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Mortgage costs hit 2724 dollars a month up 82 percent from pre pandemic levels, It sits 72 percent higher than 2007 bubble peak.

Skyrocketing mortgage costs are a big problem for the U.S. Housing Market. Today it costs the typical buyer $2,724/month to buy a house, inclusive of mortgage, tax, and insurance. That's up 82% from pre-pandemic. byu/Boo_Randy_Revival inHouseBuyers “And an astounding 72% higher than the 2007 bubble peak. We’ve never seen such poor housing affordability. Incomes have …

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Are you ready for Trump’s 2nd pandemic?

'Patient Zero' in deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak was Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord https://t.co/Za24dmfDHJ pic.twitter.com/RHcFSy4mrw — New York Post (@nypost) May 9, 2026 Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back https://t.co/KS4oCnbTC1 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 9, 2026 Via the Brownstone Institute, Hollywood loves a good sequel and so does politics and pharmaceutical development. Since Covid, there …

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Hantavirus, the Pandemic Treaty, and a Lot of Odd ‘Coincidences’ [VIDEO]

Hantavirus explodes on remote Antarctic cruise ship with Andes strain that spreads human to human.. Three dead one in ICU and Swiss passenger isolated in Zurich after passengers scattered across continents… Eight week incubation window means dozens of passengers already walking around with stealth infection… Perfect isolated test run for Disease X while WHO calls …

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JetBlue founder David Neeleman warned about serious bankruptcy risk — The airline industry is currently going through its most severe financial turbulence since the pandemic

Budget carriers pin their collapse on skyrocketing fuel tied straight to Middle East conflict. JetBlue is now formally warning us of a potential bankruptcy as fuel costs continue to skyrocket due to the Trump war. One analysis put their odds of filing for bankruptcy at 75%. Frontier is also on Bankruptcy watch with the same …

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Credit spreads spike while S&P barely moves, history says bear markets follow. Investors have rotated into cash at the fastest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic. “Buy the first pullback after a new high, sell the first rally after a new low.”

The bond market is getting twitchy. Over the past 20 years, when credit spreads blew out but the S&P 500 wasn't even beyond a pullback yet, it was 3-for-3 in bear markets. h/t @sentimentrader pic.twitter.com/xiba9GU3z2 — Jason Goepfert (@jasongoepfert) March 17, 2026 The market is green today and nobody's talking about the sector that refused …

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104 Million Americans out of Work. More than 2020 Peak Pandemic Levels

BREAKING: A record 104.3 million Americans are now “outside” of the labor force. These are individuals who are neither employed nor actively looking for work, including retirees, students, stay-at-home parents, and discouraged workers. This exceeds the 2020 pandemic peak by 600,000 when nearly the entire economy was shut down. Since the 2008 Financial Crisis, the …

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9 large companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last week. This brings the 3-week average to 6, the highest rate since the 2020 pandemic. Corporate credit quality is deteriorating sharply

9 large companies filed for bankruptcy in the US last week. This brings the 3-week average to 6, the highest rate since the 2020 pandemic byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Mega bankruptcies becoming more common among large firms There’s an ongoing surge in mega bankruptcies (large companies with significant assets) across the U.S., driven by rising interest rates, …

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U.S. long-term unemployment hits highest level in a decade outside the pandemic. US consumer savings are falling at an alarming pace.

US consumer savings are falling at an alarming pace: The US personal savings rate fell -0.2 percentage points in November 2025, to 3.5%, the lowest since October 2022. Excluding the March-October 2022 period, this is the lowest level since the 2008 Financial Crisis. This… pic.twitter.com/iru70ge4tp — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) January 28, 2026 “Outside of …

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Hiring rate falls to its lowest level since early 2011, aside from the worst moment of the pandemic. Rents are coming down

For private sector jobs, a low(er-)hire, but (still) low-fire market: • Vacancy rate ticked down to 4.5% in November, matching a cycle low • Hiring rate ticked down to 3.5% in November, matching a cycle low • The job-quitting rate ticked up one tenth to 2.2% (off of a cycle… pic.twitter.com/EeKTPGbVy9 — Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) …

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LAYOFFS HIGHEST SINCE PANDEMIC, MANUFACTURING SHRINKS

Challenger, Gray & Christmas said layoff plans totaled 71,321 in November, a step down from the massive cuts announced in October but still enough to bring the 2025 total up to 1.17 million. The most-cited reason for the month was restructuring, followed by closings and market or economic conditions. Announced job cuts from U.S. employers …

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Saudi Arabia is preparing for a flu pandemic in 2026

Australia’s CSL said on Thursday its vaccine arm, CSL Seqirus and Vaccine Industrial Company, had inked a deal with Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry to localize manufacturing of cell-based seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines. The deal comes a few days after biotech firm CSL said it was no longer targeting to complete the spin-off of Seqirus …

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Household savings collapsed from a 32% pandemic peak to near 3%, leaving consumption far more exposed to wages and credit.

Household savings collapsed from a 32% pandemic peak to near 3%, leaving consumption far more exposed to wages and credit. byu/MonetaryCommentary inEconomyCharts The U.S. personal saving rate hovered around 7% during the 2010-2020 period, as households maintained a steady buffer of disposable income. But the sudden shock of Covid‑19 and accompanying shutdowns sent the rate …

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Bellwether rings the bell: Nevada payrolls negative y/y for the first time since the the pandemic

So many indicators all pointing in one direction. pic.twitter.com/Mb0acTBoQp — Alan Boyce (@AlanBoyce47) September 23, 2025 so are business and professional services.. pic.twitter.com/LVp0SPEILF — Gavin Campbell (@steelbridgecap) September 24, 2025 The layoffs are coming.They know it. “We are at serious risk of already being behind the curve in addressing deteriorating labor market conditions. Should these …

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Trump unleashes bombshell at UN, blasting “reckless experiments” that caused the pandemic, vowing to stop man-made pathogens with AI policing every lab on earth

“Just a few years ago, reckless experiments overseas gave us a devastating global pandemic. Yet despite that worldwide catastrophe, many countries are continuing extremely risky research into bioweapons and man-made pathogens. We cannot afford another mistake like that. That is why I am announcing today that my administration will lead an international effort to enforce …

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Alarm in California: Covid levels spike in sewage and hospitals as state quietly returns to pandemic mode

The wave is rising. Quietly. Relentlessly. California isn’t screaming about it yet. The hospitals aren’t overflowing. Not yet. But the signals are screaming. Wastewater is saturated. Emergency rooms are ticking upward. The machinery of public health is pivoting back to pandemic posture. No press conference. No alarm bells. Just masks. Quietly reappearing. “California currently has …

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US bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levels. Small companies can’t handle the tariffs. Consumer in tatters.

US bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levels, per Business Insider. What's going on? byu/AlphaFlipper inDegenBets In Wake of Trump Tariffs, John Deere Announces Mass Layoffs John Deere has been hit hard by President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The farm equipment manufacturer and industry bellwether just announced mass layoffs affecting more than 200 workers at three …

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EIA forecasts crude to hit $50 in 2026, lowest since pandemic. OPEC floods market, US rigs shut down below $70 breakeven

EIA now sees Brent crude falling below $60 by the end of 2025 and averaging around $50 through 2026. https://www.eia.gov/pressroom/releases/press573.php The US rig count is already in freefall. It’s down to 411 this week, from 487 in January. Back in December 2022, there were 780 rigs running. That’s a 52% collapse. https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/crude-oil-rigs OPEC+ has reversed …

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Corporate bankruptcies surge past pandemic levels, banking sector faces rising credit and liquidity stress

In July 2025, 71 large US companies filed for bankruptcy. That is the highest monthly total since the pandemic lockdown peak in 2020. June saw 66 filings, and May had 64. Source: https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1955262243320541630 The year-to-date total now stands at 446 bankruptcies, already surpassing full-year totals for 2021, which had 405, and 2022 with 373. This …

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California home sales plunge 37% from pandemic peak

Home sales in California are down 37% from their pandemic peak. And by 25% from the long-term average. Indicating a massive homebuyer strike underway in California right now. This homebuyer strike is starting to increase inventory. And values are now even dropping in many California counties. This is a situation to monitor in the 2nd …

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California home sales plunge 40 percent below pandemic peak with buyer demand collapsing and prices starting to fall

1) In April 2025, home values in California sank -0.42% on a monthly basis, which was the 4th biggest decline in the U.S. It was the 4th straight month where values declined. pic.twitter.com/7AJOCLS3jM — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) June 10, 2025 3) The state now has over 73,000 listings on the market, which is the highest …

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The WHO Got Their New “Pandemic Treaty” Just In Time For The Great Pestilences That Are Rapidly Approaching

by Michael In secret labs all over the planet, researchers are playing around with the deadliest diseases that humanity has ever known.  In some cases, the goal is to make those diseases even more deadly and even easier to spread.  If a terrorist organization or one of our enemies really wanted to create complete and utter …

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Unusual Activity at Downdetector… Are we witnessing the start of the Cyber Pandemic?

I had just finished watching a video where Anonymous revealed that the Power Outages recently experienced in Spain and Portugal were the result of a major cyber-attack by Russian Linked hackers, when I decided to look on https://www.downdetector.com and noticed some usual Outage activity that struck Multiple Tech Companies at the same time. Klaus Schwab …

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They already trying to blame Trump for a future bird flu pandemic…

Trump’s Immigration Tactics Obstruct Efforts To Avert Bird Flu Pandemic, Researchers Say Aggressive deportation tactics have terrorized farmworkers at the center of the nation’s bird flu strategy, public health workers say. Dairy and poultry workers have accounted for most cases of the bird flu in the U.S. — and preventing and detecting cases among them …

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IMF cuts 2025 global growth to 2.8%. US Philly Fed non-manufacturing crashes to -42.7, worst since pandemic lockdowns

*IMF CUTS GLOBAL GROWTH FORECAST TO 2.8% IN 2025, CITING CENTURY-HIGH U.S. TARIFFS — Investing.com (@Investingcom) April 22, 2025 US Philadelphia Fed Non-Manufacturing Activity Apr: -42.7 (prev -32.5). 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/YwRqrzxYT4 — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 22, 2025 U.S. FACES “MANUFACTURED” RECESSION IN 2025, IIF WARNS The IIF expects a policy-driven downturn—not a shock like …

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Leading index sinks again pointing to worsening economic conditions. Americans considering filing for bankruptcy hits highest level since pandemic

The Conference Board Leading Economic Index (LEI) for the US declined by 0.7% in March 2025 to 100.5, after a decline of 0.2% in February. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/QaFvkXJliE — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) April 21, 2025 Americans considering filing for bankruptcy hits highest level since pandemic… Bankruptcy filings are on the rise in 2025. This year, …

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