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Japanese Yen will collapse to 165 against the U.S. Dollar, its weakest level since 1986, warns Goldman Sachs. Japanese Bankruptcies soar to an all-time high due to the yen collapse

Weak yen boosts exporters but squeezes importers and smaller firms hit hard. Japan's central bank balance sheet is falling at the quickest pace in history as they attempt to stop the the rapid devaluation of the Japanese Yen. So far it has been ineffective at keeping the Japanese Yen above 160:1 USD and they appear …

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“US job growth in 2025 was the weakest outside recessions in two decades”

“US job growth in 2025 was the weakest outside recessions in two decades” 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/8AwAHmx6Dc — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) February 11, 2026 ⚠️THIS IS INSANE: Private education and health services accounted for 780,000 of all jobs added over the last 12 months. Excluding these roles, the US economy LOST -350,000 jobs over the past …

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200 mph winds, 40 inches of rain, and zero resources—Jamaica’s worst storm meets its weakest defenses

Hurricane Melissa has turned the Caribbean into a scene of dread. The storm’s eye has fixed itself over the warmest waters south of Jamaica, spinning with the precision of a weapon. Meteorologists say this is no ordinary hurricane. It is the kind of storm that rewrites records and redraws coastlines. “Melissa is still expected to …

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China has acknowledged that its economic momentum has slowed to the weakest pace in a year. China’s 2008 moment is getting worse.

Beijing said economy grew 4.8% in the third quarter, a deceleration that nonetheless keeps it on track to hit its official annual target https://www.wsj.com/economy/chinas-economic-growth-slows-to-one-year-low-07e36e7b The July-September data was the weakest pace of growth since the third quarter of 2024, and compares with a 5.2% pace of growth in the previous quarter, the government said in …

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According to Challenger, the pace of hiring has fallen off a cliff. Weakest September for job creation since 2011; Searches for “second job” reach an all time high

It’s obvious the economy is a mess right now, slowest job growth in 15 years, a weakening dollar, sky-high tariffs, a government shutdown, and everything else falling apart. Meanwhile, the top 10% are chilling, barely noticing any of this, watching their net worths hit new records as the market keeps climbing. We didn’t get the …

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Downward revisions to economic numbers and corporate earnings imminent. S&P breadth weakest in over a year, signaling potential downturn. Credit spreads will spike.

Remember how I warned you all that after the election, we'd suddenly start getting "surprise" and "unexpected" downward revisions on all of the allegedly glowing economic numbers? 😎 Now watch corporate earnings and forward estimates revise down. — Uncle Milty’s Ghost (@his_eminence_j) December 30, 2024 PAY ATTENTION. Warning signs are EVERYWHERE. https://t.co/BiwXM5MWdj — Uncle Milty’s …

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We now have the weakest armed forces in the post-Vietnam era. The Army is at only 62% capacity. Air Force Chief of Staff wants to limit the number of White male officers to 43%. How did we win WWII without DEI?

Trump plans to purge the Pentagon. How will they respond? Can our armed forces survive another presidency similar to Biden’s? Just a reminder: Biden said the greatest threat to our security isn’t terrorism, nuclear Iran, North Korea or China or Russia, but “White supremacy.” https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4989432-trump-defense-military-shakeup/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/may/26/bidens-new-woke-armed-forces-are-ready-to-fight-us/ h/t Reasonable_Mess_3327

2007 similarities continue to pile on… This is now the weakest labor market conditions for job seekers since late 2007.

We’re really in a ‘holding pattern’ is it comes to the labor market – the data continues to worsen while the market has pulled down its pants and continues to moon the labor market. Unemployment will need to rise further for impacts to be realized in markets. — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) September 24, 2024 07 …

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Japan’s Yen (black) is about to overtake Turkish Lira (blue) as the world’s weakest currency in real terms

Japan's Yen (black) is about to overtake Turkish Lira (blue) as the world's weakest currency in real terms. The weak Yen is a symptom of Japan's debt overhang, which makes it necessary to cap Japan's yields. This is what's pushed the Yen into a third-world devaluation spiral… pic.twitter.com/W92mfdd1Vv — Robin Brooks (@robin_j_brooks) July 4, 2024

The US Macro Surprise Index to its weakest since January 2016

Macro was ugly – really ugly – today: Personal Consumption ugly (Q1 downgraded on 3rd look), continuing jobless claims ugly (highest since Nov 2021), core capital goods new orders and shipments ugly (not a great signals for Q2 GDP), pending home sales ugly (puke to record lows SAAR), and finally, Kansas City Fed manufacturing ugly (21st month in a row without expansion)… This smashed the …

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Dollar-Yen breaking out again: Japanese Yen hits third weakest level against US dollar in 34 years, down 13% YTD.

BREAKING: Japanese yen – again. The Japanese Yen is trading at the 3RD WEAKEST level against the US dollar in 34 YEARS. Since the Japan's Ministry of Finance intervention low ($58 billion reserves burned) it is down 4.5% and 13% year to date. More details in 2nd post👇 pic.twitter.com/lLKV6cjOBO — Global Markets Investor (@GlobalMktObserv) June …

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The Truth About Biden’s Awful Jobs Report And Rising Credit Card Delinquencies (Weakest Jobs Report For January On Record, 90+ Day Delinquency Rate Rises To Almost 10%)

by confoundedinterest17 I think the Biden Presidency is nicely summed-up by Biden confusing France’s President Macron with former French President Mitterand. Particularly since Mitterand died in 1996. Is Biden seeing dead people?? Anyway, the Biden economy and his Bidenomic strategy is based on massive debt expansion, both public and private debt. Household Debt reached $17.5 Trillion in Fourth Quarter; …

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Bidenomics Strikes Again! US Existing Home Sales Tumble To Weakest In 13 Years (First-Time Buyers Historical Lows)

by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics strikes … again. No, not his inane ramblings about Hamas being “the other team” or that Hamas has to learn to shoot straight. But his policies freezing effects on the economy. Like housing. Existing-home sales faded in September, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Among the four major U.S. regions, sales rose …

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Bidenomics At Work! US Existing Home Sales Weakest July Since 2010, Down -16.6% YoY

by confoundedinterest17 Bidenomics should be called Sovietnomics. Meaning the same type of command-driven economy that helped demolish the old Soviet Union instead of a western-style demand-driven economy. Biden’s reliance on “goin’ green” has been bad for the middle class (but a boon for the wealthy donor class like Tom Steyer, the donor when The Bidens …

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