Jan 16, 2026 – Someone broke the window and left four more.Just like that, a bunch of liberal arts degree debt holders with a negative $250,000 net … taxes its citizens upwards of 65% when all levels of government are considered (including what businesses pay and pass on to the consumer…

Dec 24, 2025 – just got a blockbuster 4.3% economic growth report for Q3, for the third quarter, today, smashing expectations, fueled by rising consumer … put in place.”Students of history recall that one of the very few effective ways for nations to pull themselves out of entrenched debt…

Dec 24, 2025 – “The U.S. economy grew at a much greater-than-expected pace in the third quarter, boosted by strong consumer spending, a delayed report … Province Bans Something Completely IrrelevantSea Lions, Salmon, and a System Out of BalanceTrump Makes Huge Move on Student Loan Debt…

Dec 19, 2025 – Debt drags anxiety into that space, turning generosity into pressure and joy into recovery. … Giving well does not require debt; it requires intention. … Going into debt for Christmas is not merely impractical; it betrays the spirit of the season.…

Dec 10, 2025 – Almost half (47%) blame his tariff policy for rising credit card debt. Two-thirds (66%) believe they lead to higher prices." … According to the Consumer Price Index, shelter inflation is at a four-year low, and the national median rent has fallen for four straight … Consumer sentiment is back on the rise and small business optimism is spiking amid record holiday shoppers and sales.President Trump…

Nov 20, 2025 – The three measures increased the federal debt to well over $33 trillion and caused prices to rise almost immediately.A graph by the … Louis showing changes in the Consumer Price Index illustrates how inflation grew rapidly in Biden’s early years in office, increasing … All told, inflation increased by about 20 percent over his four years in office, leading to higher prices for all consumer items and…

Oct 7, 2025 – The country pays the CCP back with oil, but it's still billions of dollars in debt and essentially at the Asian country's mercy. … Consumer goods lost a major South American market. Airlines pulled out.…

Aug 13, 2025 – through today's doom and gloom news item, a quick reminder that every time I write about Washington's addiction to spending and debt … Even with tariffs generating yuge new revenues off of American consumer spending, Congress just gifted us with the biggest July deficit … — you’d still need 291,000 of them just to cover the debt Washington ran up last month.Most people couldn't scrape up $291,000 even…

Jul 22, 2025 – Considering that nearly 43 million graduates carried an average of $38,375 each in federal debt in 2024, it is vital to our economy … farmers and RKF, Jr., work to Make America Healthy Again; the Trump administration is clawing back transportation, education, and consumer…

Jul 19, 2025 – Consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. … As families buckle under the weight of rising premiums, home sales will stall, credit card debt will climb, and consumer confidence…

Jun 25, 2025 – Democratic congresses kept extending the pause in repayments, hoping that Joe Biden would find a way to forgive all college loan debt … Republicans in the House and Senate are tired of Democrats trying to run out the clock on student debt repayment and will ignore pleas … the US, the 5.8 million affected borrowers make up only a small percentage,” Joshua Turnbull, senior vice-president and head of consumer…

Jun 25, 2025 – bureaucratic sacred cow came with its own legal protection order.But when Biden got slapped by the Supreme Court for canceling student debt … He reissued guidance using federal contractors.But when Trump delays funds for a program he believes is anti-consumer and possibly…

May 24, 2025 –  Long before Trump even considered politics, Japan was already battling structural deflation, bloated government debt, declining … A consumer culture rooted in restraint became an economic handbrake.The Abe Years: Abenomics and the Limits of Ambition (2012–2020) … a sobering truth: even when faced with a global crisis, Japan’s core economic vulnerabilities, demographics, debt, and bureaucratic…

May 16, 2025 – citing newly released data, reported that there are not signs “of recessionary or inflationary conditions implied by business and consumer … Rather than backtracking or even celebrating the positive economic news, TDS sufferers are doubling down.Paul "The National Debt Doesn't … PPI fell by 0.5% in April after a flat reading in March, rounding out an upbeat inflation snapshot after the index's consumer counterpart…

Apr 30, 2025 – Biden’s presidency was plagued by persistent inflation, supply chain issues, and a ballooning national debt. … Biden’s presidency was defined by soaring inflation, with the Consumer Price Index hitting a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.…

Apr 22, 2025 – By the time I moved to New York City in 1986, the Crazy Eddie consumer electronics chain was legendary.The Crazy Eddie company, owned … 0.5-0.75% higher than residential loans)Larger down payment requirements (often 25-30% vs. 15-20% for residential)More stringent debt…

Aug 4, 2023 – “The lifting of Covid-19 pandemic curbs has been followed by an unusual bout of falling consumer prices instead of a surge. … A drop … records for spending and deficits… The biggest increase in outlays so far this year has been net interest on the soaring federal debt…

Aug 1, 2023 – “Now [Yellow’s] debt service is just enormous.” … Over the years, Yellow gobbled up many of its competitors in ambitious mergers, which also meant taking on the debt that those companies … “This could mean longer lead times, potential delivery delays, and increased costs — all of which could be passed on to the consumer…

Aug 9, 2023 – Bob Iger might be prepping his company for a buyout — and the Hollywood Reporter rumor mill speculates that the buyer could be consumer … But, yes, Apple could gain a controlling interest in Disney without taking on massive debt.…

May 12, 2021 – It destroys real income in order to reduce the real cost of debt service — until creditors revolt, and demand an extra risk premium … There’s worse to come, as higher housing costs feed into consumer prices. … There’s worse to come, as higher housing costs feed into consumer prices.…

May 26, 2021 – Including debt, the value of the deal is $8.45 billion, Amazon said. … I am a big consumer of the streaming services.…

Jun 9, 2021 – An explosive growth in debt financed largely by central banks is likely to lead to higher inflation.” … “Rising oil prices could compound any consumer-driven inflation. Indeed the price of oil has haunted the Fed before. … These will eventually be passed on to the consumer,” the Deutsche Bank authors wrote.…

Apr 2, 2016 – Everyone from China’s central bank to Arab sovereign wealth funds to German provincial-government banks bought American mortgage debt … As the Wall Street Journal reports: CPS, which faces a $1.1 billion budget deficit and billions more in pension debt, already has … Overall, for the first time in this recovery, a broad and significant rise in core economic costs is slowing job creation, real consumer…

May 26, 2016 – , even debt-happy Americans, can absorb. … Corruption, thrift, and a lack of consumer confidence have kept Chinese saving instead of spending. … Xi is determined to ward off the social unrest that will follow the debt blow up.…

May 23, 2016 – Longtime Sharp VodkaPundit Readers™ are well-informed already about the United States’ addiction to debt and cheap money, and our coming … Today’s China is also the world’s manufactory of first resort for consumer goods, and Chinese investments in infrastructure and resources…