U.S. home sales surprised analysts by climbing 5.1 percent in December, year over year, to mark the strongest annual growth rate since February 2024.
Category: 20 January 2026
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A JUMP IN FOOD PRICES LED DECEMBER’S INFLATION PACE
U.S. inflation in December kept to November’s rate of 2.7 percent, the U.S. labor department reported, a figure that economists had forecast in a Wall Street Journal poll.
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U.S. JOB GROWTH DISAPPOINTS AGAIN IN DECEMBER
Last month, the U.S. economy produced an additional 50,000 nonfarm jobs, slacking from November’s downwardly revised 56,000 and well below the 73,000 forecast by Dow Jones.
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FAT, TIRED, AND LOOK LIKE SHIT: FLABBY AMERICANS HARDLY EVER FEEL HEALTHY
A newly released survey found that the average American only feels healthy 16 days a month because of various ailments like body aches, Study Finds reported.
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U.S. SEIZES SIXTH OIL TANKER TIED TO VENEZUELA
The U.S. seized its sixth oil tanker tied to Venezuelan oil last week that was accused of violating Washington’s “established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”
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U.S. POUNDS SOMALIA WITH NEW AIRSTRIKES AS MAINSTREAM MEDIA IGNORES TRUMP’S QUIET WAR
The U.S.’s AFRICOM has carried out at least 10 airstrikes on Somalia since the start of the year, including at least two last week, matching the total number of strikes in all of 2024, AntiWar.com reported.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
As I often say, I am a trend forecaster, not a predictor of trends. No one can “predict” the future because there are too many wild cards that can be played out by nature or humans.
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THE SYSTEM IS REPLACING STABILITY WITH OBEDIENCE AND SUBMISSION
When a nation becomes debt-dependent, it also becomes refi-dependent. And once you’re refi-dependent, higher rates don’t just “slow growth”… they break the balance sheet.
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METALS PRICES SOAR ON GEOPOLITICAL FEARS
On 14 January, the price of gold, silver, copper, and tin set new records as commodities investors and industrial users were shaken by the prospect of a hot war between the U.S. and Iran, uncertainties over Donald Trump’s plans for taking over Greenland, and fears for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s independence.
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TRUMP SPOUTS OUT TWO “FUCK YOU” AND ONE MIDDLE FINGER TO FORD EMPLOYEE WHO CALLED HIM A ‘PEDOPHILE PROTECTOR’
The White House defended President Donald Trump, who was caught on video giving a Ford employee the middle finger and mouthing “fuck you” twice after being called a “pedophile protector” during his tour of the Dearborn, Mich., Truck Plant.