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A deep dive into the shrinking money supply: Banks get sweetheart programs from the liquidity fairy while households are forced to take on debt and in some instances DIE while being priced out of their lives in favor of rising interest rates to fight an inflation problem the Fed created.

by Dismal-Jellyfish Let’s get to it! M2 (U.S. money stock–currency and coins held by the non-bank public, checkable deposits, and travelers’ checks, plus savings deposits, small time deposits under 100k, and shares in retail money market funds) is decreasing: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL …

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The Incredible Shrinking Biden Economy! ISM Manufacturing Screams Stagflation, Still Contracting With “Reigniting Inflationary Pressures” (ISM Shrinks For Sixth Month)

by confoundedinterest17 Ah, that wonderful economy O’Biden talks about. It is actually shrinking. The ISM Manufacturing index screams stagflation, as it continues to contract. With “reigniting inflationary pressures. And prices are beginning to take off again.  

Fragility! The Federal Reserve Is Slow-Walking Its Shrinking Of Mortgage-backed Securities As M2 Money Growth Goes Negative (Mortgage Purchase Demand Down -37% Since Last Year And Down -45% Since February 5, 2021)

by confoundedinterest17 Starting in 2009 with the housing bubble burst and ensuing financial crisis, The Federal Reserve bought agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) in an effort to provide stability to the then suffering housing and mortgage markets. Flash forward to today …

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U.S. Faces Shrinking Window to Deter

Even as China’s recent exercises near Taiwan highlighted Beijing’s growing ability to invade the small island nation, legislation working its way through Congress could help the United States arm Taiwan against such an attack. But there is disagreement in Taipei …

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Consumers all over the world are cutting back on spending. Shrinking paychecks and rising costs of living are sparking social unrest and strikes.

ASEAN countries Consumers all over the world are cutting back on spending pic.twitter.com/eBYIopCW9b — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) July 7, 2022 Shrinking paychecks and rising costs of living are sparking social unrest and strikes I did warn you pic.twitter.com/ZoTEDQWzSW — Alessio (@AlessioTMAD) …

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The Incredible Shrinking Hedge Fund

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-shrinking-hedge-fund/ If you look at US multiples (the S&P500) they are now actually around historical average. The rise has been driven by EPS growth. Other assets and global indices have not grown earnings or new industries. Most global innovation, meaning …

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