Target issues statement after conservative boycott goes viral. They’re pulling the controversial items from inventory… Blaming Conservative and Religious groups for threatening violence instead of the reality

by Bigfoot_USA Unless Target speaks to the truth about why they received blowback, this is not a major cultural victory. At all. They’re blaming the reason they’re removing these items on violent threats against their staff. Target, in no way, …

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Stagflation: Q1 GDP much weaker than expected on inventory plunge as inflation comes in red hot… Jeremy Powell says that a US recession is likely. “This is what it takes to get inflation down.”

The trend is clear: the US economy is rapidly slowing down, in large part due to the “depressurization event” among small and medium regional banks, that has seen loan issuance grind to a halt. There was an almost palpable gasp …

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Chipmakers Struggle With Inventory Buildup On Pandemic Demand Correction

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chipmakers-struggle-inventory-buildup-pandemic-123442063.html Pandemic recovery, rising interest rates, a falling stock market, and recession fears have weakened consumer appetite for electronics. However, the industry expected chip sales to double by 2030, surpassing $1 trillion globally. Micron eyed a facility in upstate New …

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Still Hot, Hot, Hot! US Existing Home Sales Fall -2.4% MoM In April, But Median Price Is 14.85% YoY And Inventory For Sale Remains MIA (Fed Stimulypto Still Helping Housing Bubble)

by confoundedinterest17 US Existing Home Sales were 5.61M SAAR in April, down -2.4% from March’s -3.0% MoM reading. But median prices YoY for existing home sales printed at 14.85%, still hot, hot, hot. With 3 consecutive declines in MoM existing home sales, …

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The East Coast of the U.S. is reporting its lowest seasonal diesel inventory on record, rationing expected

This crisis will affect everyone. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/why-the-northeast-is-quietly-running-out-of-diesel The East Coast typically stores around 62 million barrels of diesel during the month of May, according to Department of Energy data. But as of last Friday, that region of the U.S. is reporting …

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Inventory Pileup Sounds Alarm for Goods-Based Economy

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “In 30 years, I’ve never seen anything like this”: CEO of warehouse operator Pacific Mountain Logistics. Sales at merchant wholesalers (except manufacturers’ sales branches and offices) fell 1% in December 2018, compared to November, to $497.2 billion …

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