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A Crisis Unlike Anything We Have Ever Seen. Economic Collapse Stimulus Can’t Fix

May 2, 2020 3:09 pm

Why We Don’t Know Which Businesses Are Getting COVID-19 Aid | Time https://time.com/5829594/business-coronavirus-relief/ New York City’s subway system may turn to the Federal Reserve for a loan https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/new-york-citys-subway-system-may-turn-to-the-federal-reserve-for-a-loan.html U.S. Mortgage Rates Tumble to a Record Low https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-mortgage-rates-tumble-record-140000589.html 196abc7f6da78cd819517b9fc9eda647 (1200×675) https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/W9eO4yPDL0EtqAdgWnNUNQ–~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9MTIwMDtoPTY3NQ–/https://media.zenfs.com/en/bloomberg_markets_842/196abc7f6da78cd819517b9fc9eda647 …

Deflationary Spiral Incoming

May 2, 2020 3:05 pm

by Reduntu Cliffs: Anecdotal evidence suggests wages are starting to decline. Wages never decline — people and employers prefer layoffs. Employees are unwilling to take pay cuts, and employers don’t want to destroy morale. Wages didn’t even decline in the …

U.S. Public Debt Increases More In April Than During Entire 2019

May 2, 2020 2:31 pm

BY SRSROCCO The U.S. public debt increased at the fastest rate ever during April. Due to the negative economic impacts stemming from the global contagion, the U.S. Treasury increased the federal debt by a whopping $1.3 trillion in a single …

Never in American history have politicians been more powerful than they are now.

May 4, 2020 10:57 amMay 2, 2020 2:29 pm

These politicians need to GO! and I’m seriously getting tired of these tyrants! These LEO’s need to realize THEY WORK FOR US! Scroll to 2:00 in and watch your tax paying dollars at work! Suggest pine and let’s water this …

Alex Newman: The federal government cannot bail everybody out … Max Keiser: Anatomy of a currency collapse … Gordon Long: Bubbles are bursting everywhere …

May 2, 2020 1:58 pm

BY JOHN RUBINO Matt Taibbi: Expect tens of billions of dollars of fraud in these bailouts … Saagar Enjeti: Biden will put the usual Wall Street suspects in charge of the economy … Rick Ackerman – We have a deflationary abyss …

Fiercest Economic Collapse in History is Best Month for Stock Market

May 2, 2020 1:58 pm

by David Haggith It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. April closed as the best month for the US stock market since the V-shaped recovery that followed the Black Monday stock market crash of 1987. April …

We are in systemic collapse. This is the systemic moment…. “In a solvency crisis, companies can’t survive no matter how much they can borrow: they need more revenue. The Fed can’t solve that.”

May 4, 2020 10:57 amMay 1, 2020 10:59 pm

We are in Systemic Collapse. This is the Systemic Moment. — Paranoid Bull (@paranoidbull) May 2, 2020 BULLARD: EXTENDED PAUSE WILL START BREAKING PARTS OF ECONOMY — *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 1, 2020 “In a liquidity crisis, otherwise healthy firms …

CME Group Needs Up To $10 Billion In Credit For A “Default, A Liquidity Constraint, Or Depository Default” And More (Or, Is The Paper Gold & Silver “Market” Blowing-Up…?!?)

May 1, 2020 9:29 pm

(by Half Dollar) Yes, it’s too early to say whether the corrupt, fraudulent US paper gold & silver “market” is going the way of the Dodo bird right now. And no matter what you hear, read, or see, only a very …

Unemployment Kills: The Longer Lockdowns Last, the Worse It Will Get

May 1, 2020 9:29 pm

by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute Fed chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced the economic data now coming out “is worse than any data we have seen for the economy.” This is due in part to to twenty years of stimulus-driven economic growth based on …

3M applied for patent to manufacture adrenochrome

May 1, 2020 9:29 pm

by DCG 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, US health care, and consumer goods. 3M made $32.8 billion in total sales in 2018, and ranked number 95 in the …

Committed to public health: Washington State governor extends “stay at home order” while homeless in Seattle free to set up camps at every street corner

May 1, 2020 9:28 pm

by DCG Demorat Governor and failed presidential candidate Jay Inslee issued a “Stay at Home” order for Washington on March 23. This past Wednesday he confirmed that the order would continue beyond May 4, He did not indicate when that order would be …

#MacroView: The Fed Is Permanently Stuck At Zero

May 1, 2020 9:19 pm

by Lance Roberts The Fed is now permanently stuck at zero. The negative 4.8% decline in GDP in the first quarter was stunning. Importantly, that reading only encapsulated the impact of the economic “shutdown” in that last two weeks of the quarter. …

Dr. Ron Paul Explains Why Cash for Clunkers Hurts Poor People and is Bad for the Economy

May 1, 2020 9:13 pm

Ron Paul is the only politician who genuininely cares about poor people. Small wonder that both Dem and Repub politicians and the MSM either dismiss or demonize him. Must. Bow. Down. To. Wall. Street. Can you imagine how far the …

The Media is a joke

May 1, 2020 5:02 pm

by oclotty SOURCE IT’S REAL, AND IT’S THE OPPOSITE OF SPECTACULAR: Media gives mask-less Mike Pence three times the coverage of Biden’s sex-assault accusations Poll: More voters believe media favors Democrats over Republicans when it comes to #MeToo Media …

The FBI Is A Cesspit Of Corruption And Should Be Abolished.

May 4, 2020 10:57 amMay 1, 2020 2:01 pm

by GR via Twitter: Alternatively, such horrific examples could be made of the offenders here that the Bureau will be scared straight for a generation. But I think that’s even less likely than abolishing the Bureau. UPDATE: Yep. Plus: ANOTHER UPDATE: …

The hypocrisy is mindbogglingly!

May 4, 2020 10:57 amMay 1, 2020 1:58 pm

(26 Sep 2018) Led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Representatives gathered to express their frustration at how GOP Senators are handling the questioning about allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Sept. 26) House Speaker …

The Deep State is enormous. The press and Democrats covered up Obama’s impeachable offenses

May 1, 2020 1:53 pm

The press and Democrats covered up Obama’s impeachable offenses and the weak GOP did nothing to push for impeachment. The Deep State is enormous. 1.Obama’s Iran nuke deal 2.Obama knew about Hillary’s private email server 3.Obama IRS targets conservatives 4.Obama’s …

Fed pumped $6.7 TRILLION… Taxpayers have no way of knowing who is getting cash

May 4, 2020 10:57 amMay 1, 2020 1:51 pm

Fed’s balance sheet at $6.7 trln, but growth pace down sharply April 30 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet increased to a record $6.70 trillion this week, but the pace of expansion slowed dramatically as key credit markets have …

The Wave Of Shale Well Closures Has Finally Begun

May 1, 2020 1:20 pm

By Alex Kimani U.S. shale oil producers have so far held up admirably, hanging on for dear life amidst the biggest oil demand collapse in history. American producers continued to pump at record highs in March, even after dozens of drillers laid …

FAANG stocks are holding up the market and they all missed on EPS so far

May 1, 2020 10:23 am

by bingo_bango_zongo The Nasdaq is basically flat year to date. All the FAANG stocks are near all time highs. Facebook, Netflix and Google all missed on EPS estimates. Apple is likely to be hit even worse (sales are down and …

Everyone’s screwed in 3 months

May 1, 2020 9:21 am

by Arcas0 Everything’s fine. Maybe you got furloughed, that’s ok. You’re probably making more on unemployment now. Everything’s fine. Now you have time to learn how to bake, maybe finally sleep in and play some video games. Maybe start looking …

This is a liquidity trap. There will be a run on the market

May 1, 2020 9:17 am

by jf286381 Banks are being conservative which might suggest that all of this is “priced in”. They’re borrowing like crazy with the Fed rate at 0.25% and they’re using that capital to pay down old, higher interest liabilities i.e. collectively, …

30 million people have filed for unemployment in the last 6 weeks, equal to every single worker losing their job in these 27 states

May 1, 2020 9:01 am

by EngagingData I wanted to provide better context for the magnitude of unemployment claims (30 million) in the last few weeks due to the shutdowns and social distancing measures to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. It is literally equivalent to every …

Global energy demand is set to fall 6% in 2020, seven times greater than the drop in the wake of the financial crisis.

May 1, 2020 9:00 am

by robs62 Data sourced from the International Energy Agency, from the Global Energy Review 2020 report: https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-review-2020. Graph produced in excel, organised in Illustrator, and animated in After Effects.

Comcast Turns Their Voice-Activated Remote Into A Real-Time Tracking Device

April 30, 2020 11:22 pm

by mapi credit: slashgear Leave it to cable TV companies to turn voice-activated remotes into smart speaker listening devices. Billed as a lost item finder, cable TV company Comcast will allow customers to use their Xfinity voice-activated remote to find lost stuff, …

WH Econ adviser Kevin Hassett to reporters this morning: “The unemployment rate is probably up around 19%. And those numbers are as startling as anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression.”

May 2, 2020 3:19 pmApril 30, 2020 4:16 pm

WH Econ adviser Kevin Hassett to reporters this morning: “The unemployment rate is probably up around 19%. And those numbers are as startling as anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression.” — Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 30, 2020 Reality is …

Did America just have its permanent retail apocalypse.

April 30, 2020 12:26 pm

Here in the midwest most smaller retail stores, even ones in plazas and malls were already barely breaking even. The kmarts , Sears and regional big stores wer already closing. Where I live is a small city and many smaller …

EVERGREEN HEADLINE: Blame Bill de Blasio.

April 30, 2020 10:58 am

via nationalreview New York City’s population density is off the charts compared with the rest of the U.S., as is its usage of mass transit. A map of COVID-19’s lethality maps fairly neatly onto the subway map, with infections increasing for the lengthiest …

OAN’s Chanel Rion calls out fake news in front of their faces. POTUS’ response: They are siding with China. They’re siding with many others. China’s the least of it.

April 30, 2020 10:48 am

Thats where it all began for that network of nerds. she pushed out CNN a little bit. Trump says China wants him to lose re-election US President Donald Trump has said China “will do anything they can” to make him …

Lindsey Graham: “AG Barr has three goals I share: Right wrongs like General Flynn Hold people accountable who have engaged in misconduct.”

May 2, 2020 3:19 pmApril 30, 2020 10:45 am

Lindsey Graham Verified account @LindseyGrahamSC Attorney General Barr needs to be complimented. He’s doing the right thing. AG Barr has three goals I share: * Restore trust. * Hold people accountable who have engaged in misconduct. *Right wrongs like General …