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The $12 poverty tax byu/gashtal_man inFluentInFinance You can avoid fee if keep $1,500 minimum daily balance OR get $250+ direct deposit each month OR join their rewards program. Many poor people who can’t meet this pay the $12. Post call …
by Michael U.S. households are being financially squeezed at a level that we have never seen before. I have often said that we are in a long-term cost of living crisis that never seems to end, and that is not …
High propensity applications drop to 30 percent of total and only one in three ever hire anyone. America is forming businesses at a record pace, but almost none of them are creating jobs byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts America is forming businesses at …
via notayesmanseconomics Over the past week or two we have seen a rather curious development if you consider that the Strait of Hormuz is still closed. It has been highlighted today by the news from Nihon or Japan. The benchmark …
Past periods of rising small business uncertainty led to hiring slowdowns and reduced capital spending due to weaker demand visibility and tighter credit conditions US small businesses are highly concerned about the economy: The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index dropped …
TEXAS KINDERGARTEN TEACHER SAYS SHE’S BROKE — THEN ADMITS SHE’S PAYING $1,500 A MONTH FOR A MERCEDES G-WAGON Her direct deposit just hit: $7,581 Here’s where it went: • $3,581 rent • $1,548 Mercedes G-Wagon payment • $548 groceries • …
So we are in a position where : -COMEX going bust-AI bubble collapse after NVDA super earnings-BTC retests 4Q21 peak on ~69k$ and starts new wave down-Private Equity credit going bust-Housing market tanking-China entering next wave down after 2,5Ys of …
JUST IN: US home sales fell -8.4% in January, the largest monthly decline since Feb 2022. — Hedgeye (@Hedgeye) February 12, 2026 Realtors have sounded the alarm over a potential “new housing crisis” after home sales fell by over 8 …
BREAKING: BLS estimates the US economy ADDED +130,000 jobs in January, above expectations of +55,000. Over 60% of employment gains came from healthcare. The unemployment rate declined to 4.3%, from, 4.45 and below expectations of 4.4%. Revisions reduced job growth …
The national median rent fell 0.8% in December, and now stands at $1,356. This closes the book on 2025, with five consecutive months of rent declines. Based on recent years, we expect another 1-2 months of rent drops before the …
In a new experiment, Meta is limiting the number of links users can post on Facebook, unless they have a paid Meta Verified subscription. Over the last week, several users have spotted Meta’s test, which impacts link posting. Social media …
In order to use all the features and not just have it be a stock car that constantly tell you that have to subscribe for access. You have to PAY A SUBSCRIPTION! Seriously if you don’t want to have to …
🚨 BREAKING: The national median monthly rent for apartments fell for the fourth month in a row. Who would have thought that mass deportations would make housing cheaper.pic.twitter.com/19QIe4gx2A — CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) December 3, 2025 A slew of new supply …
The system is quietly trapping everyone while pretending nothing’s wrong. According to the BLM's most recent numbers, private employers are reporting 13,500 job cuts a WEEK. These are PRIVATE EMPLOYERS. NOT GOVERNMENT JOBS. The BLM reports we are seeing the …
via notayesmanseconomics This morning has brought some better news for the UK on the inflation front. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.6% in the 12 months to October 2025, down from 3.8% in September. So an improvement although …
by Martin Armstrong One in ten Americans receives food stamp benefits through SNAP. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins believes there needs to be an overhaul of the program to ensure only those in desperate need receive these benefits. The first step …
Thank goodness we have vigilant, hyper-competent stewards of our financial system such as Sens. Maxine Waters and Elizabeth Warren to ensure no systemic risks are allowed to threaten the solvency of our banks. What’s going on in the Corporate Junk …
Car debt has reached record levels, and a growing number of car owners owe more on their vehicles than they are worth, new data shows.https://t.co/3trXUg40un — ABC News (@ABC) October 16, 2025 The average price of a new car was …
WTF is a missold car loan? pic.twitter.com/zPJ79mXUY7 — Nobody Special (@JG_Nuke) October 7, 2025 US auto loan debt market suffers its biggest monthly loss since March 2020#MacroEdge — MacroEdge (@MacroEdgeRes) October 7, 2025 Something to seriously pay attention too. Not …
Rewinding the chart back to 1970 shows this can result in either a long-term top (1980), or a strong continuation (1972 – 73). Let price action dictate. pic.twitter.com/feDPOUNxBk — Christopher Aaron (@iGlobalGold) September 30, 2025
Promise made, promise broken. Food-at-home rose 0.6% from July to Aug—the biggest month-over-month increase since Aug '22. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 5.6%. Whatever growth Trump claims from his insane trade wars, it's us, everyday Americans, who are paying …
RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a momentum indicator in technical analysis. It measures the speed and change of price movements on a scale of 0-100. Readings above 70 suggest overbought conditions (potential sell signal), while below 30 indicate oversold …
$745 per month. That is the average new car payment in 2025. Most buyers are falling behind. Auto debt is surging. And people are trapped in loans stretching six years. Six years of payments. Six years of chains (CarBuzz). Experian …
American Express just upgraded its Blue Cash Preferred (BCP) and Blue Cash Everyday (BCE) cards with better streaming perks. The BCP now gives $10 per month in credit for Disney+, Hulu, or ESPN+. That’s half the value of the entertainment …
Student loan interest resumes today for nearly 8 million borrowers enrolled in Biden’s SAVE plan. The temporary 0% interest waiver expired August 1, after being quietly applied last year following legal scrutiny of the plan’s funding structure. Borrowers will now …
In the second quarter of 2025, the auto finance market crossed a threshold that’s hard to ignore. Total auto loan debt in the United States has now reached $1.63 trillion, officially surpassing the student loan balance for the first time. …
There was a time when my weeks all felt the same. Monday came and went, dragging into Tuesday. Friday seemed forever away. I was working hard, but by the weekend I was so worn out I couldn’t really enjoy it. …
They don’t handcuff you with chains anymore. They hand you keys to a house, a nice car, a college diploma, a daycare drop-off schedule, and a pile of plastic. It’s called the American dream. But if you look close, the …
This chart shows the median U.S. homebuyer housing payment on a median-priced home from January 2020 to April 2025, according to Redfin data. It starts at $1,484 in early 2020. It dips slightly to $1,688 by late 2020. Then it …
Check out Jasmine Crockett’s THREE luxury cars: 2020 Lincoln Continental ($50,000)2025 Mercedes-Benz GT-Class ($100,000)20?? Audi Q3 ($45,000) Yet she still makes the American worker pay for her $1K a month car lease. What a b*tch!pic.twitter.com/T90lJ7oILv — Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 …