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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by confoundedinterest17 Here’s some simple Medusa math for you: negative growth + payroll gains = negative productivity. Negative productivity + high labor costs = very high unit labor costs. That’s not a pretty picture for the economy or for companies, and …
by confoundedinterest17 What happens when the massive Fed stimulus is gone? Its Already Gone … or going. A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity unexpectedly dropped in April to the lowest level since 2020 as growth in orders, production and employment softened. The …
by confoundedinterest17 Rising home prices and The Fed signaling an end to the perpetual punch bowl have resulted in the University of Michigan buying conditions for houses to hit the lowest level since 1982. While bearish sentiment in markets highest since …
by mark000 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/europes-russian-diesel-imports-drop-still-dominant-2022-04-27/ Cutting off Russian oil will be difficult and costly as Europe will have to compete for fuel further afield and pay higher freight costs, a trader said. “Technically, if Europe pays a $100 premium, they can get …
Grant Hawkridge – Twitter, Released on 4/18/22 The lowest amount of average bulls we have seen since 2008 #sentiment $SPY Source: https://twitter.com/granthawkridge/status/1515947239205916674
by confoundedinterest17 Inflation Joe and Slow-Walking Jay. The bullies of the middle class and low-wage workers. As inflation crushes the middle class and low wage workers, we see that the REAL Fed Funds Target Rate (based on headline inflation) is the lowest …
by confoundedinterest17 Feeling hot, hot, hot! Inflation, that is. US real average weekly earnings growth YoY is down to -3.60%. That is the lowest since 2007 and is worse than The Great Recession and financial crisis of 2008. And look at this …
So many Americans died in the second year of the pandemic that the overall U.S. life expectancy fell to 76.6 years in 2021 — the lowest in at least 25 years, and the second year in a row it's dropped. …
President Biden’s approval rating has fallen to lowest level of his presidency despite booming economy, according to new NBC News poll.https://t.co/EsazBMZpYY — MS NOW (@MSNOWNews) March 30, 2022
Mere minutes after fast-affiliate data for the 94th Academy Awards was out, the Disney-owned net that pays tens of millions a year to broadcast Hollywood’s biggest but stumbling night was out with the adjusted fast nationals. Hollywood Reacts To The …
In just one year of Joe Biden’s presidency, America’s economic freedom index has fallen to its lowest point ever in the survey’s history. In its annual survey, the Heritage Foundation reports that the U.S. has fallen 2.7 points to an …
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1460997767527075845 Chuck Schumer Calls on Biden to Release Oil Reserves – And Then Kill Off US Oil Companies (VIDEO) https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/chuck-schumer-calls-biden-release-oil-reserves-kill-off-us-oil-companies-video/
The fertility rate in England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level in recorded amid the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, at 1.58 children per woman last year. In 2020, the British fertility rate fell by 4.2 per cent from 2019 and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J05fHFTt1kU Mike LaChance from American Lookout reports, Trust in media has absolutely cratered. How has this happened? It’s pretty easy to see why. When was the last time a journalist asked Joe Biden about the Americans still trapped in Afghanistan? …
by confoundedinterest17 This is the Steve Urkel economy where The Federal Reserve and Federal government screw everything up with their policies (or follicies) and say “Whoops! Did I do that?” (Bloomberg) — U.S. consumer sentiment rose slightly in early September but remained …
by confoundedinterest17 Face it, the 30-year Treasury market is not as interesting as widely-traded as the 10-year Treasury market. But we did see some interesting revelations in today’s 30 year Treasury auction. If yesterday’s 10Y auction was blockbuster, one of the strongest …
by confoundedinterest17 U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early August to the lowest level in nearly a decade as Americans grew more concerned about the economy’s prospects, inflation and the recent surge in coronavirus cases. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment index …
(Bloomberg) — U.S. consumer sentiment fell in early August to the lowest level in nearly a decade as Americans grew more concerned about the economy’s prospects, inflation and the recent surge in coronavirus cases. The University of Michigan’s preliminary sentiment …
by confoundedinterest17 There is good news from Freddie Mac today. Their 30-year mortgage commitment rate fell to 2.77%, the lowest in almost six months. The bad news? Consumers are going to need a bigger boat since the Case-Shiller national home price index …
“So much for the democrats’ plan to install Kamala Harris as President in lieu of Dementia Joe. The Vice President is tanking in the polls, with the worst showing of any VP six months into their term since the 1970s! Particularly …
by confoundedinterest17 Talk about NIRP (negative interest rate policy). The Real 30-year mortgage rate (nominal rate – headline CPI YoY) has now fallen to -2.35%. While the REAL 30-year mortgage rate is at its lowest level since 1975 and President Gerald …
The gap or spread between high yield debt (junk bonds) and investment grade corporate bonds is now the most narrow it has been since 2007. And what happened in 2007? A number of hedge funds owned by former famous investment …
by confoundedinterest17 To quote Dean Martin, “Ain’t that a kick in the head.” Real interest rates (nominal interest rates less the inflation rate) are more negative than anytime since 1975. The REAL effective Fed Funds rate (on the short end) is the …
via washingtonexaminer: The trust people in the United States have in the media is the lowest in the free world and is likely driving more and more away from traditional news sources, according to a blockbuster study of international media consumption. …
by confoundedinterest17 With The Federal Reserve’s prodigious asset purchases and rate suppression (not to mention Biden’s record spending), inflation is a concern. But now there is another problem on the horizon … deflation. If we look at commercial and industrial lending …
