If the economy can’t stand on its own two feet after 14 years and at least $40 trillion in free cash printed from the ether, then none of what was done did anything.

by Chris Black Bonds, Bullion, & Black Gold Battered As Hawkish FedSpeak & Inflation Fears Lift The Dollar https://t.co/x8LjjhPw6a— zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 2, 2023 You can’t fix structural problems with a fresh coat of paint and saying everything looks good. The Fed broke everything in 2009. They managed to blow …

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At Least 260,000 Illegals Crossed Border in September

by Chris Black We can call them new Americans or whatever, but the truth is, this is a new record for illegal border crossings. We’re on the up and up. US Border Patrol just reported the highest number of recorded illegal immigrants in history at over 260,000 this month.The full …

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September 2023 marks the least affordable month for U.S. housing this century, surpassing the record set just a month prior in August 2023.

This century meaning since 2000. The early 80s were, according to most housing affordability metrics, worse than this. — Lance Lambert (@NewsLambert) September 27, 2023 Homes ‘unaffordable’ in 99% of nation for average American… The typical American cannot afford to buy a home in a growing number of communities across …

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At least Tulips were tangible….

95% of NFTs are Worthless: Report. NFTs went mainstream, and then the bubble burst, as it often does. The financial failure does not even begin to scratch the surface of the environmental devastation wrought by crypto, either. It is unclear what the vast majority of crypto and NFT owners have gotten …

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Explosion At Major US Food Processing Plant Leaves at Least 8 Workers Injured – Corn, Soy Processing Down

At least eight people were injured in an explosion at a processing plant in Decatur, Illinois on Sunday. Five of the wounded remained hospitalized as of Monday. The fire and explosion happened at an Archer-Daniels-Midland processing complex just after 7pm Central time. “ADM immediately contacted the Decatur Fire Department, which …

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Americans’ cars now have ‘unmatched power to watch, listen and collect information about what you do and where you go’ – with at least 84% of 25 car brands in bombshell study sharing or selling personal data

Americans’ cars now have the ‘unmatched power to watch, listen and collect information about what you do and where you go,’ according to a concerning new study. According to the Mozilla Foundation, at least 84 percent of 25 car brands studied have the power to share or sell the personal …

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Woke Entertainment Is a JOKE! Demonic Disney LOST at Least $1B This Year Alone Due to a String of Box Office Bombs

via naturalnews: Woke entertainment doesn’t bring in revenues. Disney learned that a little too late.   Overall, Hollywood’s profits have crashed as theater audiences dropped by 50 percent in the past four years. Disney in particular incurred at least $1 billion in losses this year due to a string of major box office …

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It is the least affordable to buy car, house, food ever

The average monthly payment for a new-car loan hit $733 in this year’s second quarter, compared with $562 in 2019, according to Edmunds. pic.twitter.com/G2JwxDSjo7 — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 28, 2023 https://twitter.com/diegosegui9424/status/1695894948929749441 According to the affordability index, we are officially in the least affordable housing market ever. Median new mortgage payments …

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Military helicopter carrying at least 20 US Marines has crashed off the coast of Darwin, Australia during military exercises.

BREAKING: Military helicopter carrying at least 20 US Marines has crashed off the coast of Darwin, Australia during military exercises. — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) August 27, 2023 🚨#BREAKING: Currently large Search and rescue is underway after a U.S. Military V-22 Osprey helicopter carrying nearly 20 marines crashes off the …

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Instinet had $50B of $67B waived in Excess Capital Premiums Waived over a 2 Year Period. Instinet also received a massive waiver on January 28, 2021. FINRA: “Instinet experienced late reporting issues in connection with at least 26 billion events from November 2020 through December 2022”

by Dismal-Jellyfish https://www.finra.org/sites/default/files/fda_documents/2020067139101%20Instinet%2C%20LLC%2C%20CRD%207897%20AWC%20gg.pdf STILL NOT COMPLETE!!! Wut Mean?: Instinet was mandated to start reporting order data to the CAT Central Repository from June 22, 2020. Instinet hired a third-party vendor for CAT reporting, but their internal data specifications were inadequate for proper CAT-format reporting. In June 2020, Instinet informed FINRA …

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Housing market affordability index drops 10% below 2006 lows, making it the least affordable in US history.

This week, mortgage rates in the US hit their highest since 2001. We are well above the 2008 highs and rising. After the Fed minutes were released today, rate expectations increased. Bumpy road for homebuyers. Follow us @KobeissiLetter for real time analysis as this develops. — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) …

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The Least Popular GOP Presidential Candidate

by Martin Armstrong No one took Chris Christie seriously when he was the governor of New Jersey. People accuse him of turning voters to Obama in 2016 since he debated so poorly. Christie was disliked in New Jersey, so much so that he flipped the state blue when he left. …

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Federal Reserve Alert! The Fed announces the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1. The minimum capital requirement is 4.5 percent; The stress capital buffer requirement is at least 2.5 percent. Buckle up!

by Dismal-Jellyfish Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/large-bank-capital-requirements-20230727.pdf Wut mean?: Following its stress test earlier this year, the Federal Reserve Board today announced the individual capital requirements for all large banks, effective on October 1. Large bank capital requirements are in part determined by the Board’s stress test results, which provide a risk-sensitive and forward-looking …

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WALLS ARE CLOSING IN – Hunter Biden Called Joe AT LEAST 24 Times During Business Meetings with Clients When His Dad Was VP

Hunter Biden’s former business partner and friend is set to testify that Hunter called then Vice President Joe during meetings with clients, reports say. Devon Archer, 48, was subpoenaed on June 12 by the House Oversight Committee, which is investigating Hunter’s businesses and whether he and other members of the …

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Market manipulation via the options market has reached unprecedented extremes. Highest greed index in at least two years

In this era, market manipulation via the options market has reached unprecedented extremes: Today is quarterly opex. pic.twitter.com/XZJdj9ChtF — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) June 16, 2023 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1669638387911860226 BREAKING: Harvey Jones, who has been on the Nvidia, $NVDA, board since 1993, has sold nearly 120,000 shares this week, worth $48.3 million. He has …

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