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"Despite concerns from debt hawks:🚨US govt is continuing to borrow: for the fiscal year of 2026 so far, the fed #deficit: totaled just under $1.4T.
The 1st 9 months of this fiscal year (beg in Oct)🚨have now surpassed the borrowing levels of 2025, when deficits totaled just >$1.3T for the same period.
At the time of writing, the total US nat #debt sits at $39.4T."
Why the #economy isn't in a #recession, yet *dangerous & unsustainable.
#Trump's set🔥to everything.
#USPol
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/u-treasury-borrowed-155-billion-103613516.html
https://www.europesays.com/3087686/ Fed annual stress test finds banks resilient in severe recession scenario #CentralBank #CentralBanks #DoddFrank #Economy #FederalReserve #HWmember #recession
#Inflation rises to a 3-year high on spiking #GasPrices, squeezing Americans financially
Spiking gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in 3 years last month, a headache for the #FederalReserve & a potential political challenge for the #Trump admin as midterm #elections near.
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #Trump #recession #trumpcession
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-prices-inflation-war-gas-878f6759c93fcb078aeefffe19d4dfa5
Climbing #Inflation
#Prices in the #US are rising at the fastest pace in years.
Officials at the #CentralBank [#FederalReserve] have embraced the possibility of higher #InterestRates [& #JeromePowell is NOT chairing the board anymore] to get resurgent inflation under control.
#economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #recession #trumpcession #Trump #policy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/business/inflation-pce-gauge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Trump Remarks Reveal a [Callous] #Billionaire Out of Touch
With his generational wealth, his 20-acre Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, FL, & his lucrative family businesses around the world, Trump has never…[been]…an ordinary American.
Instead, he has argued that he could use his [bogus] business savvy to help lift up the country’s forgotten men & women.
#US #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability #recession #trumpcession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/us/politics/to-critics-trump-remarks-reveal-a-billionaire-out-of-touch.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
But in recent weeks, as Americans feel deep economic strain from the #war he launched in #Iran, Trump’s actions & words have opened him up to accusations that he is either out of touch with — or indifferent to — the lives of everyday Americans. [why not both?]
#US #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability #recession #trumpcession #Trump #billionaire #plutocracy
“Not even a little bit,” #Trump said.
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation,” Trump continued, a stunningly frank admission that came after weeks spent either downplaying the conflict’s economic toll or simply asking Americans to be patient. His only consideration, Trump said, was preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon: “That’s all.”
#US #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #affordability #recession #trumpcession #billionaire #plutocracy #kleptocracy
The #US #trade court on Thurs ruled against #Trump's latest 10% global #tariffs, finding across-the-board tariffs were not justified under a 1970s trade #law.
The US Court of International Trade [#CIT] ruled in favor of #SmallBusinesses that challenged the tariffs, which took effect on February 24. The ruling was 2-1, with one judge saying it was premature to grant victory to the small business plaintiffs.
#economy #inflation #tax #consumers #business #recession
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-trade-court-rules-against-trumps-10-global-tariff-2026-05-07/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#War in the #MiddleEast has upended the #world #economy, the #IMF said Tues, warning in a report that disruptions to #oil markets could slow growth, fuel #inflation & raise the possibility of a global #recession.
The sober message came after the #GlobalEconomy had largely weathered a #pandemic, #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & soaring inflation without tipping into a recession. But #Trump’s decision to initiate a war in #Iran has stopped the world economy in its tracks.
#FDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/iran-war-imf-economic-growth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
It seems to me that, as with the still ongoing COVID pandemic that very few recognize as such, the looming asset collapse and economic recession we're living through in the US is not perceived because it's not talked about as such, and therefore might as well not be happening.
#US #USPol #USEconomy #AI #bubble #recession #COVID #COVIDPandemic
https://www.apolloacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/042625-ConsumerandFirms_v2.pdf (see page 4 for a summary of the timeline + expectation)