has fallen $77 billion over the last 2 days, but only b/c Treasury has simultaneously drained $104 billion from its cash account; sure seems like Yellen is trying to set up her replacement at Treasury for failure …
Economic data keeps surprising to the downside!! Citi Surprise Index 👇 pic.twitter.com/DPdKUV0ji2 — James E. Thorne (@DrJStrategy) December 29, 2024 They are currently 10 million Americans who are delinquent on their student loans. On January 1, they are going to …
China’s $11 trillion government bond market has moved into uncharted territory. As their government rolls out widespread stimulus, yields are hitting record lows. The gap between yields in Japan and China are now at a record low of just ~70 …