More families across all age groups and income levels are cutting back on essential spending like food and medical care

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 ? pic.twitter.com/TFC4M17Yuy — Simon R.R.B (@BachSimon) May 20, 2025 Translation: …

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Moody’s Downgrades USA Credit Rating From Aaa (M2 Money UP 40% Since Covid, Public Debt UP 56%, US CDS Down Near Greek Levels!)

by confoundedinterest17 Now you know why Trump is so eager to cut wasteful spending! The real mystery is why Democrats and RINOs are so determined to continue wasteful spending and not cut taxes. Trump inherited a fiscal disaster from Biden and Congress. Not to mention The Federal Reserve. Credit default …

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Fed struggles to hold fragile financial system together… SOFR nearly 3x pre-pandemic levels and rising

The Fed has wrecked our financial markets: secured overnight financing is now almost triple where it was pre-pandemic and this essentially must keep increasing or things will start to break; the Fed is barely able to hold its house of cards together… pic.twitter.com/5q1AFbyxIu — E.J. Antoni, Ph.D. (@RealEJAntoni) May 6, …

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S&P 500 earnings revisions have hit extremely negative levels. Is this all just a bear market rally?

S&P 500 earnings revisions have hit extremely negative levels pic.twitter.com/6cbNSE4GHa — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) April 29, 2025 Is this all just a bear market rally? Time will tell. The average bear market rally lasts 44 days and yields a 14.1% return (before new lows are made). pic.twitter.com/pSaXPNSMj4 — Markets …

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Inflation fears hit 1981 levels again. Consumer confidence plunges to lowest in months.

🇺🇸 AMERICANS THINK THE ECONOMY IS A FLAMING DUMPSTER People are freaking out—for the fourth month in a row—because everything feels like it’s getting worse, not better. Blame the T-word: tariffs. They mess with prices, and now folks are scared their paychecks won’t keep up with… https://t.co/siOu6uomud pic.twitter.com/3HZyOZ9vEg — Mario …

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Retail is going all in. We are now close to pre liberation day levels in S&P 500. Market moves on rumors not results.

Retail is going all in. pic.twitter.com/Gj452YIQke — THE SHORT BEAR (@TheShortBear) April 24, 2025 A lot of resistance in this region, from technicals to gamma, even hy spreads pic.twitter.com/clVN38XA3u — Michael J. Kramer (@MichaelMOTTCM) April 24, 2025 Bottom calls everywhere again. Still below 200 EMA with gaps unfilled. With brevity. …

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Credit card delinquencies highest since 2011. 275,000 jobs cut in March as layoffs surge. Trucking volumes have collapsed to near pre-COVID levels.

The pressure is not just building. It is bursting through the seams. More than 5,300,000 student borrowers are now in default. Another 4,000,000 are about to be hunted down when federal collections resume on May 5. These are not small figures. They represent lives unraveling under debt that was never …

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US Treasury 10Y-2Y Yield Curve Normalizes To Jan 2022 Levels, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) Share Back To Financial Crisis (2008) Levels

by confoundedinterest17 The good news? The US Treasury 10Y-2Y yield curve is normalizing to January 2022 levels. One the mortgage side, adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) share is the highest since the financial crisis (2008). As Trump continues to stand up for Americans and China (and Democrats) continues to fight, the …

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Investor gloom hits 30-year high… Record number plan US equity pullback… Cash levels still too low to signal peak fear… Markets calm but left tail looms large…

OOPS! Investors haven’t been this bearish in 30yrs, BofA poll shows. 82% of fund managers expect the global economy to weaken, and a record number intend to reduce exposure to US equities. BUT “peak fear” is not yet reflected in cash allocations, which currently stands at 4.8% of… pic.twitter.com/k8xzjB6z4K — …

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Bond yields above pre-“Liberation Day” levels. FHA delinquencies soar to 15.11% on purchase loans. Morgan Stanley predicts no rate cuts from the Fed in 2025

Talk about a shift in sentiment: The 10-year note yield now pushing above 4.20% while the S&P 500 falls -4.5% in 3 hours. Yields are ABOVE levels seen before "Liberation Day." Once again, bond markets are telling us something. pic.twitter.com/zOQcikVObA — Adam Kobeissi (@TKL_Adam) April 8, 2025 FHA delinquencies are …

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Gold buying hits new highs as fiat currencies lose ground. Gold ETF demand rising, but still off peak levels

Relentless Gold buying. The value of fiat currencies are quickly falling…. Failing? pic.twitter.com/xobkI8m7BI — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) March 18, 2025 And to think, gold ETF holdings aren't even at their all-time highs. 😉 pic.twitter.com/PMx4u9JihB — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) March 18, 2025 🚨 Japan's 2 year …

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Search for “stocks crash” now in the levels of the Covid crash 5 years ago. March 2020 crash and current drawdown: no consecutive green days.

Search for “stocks crash” now in the levels of the Covid crash 5 years ago. It’s time. pic.twitter.com/iktmI58rHs — Heisenberg (@Mr_Derivatives) March 13, 2025 🚨 Heisenberg Observation 🚨$SPX The 2020 March Covid Crash peak to trough, never had consecutive green days. Not one. Until it bottomed. This current drawdown peak …

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US hiring is at CRISIS levels

🚨US hiring is at CRISIS levels: The US hiring rate came at 3.3% in January, near the lowest level since the 2020 Crisis low of 3.1%. The rate has seen a similar decline as during the 2008 Financial Crisis. All while layoffs skyrocket. This is not a strong labor market. …

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Mortgage payments now make up 40% of the average household income – the highest levels in over 30 years. U.S. pending home sales have fallen to a new all-time low

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 Housing affordability is at a breaking point pic.twitter.com/qwn079KFPb — Bravos …

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The surge in consumer insolvencies to levels not seen since 2009 is a massive warning sign for Canada’s economy

In Canada, bankruptcies, consumer proposals, and insolvencies are at a 5-year high. 📢 🇨🇦 Consumer Insolvencies Just Hit A 2009-Level Surge If this is a "strong" economy, what happens in a downturn? Why is this a massive warning sign for 🇨🇦 consumers & real estate. 🧵 pic.twitter.com/9T64MjMXLj — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) …

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Bid up asset markets until they explode due to feedback through the economy. 30-year treasury real yields at 2008 levels, bond market worried beyond inflation.

This week (Wednesday morning) is CPI. Commodity prices back to 20 year highs. This is what I call Ponzi inflation. Bid up asset markets until they explode due to feedback through the economy. pic.twitter.com/VyscoXucnF — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) January 14, 2025 M2 money supply is a key indicator of liquidity It …

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The current U.S. stock market valuation has reached 2000 and 2021 levels. Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson – US equities could face a tough six months to start the year.

by VotedOut Three different U.S. stock market valuation models (the Buffett Indicator, CAPE ratio, and Mean Reversion Model – three different ways of objectively looking at the overall valuation of the current market) are flashing extreme overvaluation warning signs that were both last seen in 2000 and 2021. Both 2000 …

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New highs – lows peaked the week of the election and are now negative. The election gap that was a bear trap on the way up, will be a bull trap on the way down. Bank reserves drop below $3 trillion, nearing pre-March 2023 banking crisis levels.

The S&P 500 is at the same level today as it was on the day after the election. It has gone nowhere for two months, amid EPIC levels of bull shit. New highs – lows peaked the week of the election and are now negative. The election gap that was …

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Retail Closures in US Hit Pandemic Levels

by Martin Armstrong Over 6,481 retailers have closed their doors since the beginning of the new year, according to data from Coresight Research in November, but that figure is expected to reach 7,327, marking a 57.8% increase in closures since 2023. During the pandemic, closures exceeded openings by 180 stores …

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Hochul boasts subway safety, yet next day a woman was burned alive, another stabbed. Major crimes in NYC have surged 32% since pre-COVID 2019 levels.

And today, someone was burned alive… which means Kathy Hochul lied, again. https://t.co/etvurtJEqw — Liberacrat™️ (@ViralVideos) December 23, 2024 The number of major crimes in NYC (defined as murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny of an automobile) has risen by about 32% since 2019's pre-COVID …

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SELL SIGNAL TRIGGERED: Global investors’ cash levels drop to 3.9%, warns BofA; Bulls are defending the Trump gap at all costs, because once it’s filled then this election rally becomes a bull trap.

‼️SELL SIGNAL FOR STOCKS TRIGGERED‼️ Cash levels* in global investors portfolios fell to 3.9%, triggering a “sell signal”, according to BofA. This is one of the lowest readings in history. It suggests lower returns ahead. *Survey of 171 fund managers with $450 billion assets. pic.twitter.com/4QUA3XbZrG — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) …

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