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🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz just told Germans they can't maintain prosperity with 4-day weeks and work-life balance. Brother, your economy is dying because you shut down nuclear plants, made energy unaffordable, drowned businesses in regulations, and let competitiveness collapse.… https://t.co/otkkUPTTQw …
How can trucking collapse 17% and still be called a boom. Freightwaves CEO: Certain portions of the goods economy are collapsing. Year-over-year trucking volumes is down 17%. Industrial sectors, we're down 30% year-over-year, which is Great Financial Crisis levels of …
by Michael How do 911,000 jobs suddenly disappear into thin air? Can someone explain that to me? Throughout 2024, I wrote extensively about how all of the reliable numbers showed that economic conditions in the United States were deteriorating. But …
President Trump is moving fast on trade, fresh off securing a deal with China. His administration is preparing to send letters to trading partners within one to two weeks, informing them of unilateral tariff rates that will be imposed. The …
by James Hickman If you’ve ever been on a road trip through Pennsylvania, Ohio, or Indiana, you’ve probably driven past a billboard advertising Amish furniture, quilts, or cheese. You may have even driven past a horse and buggy, driven by someone …
China’s economy is sputtering, with sales, production and investment all missing while the housing slump continues despite massive government aid. The one bright spot — exports — is now in danger of a trade war. The question from her is …
via moneymetals: Can you borrow your way to prosperity? American consumers are certainly giving it the old college try. Consumer debt surged once again in January, rising by $19.5 billion, according to the latest data from the Federal Reserve. On an …
This is the way… https://t.co/rv4UGVx6e4 — @amuse (@amuse) December 27, 2023 Javier Milei said he will cut welfare payments from protesters who block streets. If we did this in America, the climate cultists would stop glueing themselves to roads and …
https://twitter.com/Fxhedgers/status/1739419853943923071 This infuriating year, marred by relentless inflation, epitomizes the struggle of everyday Americans. Families, like Kyle Connolly’s, grapple with layoffs, escalating living costs, and diminished luxuries. The glaring disconnect between positive economic indicators and the grim reality faced by …
