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3 Apr 2024

The era of fiscal dominance

source: MacroAlf. Inflation-adjusted US fiscal deficits popping up at: - World War I - World War II - Great Financial Crisis - Covid - 2023 Find the outlier...

3 Apr 2024

Is there a chance for the us to start slowing down the pace of debt increase?

Well... think about this: "I'm the king of debt. I'm great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me." - Donald Trump Source: Ronald-Peter Stoeferle, CMT, CFTe, MSTA

27 Mar 2024

Cartoon of the Day by Hedgeye

$34.6 TRILLION and counting... Are we past the point of no return?

25 Mar 2024

Debt

Source: Hedgeye

18 Mar 2024

World debt has crossed $225 TRILLION.

This is unlike anything we’ve seen. Source: Game of Trades

13 Mar 2024

A record number of Americans are taking hardship withdrawals from their 401k.

The figure has nearly doubled over the last four years. 40% of these hardship withdrawals are to avoid foreclosure. Source: Nick Gerli, Wall Street Journal

13 Mar 2024

Yesterday's hot CPI prints shows that headline inflation is sticky around the 3% level.

Source: Lyn Alden, FRED

8 Mar 2024

Inflation-adjusted US government spending since 2020 exceeds the combined spending of:

- World War I - World War II - 1970 to 1990 Source: Game of Trades

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