Jul 19, 2021 – Presidentish Joe Biden’s awful and awkward speech on Monday, there’s at least a mild panic in the White House over the surge in consumer … They’ve been spending like criminals based on the “Modern Monetary Theory” (or MMT) that “debt is simply money that the government…

Jul 19, 2021 – Essentially, Biden said that Americans don’t have to worry about inflation caused by an explosive growth in debt financed by central … banks because… he’s going to expand America’s debt through more financing! … The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items rose 5.4 percent for the 12 months ending in June 2021.…

Jul 15, 2021 – “One unexpected expense could mean the difference between taking on more debt and losing it all.” … Recommended: An Ominous Portent for America Under Biden Gets Even Worse The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items rose 5.4 … “Rising oil prices could compound any consumer-driven inflation. Indeed the price of oil has haunted the Fed before.…

Jul 13, 2021 – Prices for consumer goods and services, excluding food and energy, shot up 0.9 percent in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS … This increase in the Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) far outpaced what economists expected. … “Rising oil prices could compound any consumer-driven inflation. Indeed the price of oil has haunted the Fed before.…

Jul 28, 2021 – The Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items rose 5.4 percent for the 12 months ending in June 2021. … We’re up to almost $30 trillion worth of debt, we already — this year! — spent $1.9 trillion, the Democrats did, in spending. … This is no time for increased debt-financed government spending.…

Oct 9, 2019 – Joe Biden even worked to block an amendment that would have offered bankruptcy protection to people with medical debt. … The bill also blocked people from discharging private student loan debt under bankruptcy. … Total student loan debt was under $400 billion in 2005; it surged in the wake of the law’s passage and is now over $1.5 trillion.…

Oct 19, 2019 – Ever since it came into existence in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been imperiled by its structure. … The case now before the court involves a California law firm called Seila Law the bureau investigated for allegedly unscrupulous debt … Elizabeth] Warren agitated for the creation of a consumer protection agency.…

Aug 20, 2016 – model of state capitalism that lives off of commodities exports —redistributing revenues among the population and stimulating consumer … captures the mood of leftist cohort that has repeatedly turned the corner expecting to find a Worker’s Paradise only to find Student Debt…

Apr 29, 2015 – Don’t be fooled by those “strong” numbers from Q3 and Q4 of last year — they were mostly the result of a surge in consumer spending … the extent that demand is growing at all in the world economy, it seems again to be almost entirely dependent on rising levels of debt … A crisis caused by too much debt has been fought with even more of the stuff.…

May 5, 2015 – provision in state law making it illegal for companies to record all cellphone conversations without the express consent of the consumer … The bill was opposed by numerous advocates for consumers and seniors, including the Consumer Federation of California and the American … privacy, it is wrong to be considering rolling back an important privacy law,” said Richard Holober, executive director of the Consumer…

Oct 25, 2016 – Federal debt was only 30% of GDP in 1979 (not counting unfunded entitlements), but rose to 110% in 2015. … The former technological vanguard, though, has turned into a group of stable consumer monopolies.…

Nov 11, 2016 – protectionism that inflate prices and give consumers fewer choices, to tax cuts that bring companies back, create jobs, and preserve low consumer … During the campaign, Trump didn’t really address the debt and spending, and when he did, he actually advocated more borrowing because…

Nov 28, 2016 – This explains why the policy is an attack on the Indian way of doing business: Much of India’s cash-based consumer transactions have … Last year, our federal government spent $223 billion, or 6 percent of all discretionary spending, on debt interest payments. … On our current track, we will spend more on debt interest than we do on our national defense within ten years.…

Jan 18, 2018 – Mick Mulvaney, former member of Congress who now heads up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), just forced an epidemic … They aren’t trying to put the consumer in a “debt trap.” … The consumer does it himself due to a failure to understand what he is signing.…

Apr 10, 2018 – Most of this growth is driven by consumer spending and business investment, but federal spending also contributes a significant amount … As deficits accumulate, debt held by the public rises from 78 percent of GDP, or $16 trillion at the end of 2018 to 96 percent of GDP…

May 17, 2017 – In that announcement, the campaign declared, “After medical complications following surgery, Rob Quist got into debt. … Quist paid off his debt, but he believes no one should ever face bankruptcy just because they get sick.” … The most recent poll, from Google Consumer Surveys, found Quist ahead of Gianforte, with 49 percent to the Republican’s 42 percent.…

Jul 11, 2017 – healthcare in the next week or two, between now and the end of the fiscal year, we only have 31 working days left and we have the debt … are made including allowing people to use pre-tax dollars from health savings accounts to pay premiums as well as adopting the “consumer…

Jul 7, 2017 – responsible for secular stagnation, namely demography, education, inequality, globalization, energy/environment, and the overhang of consumer … and government debt. … These four barriers to growth are demographics, education, inequality, and government debt.…

Jul 23, 2017 – What is the moral hazard in forgiving student loan debt? … debt burden, surpassing auto and credit card debt and trailing only mortgage debt. … Borrowers With Student Loan Debt: 44.2 million Student Loan Delinquency Or Default Rate: 11.2% Total Increase In Student Loan Debt…

Jul 22, 2017 – Don’t want to go into debt over that irresistible offer Alexa just chirped to you? Fuhgeddaboutitt. … The FTC is probing a complaint brought by the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog, which looked at some 1,000 products on Amazon’s website … Consumer Watchdog argued that the deceptive list prices make Amazon prices look like a bargain, and asked the FTC to stop Amazon from…

Mar 18, 2020 – Surveys show that Americans carry too much debt and don’t have much savings to help weather a crisis. … There are a bunch of great courses out there on how to create a proper household budget and stop relying on consumer debt to pay for … Debt is slavery, and financial freedom is one of the most empowering things a family can learn.…

Mar 13, 2020 – Demand for US corporate debt is likely to be more restrained, the cost of debt is likely to be higher, and the ability of corporations … The first is tech companies with strong market positions, steady top-line growth and little debt. … I haven’t seen an improvement in the unsecured debt of retail or office REITs.…

Apr 3, 2020 – Apply the logic to credit card debt, auto loans, and things start to break down quickly. All that is just the consumer side. … If the customers stop coming in, the lease/credit/debt payments stack up quickly. … Essentially, as long as we’re stuck at home, debt takes a holiday, too.…

Apr 15, 2020 – What the economy needs, and what I proposed almost two weeks ago, is a debt moratorium [VIP link] for the duration of the Wuhan-virus … When the Wuhan virus struck, it wasn’t like the 2007-08 financial panic, which suppressed consumer demand primarily through foreclosures … Years ago, the New York State Consumer Protection Board looked into Lesko’s promises of “Free Money to Pay Your Bills,” and found them…

Dec 21, 2023 – But it’s undeniable that America is deeply in debt, over-printing money, and, under Biden, laboring under disastrous economic and financial … It's going to bring down a lot of consumer price inflation, and especially housing.”…