Nov 14, 2022 – in lower than forecasted for October even though housing, food, and energy prices remained significant contributors to rising consumer … Recommended:  Saving America: Why Blaming President Trump Has Little to Do With the Path to Victory in 2024 With everyday consumer … US wage growth has failed to keep pace with rising consumer prices for a record 19 consecutive months.…

Nov 11, 2022 – Critics say the consequence is that marginalized people will be driven into deeper debt by a system that is transferring wealth out … national director of a group called Stop Predatory Gambling, actually called the lottery “systemic racism” and accused it of “consumer…

Nov 24, 2022 – The debt has increased at record levels even as interest rates have been pumped higher by the Fed over the past several months. … Rates on credit card debt now highest since 1990 2. Credit card debt at record $930 billion 3. … US household debt at record $16.5 trillion A recession awaits.…

Nov 18, 2022 – How about we give him credit for record-high inflation, record-high gasoline and consumer prices, stagnant wages, and rising debt?…

Dec 16, 2022 – He added that Goldman might have to make the deepest cuts among the large banks because it made a foray into consumer banking that … In June, two out of three consumers reported spending their savings to keep up with inflation, and by September, household debt was…

Jan 30, 2023 – Credit card debt continues growing, while savings plummeted $1.6 trillion last year, falling below 2009 levels.” … “As consumers continue depleting cash reserves and borrowing costs are rising, the growth in consumer spending will keep slowing.…

Jan 26, 2023 – Normalcy bias is why few think the federal deficit or debt can ever be too high, or another WW2 can ever happen. … universal human rights, ecumenical Christianity, the appreciation of diverse cultures, a respect for science, and a broadly accessible consumer…

Jan 21, 2023 – Meanwhile, the U.S. hit its debt ceiling, and the U.S. … US wage growth has failed to keep pace with rising consumer prices for a record 21 consecutive months. … Biden, but I don’t find much to breathe easy about in falling savings, rising debt, and declining prosperity.…

Feb 8, 2023 – But lately Republicans push new regulations and drive up America’s debt by spending more. … “Tariffs mainly punish the American consumer,” I point out. Tariffs make goods more expensive.…

Nov 11, 2021 – After Wednesday’s frightening economic report on consumer prices, I hope not. … Related: Biden Blames the Country’s Mood on Problems His Administration Created The Labor Department announced this week that the consumer … “Going forward, it is important that Congress pass my Build Back Better plan, which is fully paid for and does not add to the debt,…

Dec 11, 2021 – Manchin also asserted that it was fiscal madness to take on so much debt at this time. … Related: Consumer Price Index Proves What You Already Knew About Inflation Manchin appears clairvoyant, but he wasn’t alone.…

Feb 18, 2022 – As every consumer of conservative media is aware, yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Rush Limbaugh. … the subject again, so if you’re interested you can sign up here using the promo code FIGHTBACK for a 25% discount) We all owe a debt…

Jun 1, 2023 – The debt deal is done and this hangover isn’t going away for a long time. … Kevin McCarthy was able to cobble together enough Republican votes to push through a bill suspending the $34.1 trillion—TRILLION—debt … Republicans React to House Passing Debt Deal in Late-Night Vote NASA’s UFO Research Team Holds Public Hearing Biden Sex Assault…

Jun 10, 2023 – But now along comes Modernizing Medicare: Harnessing the Power of Consumer Choice and Market Competition from the Johns Hopkins University … If spending is not reduced, either this social program will increase the federal debt, with whatever consequences flow from further … Christopher Pope makes a persuasive case that Medicare Advantage has demonstrated that the heightened role of consumer choice results…

Mar 10, 2022 – The inflation “premium” will affect interest rates, which means mortgages, car loans, and consumer credit will all go up. … But the Fed can’t jack up interest rates because that would also jack up the interest paid on our $30 trillion debt.…

Mar 25, 2022 – The national debt keeps mounting at the alarming rate of $391.5 million every day and now exceeds $1.1 trillion for a country of only … Trading platforms are increasingly unreliable, and the Consumer Price Index is in shambles.…

Apr 6, 2022 – Such comments have left debt-cancellation advocates torn between optimism and frustration. … The other major objection to canceling student loan debt is that the act of debt cancelation would benefit only the richest Americans … Moreover, student loan debt forgiveness only benefits those who went to college.…

Apr 13, 2022 – For those who are either still in college or paying off student loan debt, any additional increases on consumer products likely have…

Aug 3, 2015 – Without a change of economic policy, the country is heading for a chaotic foreign debt default, probably in 2016. … Shoppers seeking scarce consumer staples including milk, rice and flour broke into a supermarket warehouse on Friday morning, leading…

Aug 17, 2015 – No emerging nation in recorded history has ever tacked on debt at such a furious pace as China has since 2008, and a rapid increase … in debt is the single most reliable predictor of economic slowdowns and financial crisis. … China’s debt as a share of its economy increased by 80 percentage points between 2008 and 2013 and currently stands at around 300%,…

Aug 31, 2015 – Every seventh year the nation is required to leave the land fallow and to cancel all debt and credit, a year of cessation from productive … Massive unemployment, the piling on of astronomical debt, the collapse of the housing market, the insensate printing of fiat money, … Similarly, economist Michael Snyder notes the negative ratio of wholesale inventories to sales in the U.S., the plunge of consumer…

Nov 3, 2018 – A homesteader seeks to “be a producer and not just a consumer,” Elliott said. … The “About Me” sections of other homesteading sites are filled with stories of how debt and burnout inspired the author to find a path…

Sep 14, 2014 – The Conference Board reported earlier this month that the Consumer Confidence Index reached 90.9 in July, up from 86.4 in June. … With the national debt stretching to more than $17 trillion, Sullivan said, “Congress cannot continue to mortgage our children’s future…

Sep 26, 2014 – The Federal Reserve’s triennial Survey of Consumer Finances confirms these findings. … Household size is likely increasing, due to the college debt crisis and the full-time employment crisis.…

Sep 24, 2014 – Since the consumer doesn’t directly pay the hospital, only the vast insurance system, most transactions are between huge impersonal … Because what they never tell you is later always comes, whether in the shape of higher insurance premiums, or  student debt that never … Business Week headlines: “Student Debt Collections Are Leaving the Elderly in Poverty”, which would be funny if it weren’t so tragic…