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China just made Silicon Valley’s entire AI industry look like a scam. The US government spent 3 years trying to stop China from building competitive AI. But this backfired HORRIBLY. Here’s what happened: Yesterday, a Chinese startup called DeepSeek released a new AI model called V4. It matches the performance …
Mexico’s manufacturing wage is now reportedly 40% lower than China. byu/metricshour inMetricshour
Ken Griffin of Citadel has said there is an energy price shock occurring across the world. — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) April 20, 2026 AI BOOM WON’T AUTOMATICALLY MEAN RATE CUTS Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh argues an AI-driven productivity surge could allow lower interest rates without stoking inflation. Economist Ed Yardeni …
Catherine Austin Fitts: "If you look at the people who are really running the system behind the scenes… they know… the only way you can balance the books is by lowering life expectancy. And that's what they're doing. And it's absolutely intentional, and it is a plan." This… pic.twitter.com/YHgogHgv2b — …
The average German believes that the government should take as much as possible from him, give some of it back as “free” healthcare, education, daycare spots, etc., and distribute the rest to people who have never contributed anything to society. — 𝒜𝓁𝑜𝒾𝓈 𝐻𝒾𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇𝓁 (@alois_hingerl) March 25, 2026
S&P 500 has made a lower low on the weekly timeframe. IMO, SPX could dump another 10%-15% before bottom. pic.twitter.com/GlGwRjU4z1 — Ted (@TedPillows) March 21, 2026 Bush declared victory six weeks into the Iraq War… It went on for eight years. Trump may do the same. pic.twitter.com/jrVC7chzDP — Martin A. …
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces he would like to lower the speed limit to just 20mph on ALL STREETS in New York City A 20 mph speed limit would make it much easier to ticket everyone who drives a car all the time to pay for his socialist agenda Yes, this …
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announces he would like to lower the speed limit to just 20mph on ALL STREETS in New York City A 20 mph speed limit would make it much easier to ticket everyone who drives a car all the time to pay for his socialist agenda Yes, this …
I don't know who needs to hear this but… When a CFO starts talking about dividends, it usually means the stock price is going lower. $NVDA https://t.co/8VPclGfgAx — I Sell Options Guy (@RentYourStocks) March 17, 2026 Nvidia when the market opens pic.twitter.com/DDQzOoEDnO — Mimo (@MimoCrypto17) March 17, 2026
Let me be very clear! An oil spike in a weakening economy is not inflationary – it is contractionary! The FED is extremely misguided if they are going to treat a Supply-Driven Oil-spike as an inflationary trigger. FED needs to LOWER rates to counter the effects of higher Oil… — …
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, The Road to Housing Act by Senators Scott (R) and Warren (D) is seriously bad policy. 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Please note the Senate Passes Bipartisan Housing Bill Targeting Large Investors The Senate has passed the largest housing bill in decades — bipartisan …
Mac10 @SuburbanDrone This is the story of the stock market year to date as viewed by the equal weight NDX and the World ex-U.S.: Back in late January, U.S. stocks got hit by AI panic – The fear that AI was going to implode sector after sector including many Tech …
by confoundedinterest17 We are seeing the aftermath of the Federal government’s fiscal response to the Covid outbreak of 2020. Home prices exploded following The Federal government’s spending spree. The end result? US housing is simply unaffordable for millions of households. Not really surprising given the soaring home prices following the Covid Federal …
So we are in a position where : -COMEX going bust-AI bubble collapse after NVDA super earnings-BTC retests 4Q21 peak on ~69k$ and starts new wave down-Private Equity credit going bust-Housing market tanking-China entering next wave down after 2,5Ys of bear market rally to… pic.twitter.com/jl9ZJ8Dp9R — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) February 25, …
We’re in “reverse” now. 👇🏼 https://t.co/BoKr3sseXk pic.twitter.com/AHzh49jOwC — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) February 5, 2026 “Nobody could have seen this coming.” 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/r94w0m3Xze — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) February 5, 2026 Can someone explain to me like I’m 10 years old, how Bitcoin has gone down -$32,000 with NO BOUNCE …
🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨 Credit card companies have completley ignored and disregarded Trump’s suggestion to lower interest rates. No one respects him! pic.twitter.com/IiGLsXMvKY — The Green Dragon Tavern (@greendragonhq) January 20, 2026 That’s a good thing. Many people are unable to consume and are poor because they can’t manage their budget properly, so …
Source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-launches-vera-rubin-its-next-major-ai-platform-at-ces-2026-230045205.html AI powerhouse Nvidia (NVDA) announced the launch of its next-generation Vera Rubin superchip at CES 2026 on Monday in Las Vegas. One of six chips that make up what Nvidia is now calling its Rubin platform, Vera Rubin combines one Vera CPU and two Rubin GPUs in a single …
New data shows prices for everyday goods and services are lower compared to when President Trump took office: Eggs: -25.2% Airfare: -9.3% Public transportation: -6.9% Propane, kerosene, & firewood: -6.8% Hotels: -6.7% Ship fare: -6.5% Gas: -4.6% Energy commodities: -4.5% Car rentals: -4.4% Potatoes: -3.6% Butter: -3.6% Cheese: -3% Frozen …
BREAKING: September’s trade deficit stuns experts by coming in far lower than expected. EXPECTATION: -$59 BILLION REALITY: -$52 BILLION "This would be the lightest going back to, wow we're really going back. All the way back to June of 2020.” pic.twitter.com/aEmMj0LXqm — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) December 11, 2025 The US …
Affordability of necessities in the US continues to deteriorate byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts For context… SmartAsset studied how much families need to live a "normal" life in every US state. (covering needs, wants, AND saving 20%) The results are terrifying: — Brennan Schlagbaum, CPA (@Budgetdog_) December 3, 2025 40. Texas ($204,922)39. North …
Bitcoin is still in a downtrend, still making lower highs/lower lows and still warning the entire market but most traders won’t recognize it until it’s 30% lower. Yes, #Bitcoin may push toward $97–$100K. That lower high is still on the table. But none of that changes the thesis going into …
Japan's government says it may "intervene" before the Japanese Yen to US Dollar ratio reaches 160. Over the last 2 months, the Yen has gone from 145 to 157 as a $110B+ stimulus package is coming byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts I agree, but does it really solve anything for Japan? With all …
via notayesmanseconomics We find ourselves in what has become a rather familiar situation for 2025 where there is pressure for lower official interest-rates, but bond yields do not play ball. We can start with the former and as so often this year President Trump is making headlines. President Donald Trump …
NEW YORK TIMES: – US prepares some tariff exemptions to lower food prices, will include beef and citrus products – Trump has not made final decision on exemptions – Exemptions would apply to certain reciprocal tariffs looks like Trump is admitting grocery prices are too high — amit (@amitisinvesting) November …
View post on imgur.com “Megyn Kelly asked about highly-skilled immigration. The H-1B program is neither high-skilled nor immigration: these are temporary foreign workers, imported from abroad, for the explicit purpose of substituting for American workers at lower pay. I remain totally committed to eliminating rampant, widespread H-1 B abuse and …
Trump ‘to lower some tariffs’ amid steep drop in consumer sentiment #MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) November 12, 2025 BREAKING: Trump says he is going to "lower some tariffs." pic.twitter.com/FPQD6svdzk — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 12, 2025 Why lower tariffs if the economy is doing so good with them? https://thehill.com/business/5595217-consumer-sentiment-plummets-november/ Consumer sentiment …
Eliminating the tipped wage in D.C. has led to higher prices and fewer restaurant jobs. https://reason.com/video/2024/11/21/why-these-workers-want-a-lower-minimum-wage/ — When labor activists came to Washington, D.C. demanding higher wages for restaurant workers, they clashed with an unexpected adversary: restaurant workers. A few decades ago, waiting tables or bartending in the nation’s capital …
December rate cut odds are ticking lower after Fed member warns of stagflation #MacroEdge pic.twitter.com/QHlkPIADLo — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) October 31, 2025 Fed’s Logan: WE FIND IT DIFFICULT TO CUT RATES AGAIN IN DECEMBER INFLATION IS TOO HIGH INFLATION TAKING TOO LONG TO RETURN TO THE 2% TARGET We are being …
Here is the set-up going into tomorrow and next week: Two weeks ago on Friday Trump pounded stocks lower in the morning by threatening to escalate the trade war with China. Last week, there were concerns over a renewed bank run. And early this week there was a momentum stock …
by confoundedinterest17 September US home sales printed at 4.06 million units. The US still hasn’t recovered from the Covid 19 outbreak of 2020 and the Fed’s response to Covid. On the commercial real estate side, CRE prices remain below Covid 19 outbreak levels.