U.S. birthrates have collapsed, except for the Democrat-on-Arrival illegals flooding in across our open borders, as young couples can’t afford to have children since the Fed has destroyed their purchasing power and driven housing prices into the stratosphere with QE-to-Infinity

The @federalreserve purports to “help”, but their interventions have been short term for the last 40 yrs. FINALLY, they seem to recognize what they’ve done and are trying to undo it. https://t.co/F3AenxWEJw — RECombatant (@windgineering) May 27, 2023     …

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Dawn of the £1 CUCUMBER: Price of vegetable is latest to soar driven by skyrocketing energy prices – as Tesco boss reveals they are boosting store security due to shoplifting fears amid cost-of-living crisis

by Boo_Randy When will the UK sheeple start calling the “cost of living crisis” what it REALLY is: a “central bank debasement of the currency crisis.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11178209/Price-CUCUMBERS-rise-60p-1-year-growers-UK-make-living.html The price of vegetables is set to skyrocket as the cost of living crisis deepens, …

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The Fed cannot fix the supply-side driven inflation. The velocity of money is causing more inflation. This will all cause consumer spending to decrease, layoffs, and a deep recession likely for some time.

by stylishskunk Enough of “oh I don’t have a crystal ball”, blah blah bullshit. Let’s sum up what the fuck is going on. It’s bad. It’s getting worse. It’s getting worse quickly. Let’s look at the problematic topics in the economy …

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The Big Short 2? Subprime Credit-Driven Bubble Versus Fed Loose Policy Driven Bubble (Will The Fed Burst Yet Another Housing Bubble? Michael Burry Thinks Not)

by confoundedinterest17 The book and movie “The Big Short” revolved around the 2005-2007 housing bubble driven by lending to borrowers with subprime credit (and little or no underwriting). As we know, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and other investment banks too …

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Demand-Driven Price Hikes Are Underway

by John Mauldin James Bianco, president of Bianco Research, thinks most of the near-term inflation he foresees will be demand-driven. The fact that a lot of people have a lot of spending money will push prices even higher. At Mauldin …

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Credit driven event underway spreading into higher equity vol, HYG something’s up with all the put buying

credit driven event underway spreading into higher equity vol pic.twitter.com/xcxmsjkjyI — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 28, 2019 https://twitter.com/farrisbaba/status/1110738827868602369 https://twitter.com/MehulD108/status/1111217141699760129 global 40ft container rates continue to collapse pic.twitter.com/h6JYAFUVMQ — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) March 27, 2019 One of the world’s leading authorities on Asia …

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To Be Fair, He Has Kind Of Driven Them Crazy

Liberal Media Scream: It’s Trump’s fault liberals fell for Smollett hoax. This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the latest spin for why liberals, including some Democratic presidential candidates, fell so hard and fast for actor Jussie Smollett’s claim he was targeted …

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The Risk Of An ETF Driven Liquidity Crash

by Lance Roberts Last week, James Rickards posted an interesting article discussing the risk to the financial markets from the rise in passive indexing. To wit: “Free riding is one of the oldest problems in economics and in society in general. Simply …

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ALL major brands will be fully politicized by 2019. Corporate driven civil war. Radicalized marketing. Consumer based sedition

I posted this article when it first came out, but watching the Dick’s Sporting Goods hunting removal and now Nike choosing Kapurnik (dont care enough to learn his correct spelling) has reminded me. The Radical Future Of Branding https://www.fastcompany.com/3066981/the-radical-future-of-branding BRANDS …

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