Housing Market in EMERGENCY MODE AS SALES PLUMMET..

Despite interest rates coming down, buyers are not returning to the housing market and inventory continues to build across the country. In some parts of the U.S. we are seeing inventory levels jump beyond pre-pandemic levels and nationwide inventory levels are nearly back to pandemic as well. How low interest …

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Labor market conditions index swings rapidly downward, signaling an imminent recession cliff ahead.

WARNING: Labor market conditions index has been steadily declining This systematically happens prior to recessions pic.twitter.com/w3YYWHR566 — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 26, 2024 US firms’ ‘low firing’ approach may turn to more layoffs, Fed’s Barkin tells BBG WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – The “low-hiring, low-firing” approach that U.S. businesses currently …

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U.S. Dollar Index $DXY on track for lowest close since July 2023. People think they’re getting richer as the market goes up but in real terms not really.

U.S. Dollar Index $DXY on track for lowest close since July 2023 👀 pic.twitter.com/QttP92aA3K — Barchart (@Barchart) August 23, 2024 This is crazy. People think they’re getting richer as the market goes up but in real terms not really. https://t.co/dytRkimwVe — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) August 23, 2024 Wall Street’s reaction …

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This is actually a single-family house in Punta Gorda, FL. Down -35%. Back to 2019 value. Still sitting on the market after nearly a year.

3) Here's another listing. This is actually a single-family house in Punta Gorda, FL. Down -35%. Back to 2019 value. Still sitting on the market after nearly a year. pic.twitter.com/mXpnHMFdAH — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) August 23, 2024 1) To be clear: prices in Florida's condo market aren't down 41% from …

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Powell at Jackson Hole signals rate cuts. Unemployment begins to move sharply the wrong way

US 10-Year Treasury Yield Falls US Treasury yields fell by up to 5 basis points to 3.807% as investors anticipated larger Fed rate cuts this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaled readiness to cut inte… More here: https://t.co/AdIot28g1y pic.twitter.com/rGam65VO7z — TRADING ECONOMICS (@tEconomics) August 23, 2024 Powell: "the time has …

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SCE Labor Market Survey: The proportion of individuals who reported searching for a job in the past four weeks rose to 28.4% from 19.4% in July 2023, highest since March 2014. The average expected likelihood of becoming unemployed in the next four months reached a series high.

Source: https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/sce/labor#/ TLDRS: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s July 2024 SCE Labor Market Survey reveals significant changes in the job market, with 28.4% of individuals actively searching for jobs, the highest level since the survey’s inception in 2014. The rise in job searches was particularly pronounced among those over …

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Billionaire issues stock market warning.

This month’s stark stock market swing serves as an indicator of things soon to come, warns one veteran hedge fund operator. Mark Spitznagel, president and chief investment officer of Universa Investments, made the prediction in an interview with Fortune, almost two weeks after the scare. At the time, markets from …

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Rubino: Airbnb Houses Are About to Flood the Market

via JOHN RUBINO The current housing bubble features three new players, all of whom are about to switch from “buy/hold” to “panic sell.” They are: Boomers forced by declining health and/or shrinking stock portfolios to sell their McMansions. Wall Street private equity “landlords” who gorged on houses and apartment buildings …

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The Rot in the Commercial Real Estate Market in One Story

by Mike Maharrey I’ve been watching the commercial real estate (CRE) sector as a potential catalyst for the next financial crisis. So far, it has managed to hold together, but there is still trouble brewing under the surface. The story of one commercial real estate investment by UBS Group is a microcosm …

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Overnight, BOJ’s no rate hike stance fuels RISK ON rally; market instability persists…Mohamed A. El-Erian: Yen weakens 2% due to BoJ’s dovish stance, conflicting with economic needs.

Overnight, the BOJ fueled a global RISK ON rally with their announcement that there will be no further rate hikes while markets are "unstable":https://t.co/nX1iahwa8M For pundits such as Zerohedge who are still asserting that a mere .25% rate hike imploded the global Ponzi… pic.twitter.com/38TOmfe5gR — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) August 7, 2024 …

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MARKET MELTDOWN, CRASH COMING

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GLOBAL STOCK MARKET CRASH UNFOLDING: Live Updates

Global stock market crash: LIVE UPDATES Following staggering drops in Japan’s Nikkei and Bitcoin, European banks are tumbling to March lows Stock markets went into a meltdown on Monday amid fears that the US could be heading for a recession, pushing investors into panic-selling mode, market data shows. The US …

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The labor market has now begun cracking… This is the early phase before an economic downturn unfolds

This is the early phase before an economic downturn unfolds Buckle up pic.twitter.com/LFwQz6rIMe — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 1, 2024 This is how the 2008 Financial Crisis crash unfolded 👇 pic.twitter.com/qYvdaiJQNd — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) August 2, 2024 A record 53% of investors turned bullish on 17th July This coincided …

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