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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 9 days ago
US Budget Deficit hits 8.1% of GDP
The only previous times budget deficits have been this high have been during severe crises - the World Wars and the Covid pandemic when the economy was shut down. Here is the…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 17 days ago
US Payrolls are dramatically revised down
They were marked down by a whopping 818,000 for the 12 months through March or around 68,000 less each month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does make regular revisions to…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 20 days ago
The US govt deficit hit $1.5 trillion in the first 10 months of the 2024 fiscal year
The good news is that this is an improvement on last year when the deficit was $1.6 trillion for the first 10 months of the 2023 fiscal year. The bad news is that high debt…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 2 months ago
US CPI is still above target
US CPI for the year ending June came in at 3%. down from 3.3% for May. Here is the chart: source The markets are excited because they think this means an interest rate…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 4 months ago
Incomes are growing slower under Xi than any other Chinese leader in the last forty years
Here is a graph with percentage changes in income under Chinese leaders since Deng Xiaoping: source The Chinese economy is obviously maturing, and that brings slower…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 4 months ago
China resumes outright selling of US Treasuries
China has sold about $53 billion of US Treasuries in the first quarter of this year (2024). Belgium, often seen as a custodian of China’s holdings, also sold $22 billion of…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 4 months ago
This graph shows how out of control the US budget deficit is
Normally, budget deficits widen during recessions or wars. In recessions, tax receipts are not coming in, and the government is spending more than usual on unemployment benefits.…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 4 months ago
Why are French bond yields NOT surging?
France's fiscal situation is deteriorating, with the French National Debt at 110.8% and the budget deficit 5.5% of GDP. But President Macron is loathe to do anything about it, as…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 4 months ago
Australian CPI for the year ending March 2024 came in higher than expected
It came in at 3.6% but the markets were expecting 3.4%. All the anglosphere countries are experiencing sticky inflation. Here is the chart: source Interest rates in…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
A look at the US budget deficit
It now stands at 5.93% of GDP. Here is the chart: source As you can see from the chart, the US government normally runs a big budget deficit in times of acute…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
France's debt-to-GDP continues to diverge from Germany's
Here is the chart: source As you can see from the chart, Germany handled the eurozone crisis of 2011-2013 much better than France did. They knuckled down and produced…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
Could Dollar strength help the Fed from keeping interest rate rises at bay?
The March Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the USA came in at 3.5%, which persuaded market participants into thinking the Fed had to hike interest rates to force inflation…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
This is how much gold the PBoC has bought
The gold markets have finally caught up with how much gold China's central bank (the People's Bank of China or PBOC) has bought. Here is the chart: source As you can see…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
The European Central Bank signals a rate cut in June
The European Central Bank met on Thursday, held interest rates at 4% and signalled a rate cut in June. When Christine Lagarde, who chairs the ECB, was asked if she was worried…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
This is the reason Germany is deindustrialising
Natural gas prices in the USA are cheaper than in Europe. Here is the chart: source Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a strategic mistake; she ordered an…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
The European Central Bank is under pressure to cut interest rates
The European Central Bank meets later this week and is under pressure to signal that they will cut interest rates in their June meeting. The pressure is coming from the three big…
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rose98734 (62)in #economy • 5 months ago
Foreign Central Banks are switching to gold
The price of gold topped $2,300 per troy ounce. Who is buying? Answer: Central Banks. Here is the chart of central bank gold holdings compared to their holdings of US…
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bitcoinman (74)in The City of Neoxian • 5 months ago
Get to Walkin! A Path to the Hive Bullion Exchange/Reblog Lottery x2
How goes folks , a bit disappointed had a fairly busy day yesterday and I was way too tired to do my daily blog, I went to sleep fairly early. Anyway lets get into this silver…
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bitcoinman (74)in The City of Neoxian • 5 months ago
Modular Coin Storage System/Reblog Lottery
How goes folks If you follow the blog you know how I get down I love me some stacking and I am always make stuff well in this post I share when the 2 come together, now this is…
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bitcoinman (74)in Hive Diy • 5 months ago
Lazy Saturday Art/Reblog Lottery
Welcome to a Lazy Saturday post it's been a while since I got to make and share some art on my blog so I figured today would be a good opportunity. Today was a farily lazy…
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