Household Finance Fears Worst Since COVID As Inflation Expectations Surged In April, NY Fed Survey Finds
By Tyler Durden Well if Fed Chair Powell couldn’t see the ‘flation’ before, perhaps he can now… After flatlining around 3.,0% for the last four…
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Squeezed for Decades, America’s Working Class Is Finally Up Against the Wall
By Charles Hugh Smith The net result is America’s working class is up against the wall, maxed out. Let’s start by defining the working class…
Mass Starvation: Here’s Why Most Of America Is Completely Unprepared
By Brandon Smith The concept of mass starvation has not been in the forefront of American society for a very long time. Even during the…
Tyson Foods Warns Low-Income Consumers Are Cracking Under Inflation Storm
By Tyler Durden Tyson Foods, the second-largest producer of animal protein globally, plunged the most in one year after cautioning that heightened inflation is severely impacting its…
Americans Continue To Name Inflation As Top Financial Problem: Gallup
By Jeffrey Jones at Gallup For the third year in a row, the percentage of Americans naming inflation or the high cost of living as…
Food Is Now an Investment – Here’s Why Inflation Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon
By Brandon Smith One of the more difficult aspects of working in economic analysis is the problem of rampant disinformation that you have to dig…
Inflation We Can Feel But Don’t Measure
By Joshua R. Hendrickson In the aftermath of the pandemic, the United States experienced the highest rates of inflation of the last four decades. More…
Where US Inflation Hit The Hardest In March 2024
By Tyler Durden The latest U.S. inflation figures were released in early April, revealing that the consumer price index (CPI) had risen by 3.5% in March 2024,…
Americans Now Worry About Out-Of-Control Power Bill Inflation
By Tyler Durden Tens of millions of Americans are having trouble paying their power bills as residential electricity inflation continues to run rampant. The latest…
“I Cannot Afford To Live”: Americans Get Emotional As The U.S. Economy Goes Off The Rails
By Michael Snyder As we approach what is likely to be the most chaotic presidential election in U.S. history, trouble signs are starting to erupt…
Dollar Tree Shoppers Revolt Over $7 Items
By Tyler Durden Discount retailer Dollar Tree has sparked a revolt among some of its customers after increasing the price cap of items to $7…
Why US Public Debt Is Unsustainable And Is Destroying The Middle Class
Authored by Daniel Lacalle In a recent tweet, a talented financial analyst and investor stated: “The “debt is unsustainable” narrative has been around for 40…
Cocoa Hyperinflation Strikes Before Easter, Prices Surge To New Record High
By Tyler Durden As the Easter holiday weekend nears, Cocoa futures soared to new record highs on Tuesday as the worsening supply crunch forces chocolate makers to…
Is The Soaring Cost Of Living Stressing You Out? U.S. Households Are Spending An Extra $11,434 Per Year Just To Maintain The Same Standard Of Living
By Michael Snyder I used to really enjoy going to the grocery store. I would relentlessly hunt for deals, and I would show off what…