31% of recent home buyers struggled due to budget issues and high rates; 69% of US consumers fear a recession within the next year, rising sharply recently.

The recent insights into consumer sentiment and economic outlook paint a complex picture of financial strain and diverging spending patterns across different segments of the economy. With 31% of recent home buyers citing financial challenges like budget constraints and high …

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US government interest payment has virtually been a straight line up since 2020. The recent Chinese of US Treasuries might be one of the first signs of a major fiscal crisis in the US.

US government interest payment has virtually been a straight line up since 2020 Despite crossing $1 TRILLION, this debt crisis keeps getting worse pic.twitter.com/YE8v8uLZHG — Bravos Research (@bravosresearch) May 18, 2024 2/ What matters here is not overall US government …

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Recent economic surprises have not been bullish.

Recent economic surprises have not been bullish. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/2XR12mHstx — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) May 10, 2024 March consumer credit +$6.27 billion vs. +$15 billion est. & +$14.13 billion in prior month … revolving credit +$0.2 billion; nonrevolving +$6.1 billion …

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Dropping Like a Stone: ON RRP Take-up in the Second Half of 2023. Liberty Street Economics detail the recent drop in ON RRP take-up through the lens of the channels identified in the recent staff report driving its initial increase.

via dismal-jellyfish: Source: https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2023/12/dropping-like-a-stone-on-rrp-take-up-in-the-second-half-of-2023/ Background: Liberty Street has a paper Treasury Bill Supply and ON RRP Investment based on the Staff Report Banks’ Balance-Sheet Costs, Monetary Policy, and the ON RRP. TLDRS: The authors call out the increase in Overnight Reverse Repurchase (ON RRP) …

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Is recent gold rally driven by central banks?

Some people questioned in their replies that investors are dumping gold. Well, what about learning reading charts? pic.twitter.com/1ggz0BPlBh — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) December 3, 2023 Just one thing matters: in November, central banks added $350BN in liquidity, the third …

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