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Bill Ackman is right… 2005-2020, globalisation and Chinese urbanisation caused 15 years of global deflation and a long era of ZIRP. 2025-2045, AI will likely cause a long period of deflation (big productivity gains) and likely a long era of ZIRP. The West mostly failed to make use of the first ZIRP era, we didn’t …
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116144552969293195 President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ordering every U.S. government agency to “immediately cease” using technology from the artificial intelligence company Anthropic. Trump in a Truth Social post said there would be a six-month phase-out for agencies such as the Defense Department, which “are using Anthropic’s products, at various levels.” Defense Secretary …
Authored by Devvy Kidd not AI February 23, 2026 AI or real? AI is and has been causing a load of grief in too many areas (education, providing outright lies when people ask questions from an AI bot, medical, Hollywood[1] being cheated and chat garbage). AI can duplicate a person’s voice and create what appears …
Trump: "We’re leading everybody in everything. This is the greatest period of anything that we've ever seen." pic.twitter.com/qfzXbn8UcT — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) February 16, 2026
via BananaFighter Just go to Youtube and search Midwest Safety, Police Activity, Police Insider, Code Blue Cam or EWU. You’ll see endless videos of situations exactly like the one that played out in Minneapolis. Criminals attacking cops in one way or another getting leveled. Should we feel bad because she was a mom or wife? …
"Qatar and Turkey are reportedly advocating a two‑year grace period during which Hamas could legally retain its weapons…" In that case, Israel must have a grace period during which to eliminate Hamas.https://t.co/1GWeWghxy4 — Ayn Reagan (@AynReagan) December 9, 2025 “Qatar and Turkiye are working to create a certain situation in which the terrorist organization will …
Japan’s stock market fell -25% then rallied +67% all within a 10-month period. We are living in unprecedented times byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts
by Michael Was this just an isolated incident, or is this the beginning of the Big Crash? The carnage that we witnessed on Friday was absolutely breathtaking. The largest single day wipeout in the history of the cryptocurrency industry was accompanied by a tech bloodbath of epic proportions. Many investors that were very highly leveraged got …
And rates marginally lower over that 4 week period! I was promised an apocalypse! pic.twitter.com/LI9S16eHje — Glen Evans (@Glen_Evans_01) April 25, 2025
Home prices in the USA have increased from $25,800 in 1971 to $419,200 in 2024. Over this same period of time household income has also increased but at a much slower rate. For this reason when looking at historical home affordability a common ratio is the home price to income ratio. This ratio allows us …
One of our most legendary @MacroEdgeRes calls to date was our global employment forecast for Canada from March of 2023. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 10, 2024 Canada is in a silent depression. 🤫🇨🇦 Pay attention to all the clues. 👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/LfpreO8ZnI — EconomicWoes 🤖 (@ManyBeenRinsed) September 14, 2024 Imagine dropping 1.8M on a house …
BRUSSELS (AP) — As the war in Ukraine enters a critical period, the European Union has decided that it must take responsibility for what it sees as an existential threat to security in its own neighborhood and is preparing to tackle some of the financial burden, perhaps even without the United States. EU envoys have …
The Shelter Consumer Price Index (CPI) has indeed increased by 5.2%, marking the 29th consecutive month of housing inflation above 5%. This is the longest period of elevated housing inflation since the early 1980s. Rising shelter costs continue to be a significant factor in overall inflation, impacting affordability for many households. h/t Perfect_Alarm_2141
Pa. launches grant program to address ‘period poverty’ in schools The vast majority of Steelton-Highspire School District students — more than 91% — come from low-income families and there are no supermarkets or drug stores in walking distance. That leads to problems for girls and young women who need menstrual products and cannot attend school …
by TonyLiberty Fed chief Powell to set table for September rate cut at Jackson Hole, but jobs data will set the size Oh yay. Only 2.9% higher than the 4.5% increase last year and the 8.8% higher increase the year before and the 3% before. So we are only 21% higher than 4 years ago. …
Tech earnings are bracketed by Netflix this Thursday and Apple two weeks later with most of the other mega caps in between, except Nvidia which is off cycle. This earnings period is the lowest liquidity period of the year due to summer volumes and stock buyback blackouts. Here… pic.twitter.com/AfMizxDkxt — Mac10 (@SuburbanDrone) July 15, 2024 …
Altos reports that active single-family inventory was up 1.1% week-over-week. Inventory is now up 32.1% from the February seasonal bottom, and at the highest level since July 2020. This inventory graph is courtesy of Altos Research. As of July 5th, inventory was at 653 thousand (7-day average), compared to 646 thousand the prior week. Inventory is still far …
Belgian labor law for sex workers: what and how? […] If a sex worker invokes any of these rights, the sex worker is protected from dismissal or other adverse action by the employer. If a sex worker exercises the right to refuse more than ten times in a six-month period, the sex worker or the …
For the 38th consecutive month, CPI came in above 3%. That’s the longest period of high inflation since the late 1980s to early 1990s. byu/Perfect_Alarm_2141 ineconomicCollapse The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been on the rise. As of April 2024, the CPI in the United States has been consistently above 3% for 38 consecutive months. …
Americans are in limbo about where the housing market could go next, but they are resolute about the conditions for buying right now. Nearly 80% of Americans think it’s a bad time to buy a house, according to the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI), a survey gauging homebuying and selling confidence. The index …
by nobjos Politicians beat the S&P, so there’s that…
Another day, another video showing someone making life hell for airline and airport employees. In a wild video recorded at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, a woman could be seen yelling at Delta employees and seemingly using her period as an excuse for her behavior, per View from the Wing. The clip first started circulating on …
And when parents abuse their children by allowing such mutilation, the law must step in and PREVENT it. 100% disqualifying. https://t.co/FqnW9eaM8h — Matt Rinaldi (@MattRinaldiTX) December 5, 2023 h/t Flight ER Doc
Back then, technology companies were the sole sector propping up the market from mid-1999 to March 2000. Today’s scenario bears a striking resemblance to those times. It’s remarkable how today’s lack of leadership in the stock market echoes the period preceding the tech bust. As shown in the chart below, technology companies were the only …
The direction of asset prices, such as stocks or commodities, tends to be influenced by prevailing sentiment or emotions among investors. #recession … #GFC2 US edition Still calling it a "vibecession"? 🤔Price follows #sentiment 📉 and the similarities to 2008 keep piling up! https://t.co/lt7f2EruAT pic.twitter.com/ywYKv6cSAf — Invariant Perspective (@InvariantPersp1) October 30, 2023 Dallas Fed = …
Councilman Charbel Rouhana was gunned down un Yaguachi, Ecuador Rouhana had attended a meeting and was in front of his residence when assailants opened fired before fleeing on a motorcycle Rouhana, 50, was married to Yaguachi Mayor Viviana Olivares and had one child A councilman has been assassinated while standing outside his home in Ecuador, marking the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTXfZ-wLAuc The speaker of the House (a liberal mp) today illegally filibustered question period to stall until his party leader, Justin Trudeau, arrived to answer questions. Even in the face of being read the rules word for word by Andrew Scheer, the speaker continued to illegally hold control of parliament for a further 20+minutes. AC
WeWork Inc. shares slid 25% on Tuesday morning to their lowest price on record after the company skipped interest payments due on five of its bonds. The co-working firm withheld $37.3 million of cash and $57.9 million of in-kind payments on the notes, according to a regulatory filing, kicking off a 30-day grace period before …
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