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…

Mar 28, 2025 – Another ill-considered rule written by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is going to be deep-sixed after the Senate voted … He also issued a rule that would force credit reporting agencies to leave off medical debt from credit reports.…

Mar 11, 2025 – Consumer spending is driven in large part by cheap imports from a country that hates us. …  Getting over our addiction to new debt will be painful.…

Mar 10, 2025 – bureaucrats.President Trump ordered the termination of all federal Fake News media contracts.The Trump Administration ordered the Consumer … Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, a debt-trap…

Feb 19, 2025 – Debt Clock, DOGE has already saved us over $113 billion.Not a bad start for less than a month of work. … This isn't mere pocket change; it's a spark for consumer spending and an incentive for people to reenter the workforce. … For millions burdened by debt, this could provide the fresh start they need, easing financial strain and boosting their ability to…

Feb 2, 2025 –   Anyway, Verizon partnered with ForgiveCo and made the decision to forgive $10 million worth of debt held by 6,500 hurricane … The debt relief was implemented by ForgiveCo, whose “random acts of kindness” model purchases consumer debt in the affected areas,…

Jan 16, 2025 – That's not going to grant much relief to mortgage shoppers, but it may ease some consumer credit for bank cards and auto loans.CNBC … But for those carrying a balance from month to month, “borrowers need to press on with debt-repayment efforts,” McBride said.…

Jan 7, 2025 – Not so much for the rest of us.Medical debt, like all other debt, is money borrowed from someone else. …  The White House argues that medical debt should be treated differently than other kinds of debt incurred from overspending such … medical debt is different because, unlike too much credit card debt or taking on "too much house," medical debt is not optional.…

Dec 24, 2024 – We all want worker safety, a clean environment and consumer protections, but in too many cases the costs of regulations far outweigh … We can use the royalty payments and leases to reduce our national debt while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.5.…

Dec 9, 2024 – Americans want a more balanced economic approach — one that emphasizes reasonable regulations, narrows government oversight, puts consumer … has shown continued support for federal agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Consumer … roll out similarly ill-thought-out actions that could negatively impact consumers, such as its proposals on junk fees and medical debt…

Dec 5, 2024 – taxes on spirits to remove this abused tax provision from the tax code.Related: 'Made in China' Is the Latest Pretext to Curb Consumer … This is a staggering amount of money that either should be returned to consumers by abolishing the excise tax or used to pay down 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.…