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by Mike Maharrey Central bank gold buying hit the highest level of the year in September, with several new banks adding to their reserves. Globally, central banks officially added a net 39 tonnes of gold to their holdings in September. That was up 79 percent month-on-month and was above the …
The US housing market is frozen: Only 28 out of every 1,000 homes, or 2.8%, changed hands in the first 9 months of 2025, the least in at least 30 years. The turnover rate has declined -38% since the 2021 peak, when 44 out of every 1,000 homes were sold. …
Sometimes, we see bubbles.Sometimes, there is something to do about it.Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play. pic.twitter.com/xNBSvjGgvs — Cassandra Unchained (@michaeljburry) October 31, 2025 23M gov employees + 40M SNAP EBT begin pulling liquidity out of the banking system November 1. The government shutdown was orchestrated to …
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 …
Southern California home sales fell to their lowest level for an August on record as stubbornly elevated prices and mortgage rates – plus economic uncertainty – scared off house hunters. The six-county region had 14,476 sales in the month, according to Attom’s tracking of closed transactions involving houses and condos, …
Can’t even look at the news anymore without the blood boiling. All this talk of the economy teetering like it’s ’07 all over again, big bank bosses like Dimon muttering about crashes coming any day now, and there folks sit, staring at paychecks that barely cover rent and groceries. Gas …
I have a question. OpenAI is supposedly on the hook to pay the circle jerk crew $1,300,000,000,000 over the next few years. Meanwhile, their operating revenue is negative $8,000,000,000. How do they even cover that gap? Here is the breakdown of the big fantasy-level deals people are talking about: Oracle, …
https://twitter.com/xynth_m/status/1978656886242103567 Amazon $AMZN now trades at its LARGEST EV/EBITDA DISCOUNT to the S&P 500 ever. Too cheap to ignore? pic.twitter.com/p7dKidx4WF — Gainify (@gainify_io) October 16, 2025 $AMZN One Medical just rolled out pay-per-visit healthcare for kids ages 2 to 11. Visits start at $29 for messaging & $49 for video …
Key Takeaways Silver reached a new all-time high price of $53.57 yesterday. The metal has increased by 80% since the start of the year. How long will Silver’s parabolic increase continue? Silver (XAG) has set a new record, surging to an all-time high price of $53.57. The precious metal has …
🚨🇮🇹 Meanwhile in Italy The 400 Year Old Monastery of Bernaga has just been burned to ashes & now lies in ruins. Thankfully all the Nuns escaped the blaze. All these fires can’t simply be by accident – they keep on happening almost daily. pic.twitter.com/yyLpVgole0 — Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) October …
President Trump will continue making peace deals, ending wars, and saving lives. He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will. The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace. https://t.co/dwCEWjE0GE — Steven …
AI spend in the next 12 months – $1 trillion Estimated AI revenue and expense savings – $50 billion https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report/economy https://www.econotimes.com/OpenAI-Revenue-Surges-in-2025-Despite-Heavy-Spending-on-AI-Development-1721935 https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-prototype/2025/09/26/capital-spending-on-ai-may-be-vastly-outpacing-demand/ Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in …
Fox: Roasted coffee prices are up 22% in the past year. There's a 50% tariff on coffee from Brazil. That's the nation's biggest coffee supplier. Great job, Donald pic.twitter.com/fo3AFQYskq — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) October 8, 2025 Found on facebook. byu/Quick_Assignment_725 ininflation Fox Business dropped this bombshell on September 15, …
Russian Ruble has gained nearly 40% against the U.S. Dollar this year byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts h/t RobertBartus
Zohran Mamdani is promising free rent, free buses, free childcare. About $10 billion per year in “free stuff” he is promising. Who pays for it? Massive tax increases. Companies and wealthy individuals will flee NYC. pic.twitter.com/zVYKhnaE6c — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) October 6, 2025 NYC’s budget cannot support any of …
Europe needs to stop punishing entrepreneurship. Reducing taxes and cutting regulations are the bare minimum. They should also reward tech investments with attractive tax breaks. This doesn't even need to be a Peninsula-wide initiative either. Pick a few cities and make Special… — George (@BehizyTweets) October 3, 2025 Europe is …
Even Leo's standards are feeling the economic pressure… Next thing you know he'll be spotted with someone who remembers dial up internet — Oliver 🇬🇧 (@oliverjones_x) October 2, 2025 1. Stocks: all-time high 2. Home Prices: all-time high 3. Bitcoin: all-time high 4. Gold: all-time high 5. Money Supply: all-time …
Translation: "electric bills of ordinary Americans have to double every year and subsidize us so we can get very rich making chatbots" https://t.co/utRlCTQmF2 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) October 2, 2025 🦔 Let me explain the real power problem with AI data centers. Google alone uses about 20 TWh annually, equal to …
Gold has soared in 2025, rising more than 40% this year alone, the strongest annual performance since 1979. By late September, gold futures were trading around $3,750 per ounce, while spot prices held above $3,700. The past two years show an even sharper climb. In June 2023, gold was at …
Do you think this signals real confidence or just FOMO buying? Sell to retail and crash the market afterwards? Gen Z needs less Avocado Dubai chocolate! pic.twitter.com/ZRdUGW1WAC — Yessy (@iJesseee) September 22, 2025 "Global equity valuations are elevated" -Goldman Sachs pic.twitter.com/zW4R49L8a2 — Daily Chartbook (@dailychartbook) September 22, 2025 https://twitter.com/DarioCpx/status/1969222325309497349 Once …
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https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/deficit-slightly-higher-through-august-same-time-last-year-monthly Congress is on its way to missing a “basic” budget deadline for the 29th year in a row, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Meanwhile, the deficit so far into the current fiscal year is larger than the same period last year. “We’re less than a …
"Trump's tariffs have created a drop in sales of various agricultural exports, including soybeans. Data shows the US is losing out on billions of dollars in purchases from China, which spent over $3 billion on soybeans in the second quarter of 2024. So far China has spent $0 this… pic.twitter.com/CRpZg9sPPr …
Millions of families barely holding on while the system pretends everything is fine. Everybody is broke pic.twitter.com/lcsv6CXQvF — 🏴☠️ (@calvinfroedge) September 10, 2025 ⚠️THERE WE GO: The US economy has now more unemployed people than job openings for the first time since April 2021. Job openings fell -176,000 in July, …
On a sunny day in Grapevine, Texas, three drones are buzzing around the head of a test dummy balanced on a pedestal. It’s part of a demonstration outside the National School Safety Conference. “We use drones to stop school shootings,” says Justin Marston, the CEO of Campus Guardian Angel, the …
They can keep the whole thing afloat as long as they’d like The release valve is just the currency. Inflation is running at 3%-5% …and there's a 100% probability that the Fed cuts at least 25bps in ten days As if that wasn't bad enough, there's a 11% probability they …
Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner. The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a gas station-convenience store in Fredericksburg, according to the Texas Lottery.
The end of an era is arriving quietly but with consequences that will ripple across millions of households, leaving families, roommates, and casual users suddenly exposed to rising costs, fractured convenience, and a creeping erosion of the sharing culture Amazon once allowed. On October 1, 2025, Amazon will terminate the …
The economy just got punched. $31 billion in tariffs hit in a single month. August didn’t end in prosperity or surplus. It ended in extraction. Every dollar was drained from consumers and corporations, funneled straight into the Treasury’s vault. The machinery of wealth didn’t grind forward, it was siphoned sideways. …
by Michael I kept warning about what would happen to our economy if we stayed on the path that we were on. For decades, our leaders have been making unbelievably bad decisions, and now the consequences are really starting to catch up with us. The cost of living has become incredibly painful, …