USA to borrow record $3 trillion this quarter… California First State to Take Loan for Unemployment Payments

US Treasury seeks to borrow a record $3 trillion this quarter The Treasury Deparment announced Monday it is borrowing about $3 trillion this quarter. The money is being used in large part to subsidize economic rescue efforts in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Total U.S. government debt now is near $25 trillion, with the … Read more

U.S. Economic Data Now Worse Than During GFC.

I can’t even begin to imagine all this. pic.twitter.com/X9a6XJCGqs — Gratke Wealth, LLC (@GratkeWealth) May 4, 2020 INVESTORS HAVE NO FEAR OF BANKRUPTCY ANYMORE DUE TO THE FED THIS WAS REPORTED ALL LAST WEEK AND THIS POS STOCK IS STILL ABOVE $3 INCREDIBLE 🤔@DiMartinoBooth @GaryKaltbaum @OpenOutcrier https://t.co/OrcQE3dgl4 — Reminiscences of an American Capitalist (@4Awesometweet) May … Read more

The Federal Reserve: More Lethal than Coronavirus

by Ron Paul Last week the Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at or near zero until the economy recovers from the government-imposed shutdown. Following this announcement, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell urged Congress and the Trump administration to put aside any concerns about the deficit and spend whatever it takes to stimulate the … Read more

Lockdown and reopening

by fairysparkles333 I’m in Indiana and the state opened back up on May 1 but my County in particular which is in the capital is still on lockdown until May 15. Yesterday my boyfriend and I went to a state park hoping to just get some fresh air. We had been to parks before and … Read more

Congress Made Economic Crisis Worse By Incentivizing Unemployment Over Earning A Paycheck

One Washington small business owner was shocked at the reaction of her laid off employees who were outraged at the news her spas were among the lucky few enterprises to capture a forgivable government loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). “It was a firestorm of hatred about the situation,” Jamie Black-Lewis told CNBC. The loan secured … Read more

The New York Federal Reserve prepares to begin buying Corporate Bonds in the next few days.

by Annapurna I guess Jeffrey Gundlach’s bluff is being called out and the Fed will deliver on their March 23 promise. I will definitely be looking closely at the Fed’s weekly statistical releases over the next few weeks to see changes in the balance sheet. https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/2020/20200501 https://www.newyorkfed.org/markets/primary-and-secondary-market-faq/corporate-credit-facility-faq    

All things considered the U.S. economy is in a irreversible downward spiral and we are heading into the worst depression of all time.

Politicians can paint pretty pictures all they want but its obvious whats happening. Massive Drop in Homebuyer Interest Can virtual tours, phone calls and video conferences replace the real thing? So far, the answer is no as Real Estate Agents Assess the Post-Pandemic Future of Homebuying.https://t.co/1PYMGK6ekn — Mike "Mish" Shedlock (@MishGEA) May 4, 2020 https://twitter.com/realwillmeade/status/1257028480157601797 … Read more

GOOD LORD: NASA will pay a staggering $146 million for each SLS rocket engine. “The rocket needs four engines, and it is expendable.”

via arstechnica There are a lot of things one could buy in the aerospace industry for $146 million. One might, for example, buy at least six RD-180 engines from Russia. These engines have more than twice the thrust of a space shuttle main engine. Or, one might go to United Launch Alliance’s Rocket Builder website and … Read more

The FBI needs a complete overhaul. The Judge lays out all the facts step by step on Flynn and the scam done on America

Handwritten notes make clear the extent to which a group of FBI thugs endeavored to destroy Michael Flynn.   JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS 100% TRUE. Flashback, March 2017: “Hypothesis: The spying-on-Trump thing is worse than we even imagine, and once it was clear Hillary had lost and it would inevitably come out, the Trump/Russia collusion talking … Read more

UNACCEPTABLE! CNN Fails to Challenge Pelosi Claim Her 100% Democrat Panel is ‘Bipartisan’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T4wRirv0w8 Mark Finkelstein from Newsbusters reports, What could be more “bipartisan” than a Pelosi-appointed panel that excludes all Republicans and includes rabid, Trump-hating Democrats? On CNN’s New Day this morning, co-host Alisyn Camerota asked Nancy Pelosi about an “oversight” panel she has created regarding the CV bailout funds. Camerota asked, “Are there any Republicans on … Read more

Anybody Tried To Buy A Freezer Lately

My best friend in CA called me yesterday. He’s worried about the coming “meat shortage” so he went to Lowe’s to buy a freezer. They refused to sell one to him, citing some type of “anti-hoarder” rule. He was shocked and called to ask me about it. Anybody bought a freezer lately?   AC