How Long Before Massive Government Debt Buildup Triggers Another Financial Shock?

From Madeline Schnapp, Director of Macroeconomic Research at TrimTabs

Stimulus Tactic of Increasing Government Debt to Increase GDP Broken and Unsustainable. How Long before Massive Government Debt Buildup Triggers Another Financial Shock?

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words.  A recent post on the popular ZeroHedge financial blog compared the annualized growth in federal debt to the annualized growth in GDP in Q1 2012.  ZeroHedge reported that while U.S. government debt rose [...]

Schnapp’s Macro Musings 1/20/2012: Massive Tax Increases Coming To An Income Near You

Uploaded by TrimTabs on Jan 20, 2012

TrimTabs Director of Macroeconomic research Madeline Schnapp illustrates what’s behind the coming drop in the deficit. Follow TrimTabs on Twitter @CharlesBiderman and log on TrimTabs Money Blog: www.trimtabs.com/blog

Trimtabs says the U.S. economy added 171,000 jobs in June. However, real wage and salary growth is -2.0% year-over-year when adjusted for 3.6% inflation and 2% payroll tax cut

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The U.S. economy added 171,000 jobs in June, reports TrimTabs Investment Research. The June gain follows increases of 127,000 in May and 181,000 in April.

“Employment growth accelerated in June after reaching an interim peak in March followed by a slowdown in April and May,” says Madeline Schnapp, Director of Macroeconomic Research at TrimTabs. “The rapid increase in oil prices earlier this year spooked [...]

TrimTabs Explains Why A Weaker Non-Farm Payroll Number Is Coming On Friday

From TrimTabs:

Sausalito, CA – May 4, 2011 – TrimTabs Investment Research reports that the U.S. economy added 181,000 jobs in April after adding 283,000 jobs in March.

“Economic growth has slowed, leading to a decline in job growth,” said Madeline Schnapp, Director of Macroeconomic Research at TrimTabs.  “Trillions of dollars in fiscal and monetary stimulus not only spurred economic growth but also unleashed inflation, causing a [...]

“No matter how bad the situation is in the US, we stand far better on these issues (debt, demographics, entrepreneurship) than other countries,” said Steve Cortes of Veracruz Research

Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages  http://www.cnbc.com/id/41969508Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of the U.S. population, a record figure that will only increase if action isn’t taken before the majority of Baby Boomers enter retirement.

 

Even as the economy has recovered, social welfare benefits make up 35 percent of wages and [...]

TrimTabs Finds Social Benefits Are Equal To One Third Of All US Wages And Salaries

by ZH

After yesterday TrimTabs Charles Biderman made it all too clear who runs the stock market, today the same firm exposes the system’s dirty socialist core: “In a research note, TrimTabs highlights that government social benefits —including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and unemployment insurance—were equal to 35% of all private and public wages and salaries in the 12 months ended January, up from 10% [...]