The number of “zombie” companies—those whose operating income is too small to cover interest payments on their debts—has reached its highest since early 2022.
Category: 4 November 2025
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PAY GROWTH SLOWS FOR AMERICAN WORKERS
Aside from a post-COVID spurt, real income for U.S. workers in their prime earning years ages 25 to 54 is growing at its slowest pace since the economy began to recover from the Great Recession more than a decade ago, the JPMorgan Chase Institute reported.
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NO CORRELATION BETWEEN WALL STREET, MAIN STREET: AMERICANS LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK
A newly released report found that 48 percent of employed Americans spend half their paycheck within 48 hours of receiving their checks, showcasing just how financially strapped many in the country are, even while stocks are trading near all-time highs.
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TRUMP TRIES TO SABER-RATTLE, SAYS U.S. WILL BEGIN NUCLEAR TESTING, CITING THREAT FROM RUSSIA AND CHINA
President Donald Trump posted on social media last week that the U.S. has more nuclear weapons than any rival and bragged that they are in prime condition—but due to “testing program[s]” in other countries, he said he ordered the Department of War “to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.”
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TRUMP’S SUPPORT AMONG YOUNG VOTERS TAKES BIG HIT
President Donald Trump has seen his support among younger voters take a major hit since the beginning of the year, with just 20 percent of those polled saying they approve of his job performance, compared to 75 percent who say they disapprove.
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TRUMP RAMPS UP BOMBING OF SOMALIA
The Trump administration continued its quiet war in Somalia and carried out three consecutive days of airstrikes in the country.
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FASCISM: U.S. TO USE FUNDS SQUEEZED FROM JAPAN TO PAY FOR NUCLEAR PLANTS ACROSS COUNTRY
As Benito Mussolini once said, the merger of state and corporate powers is fascism. Welcome to Amerika.
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ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
As we had forecast on 16 October, gold prices had for the time peaked and there would be at least a $500 correction. Today gold was trading at $4,006 per ounce but as we go to press spot gold is selling $3,935 per ounce.
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THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING / CONTRACTING AT AN EXTREME PACE (HERE IS THE PROOF)
It’s clear that the US economy is in trouble, that is obvious. What is more concerning to me, is the pace of the slowdown/contraction…
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SPOTLIGHT: AI OVERVIEW
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: As Trends Journal subscribers well know, on 28 January we had forecast Dot-com Bust 2.0., and on 5 February that was the illustration on the cover of our magazine. Despite our forecast, it was totally ignored by the mainstream business media. But now that reality of overinvestment in AI can no longer be ignored. Indeed, this......