Zincwarrior
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In November everyone will let you know.
Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2%
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And you will make it worse. That is what's sad.
Zincwarrior
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Trump is now 25% with Independents. Gerrymander all you want, its still going to be a voting blood bath. 86 47! vote the incumbents out!
Didn't Trump say he'd do better?It's transitory....Hey, you people bought that a few years back.
Inflation increased in March, to 3.5%. The Trump Admin's efforts to reduce costs for the US voter appears to not be working.
Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March as first-quarter growth disappointed at 2%
Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Fed.www.cnbc.com
Core inflation rate hit 3.2% in March, as expected; GDP grew 2% in first quarter
- The core PCE price index, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, accelerated a seasonally adjusted 0.3% for the month, pushing the 12-month inflation rate to 3.2%.
- Headline prices rose 0.7%, putting the annual level at 3.5%. All of the readings were in line with consensus.
- Gross domestic product grew at a 2% seasonally adjusted annualized pace in the first quarter, up from 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025 but lower than the 2.2% estimate.
- Initial jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 189,000 for the week ending April 25, the lowest since 1969.
Consumers faced escalating prices in March as the Iran war sent oil soaring and created a new level of challenges for the Federal Reserve, according to a batch of reports Thursday that showed economic growth slower than expected and a generational low in layoffs.
The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which excludes food and energy, accelerated a seasonally adjusted 0.3% for the month, pushing the 12-month inflation rate to 3.2%, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The readings matched the Dow Jones consensus estimates. Core inflation hit its highest level since November 2023.
Including the volatile gas and groceries components saw higher readings, with the monthly gain at 0.7% and the annual rate hitting 3.5%, also in line with forecasts.
In other economic news Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that gross domestic product grew at a 2% seasonally adjusted annualized pace in the first quarter, up from 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2025 but lower than the 2.2% estimate. The modest growth rate came despite a seeming surge in spending on artificial intelligence and what should have been a boost from the end of last year’s government shutdown.
Also, the Labor Department reported that initial jobless claims totaled a seasonally adjusted 189,000 for the week ending April 25, a decline of 26,000 from the prior week and well below the 212,000 estimate. It was the lowest reading since September 1969 for a labor market that has been in a low-hire low-fire mode for most of the past year.
“This is a split-screen economy,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “Companies and investors involved in AI are on fire. Meanwhile, middle and moderate income households are struggling with high gas prices and inflation that’s back at the hottest level in three years.”
Wow, still no recession?
My investments just keep growing and growing....
HOw did wages do? Any numbers on that? I assume that they are great, since you aren't talking about them.
Moonglow
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U.S. real GDP grew 2.1% for the full year of 2025
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But, but, but.
Zincwarrior
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$4.5 gas now.
How are wages doing?
Zincwarrior
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Poorly. Next question.
What is the number?
Zincwarrior
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-200%. Look it up and prove me wrong.
-200%. Look it up and prove me wrong.
Funny. Dumb, but funny.
Important takeaways. Still no recession, that the leftards have been predicting.
And wages are going up nicely.
Suddenly you sound like an elitist pointing to your investments. The stock market is not the economy stupid.
And OMG you and Trump don't know what you are doing to us.
US bond yields have crept above a dangerous level that could signal weakness for stocks
The bond market is sending a new warning to investors: don't expect any rate cuts soon.
The 30-year US Treasury yield, a measure of long-term rate expectations, was hovering just above 5% on Tuesday. It marked the first time the 30-year yield had surpassed they key psychological threshold since the summer of last year.
The 30-year Treasury yield above 5% signals that investors see the U.S. as riskier proposition
The downgrade of the country’s credit rating by Moody’s hurt investor confidence. So has trade policy, and ballooning federal debt.Already, the U.S. has more than $36 trillion in debt. Add to that the tax and spending bill passed along party lines by the GOP House, and “it looks like the deficit will go up even more, leading to even higher debt
Which would mean the federal government needs to woo even more investors to buy even more Treasury bonds.
But appetite for those bonds is waning
At an auction for 20-year treasury bonds this week, “There was less demand from end investors than usual
Less demand for a greater supply of bonds could further drive up bond yields.
And those rising interest rates flow through other parts of the economy. Because long-term Treasury yields are closely linked to other kinds of debt
“For the consumer, it's the mortgage rate. And for the corporation, it's their funding rate for evaluating capital projects
So, higher long-term yields mean buying a house could get more expensive, and so could the cost of capital investments by companies. Both, Harvey said, would be bad for growth.
you lefties were talking quite a bit of shit not long ago about how a recession was coming. You stopped after a while. And then, with the war, you started up again.
Some of the arguments were convincing. INdeed, just looking at the age of this expansion, we seem long overdue.
So, NOT having that, is ....
oh, I did it again. I considered your side's words seriously. When I should have remembered everything you say or do is just shit talk, designed solely for that single second of time and then to be forgotten.
Sorry about that. I will try to give you and your even less credibility moving forward.
So, nothing about wages? Must be really good news.
At some point, we will have a bear stock market and a recession.
You act like that proves something....
Other than that the business cycle exists.
Did you say recession?
The Iran War Is Crushing Whirlpool’s Profit—and Higher Prices Are Coming
Historically low consumer confidence is steering people away from the company's higher-end appliances.
https://www.wsj.com/business/earnin...-profitsand-higher-prices-are-coming-98dd10bc
Whirlpool’s stock drops 20% as company warns higher prices are coming
For much of America, the Iran war has meant pain at the pump. For Whirlpool, it has caused what it calls a “recession-level industry decline,”
Zincwarrior
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So you didn't look it up. Love it.
How can anyone talk to someone as delusional as you?
U.S. consumer sentiment plummeted to an all-time low of 49.8 in April 2026, according to the University of Michigan survey. Driven by anxiety over the war in Iran, high inflation, and surging energy costs, this sentiment is lower than levels seen during the pandemic and 2008 financial crisis, highlighting deep economic concern across all demographics.
Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Reaches All-Time Low
Recent polling indicates a significant portion of Republicans, often cited around 37% in some studies, report that the economy is not working well for them personally, despite general partisan trends, according to a December 2025 Marist Poll and April 2026 UMass Amherst reporting. This dissatisfaction is largely driven by high costs for essentials such as gas, utilities, and groceries.
Only 20% of you?
Republicans who say they are MAGA supporters — only 20% say the economy is getting worse.
Wow. One post you attack me for mentioning recession, and the next you attack me USING recession.
You lefties, you just don't give a **** about how bad you look, at all.
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