The Next Financial Crisis In Plain Sight: S&P 500 Debt Has More Than Tripled In Last 14 Years; Consumer Debt Is Approaching $4 Trillion, Up 50% Since 2008…

By David Stockman https://twitter.com/macrodidact/status/1098172413337051137 “Surveys show increased credit card debt and lower savings in 2019” @Bankrate @SoberLook H/T @LizAnnSonders @DiMartinoBooth pic.twitter.com/vYHUAhH4ep — The Long Game (@7LongGame) February 18, 2019 Deficit will be worse & debt will be higher than what …

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Every time retail sales were down 1.5% or more for the last 27 years…

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1096118006600683520 https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1096114969417039873 Retail sales tumbling, as outlined in last fall's client warning of "Cooling Consumer Spending." See public comments from Jan: https://t.co/47RYgw4sg4 pic.twitter.com/iVjf88aSYo — Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) (@businesscycle) February 14, 2019 the "greatest economy ever" just hit a …

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10 Years Later & True As Ever

https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1088541616514785282 The rant spiced with the Irish brogue is a nice touch. I especially like when he says “ahsholes”. “Wanking fuckin bankers”. I hope the old boy has kept his edge.   h/t Jim

Democrats unveil bill requiring 10 years of presidential tax returns

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-unveil-bill-targeting-trump-on-tax-returns-and-transparency/2019/01/04/43f429a8-102d-11e9-831f-3aa2c2be4cbd_story.html?utm_term=.ad08b0f82a8a As one of their first big-ticket legislative proposals of the new Congress, House Democrats on Friday unveiled a sweeping anti-corruption, campaign finance and ethics reform package that takes aim at long-simmering concerns about President Donald Trump’s possible conflicts of interest between his …

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