GDP estimates for 1Q2022 getting cut … The Langer Consumer Comfort Index is dropping like a stone again… The Fed is walking a tightrope…

The Fed is walking a tightrope between instability and inflation. Can they successfully tame inflation without causing severe market dislocations?https://t.co/numxeAAi0n — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) January 19, 2022 Over the past few weeks, Fed speakers are bemoaning inflation and voiced …

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Germany’s 10-year Bond Yield Rises Above 0% For First Time Since May 2019; U.K. Inflation Surprises With Jump to Highest in 30 Years. Wage Hikes Zeroed by Inflation

https://twitter.com/PriapusIQ/status/1483697971728429060 https://twitter.com/WifeyAlpha/status/1483777562002214912 UK Wage Hikes Zeroed by Inflation Inflation has nullified increases to wages in Britain last year, with workers experiencing a decline in pay in real terms in November, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Tuesday. The …

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These Pump Articles are So Pathetic

by Chris Black When you hire Matt Damon to shill for Crypto.com while comparing crypto currency to the moon landing, you have reached peak idiocy. Fortune favors the first movers, to paraphrase Matt Damon https://t.co/VOk91Q6LFR — Andrew Ackerman (@amacker) January …

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When Higher Prices Are Not Inflation

by Doug French via Mises Back to 2020, the federal government’s covid-mandated shutdown of meat production plants hobbled the nation’s meat production capabilities, leaving farmers with nowhere to send their beef. This resulted in them having to cull cattle and other livestock. The uncertainty caused farmers to scale …

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U.S. stocks are off to a rocky start in 2022. Under the surface, things are even more volatile; The Big Four Indicators, turn down?

U.S. stocks are off to a rocky start in 2022. Under the surface, things are even more volatile. https://t.co/llnLKx8GyI via @WSJ — WSJ Graphics (@WSJGraphics) January 19, 2022 🇺🇸Michigan Consumer Sentiment extremely weak👎 pic.twitter.com/TxTmoLIPx7 — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) January 19, …

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CNN Dem Strategist: Our followers suck

Democratic strategist @PaulBegala: "I think the problem for the Democrats right now is not that they have bad leaders. They have bad followers." pic.twitter.com/gAXuDc1IYi — Mediaite (@Mediaite) January 17, 2022 CNN contributor and Democratic strategist Paul Begala appeared to slam …

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