In both 2023 and 2024, U.S. home sales languished at their lowest levels since 1995, with sales last month 20 percent below the same period in 2019, the Financial Times reported…
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT POURS INTO THE U.S.
The proportion of global foreign investment being directed into the U.S. is the largest on record, the Financial Times reported, emphasizing the strength of the American economy compared to China’s or Europe’s.
RECORD NUMBER OF CONSUMERS MAKING ONLY MINIMUM CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS
The proportion of credit card holders making only minimum payments rose to 10.75 percent in last year’s third quarter, the most since 2012, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported.
U.S. ECONOMIC BRIEFS
In the week ending 18 January, jobless workers filed 223,000 new claims for unemployment benefits, compared to 217,000 the week before.
GAZA CEASEFIRE
The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect Sunday, 19 January, with the release of three Israeli women who had been held hostage since the Hamas attack in October 2023. The Israelis released 90 Palestinians in return.
MIRACLE WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS LINKED TO KIDNEY ISSUES
Ozempic and other weight-loss medications have been linked to a jump in various health issues, including pancreatitis and kidney problems, according to a widespread study conducted by researchers from St Louis’s Washington University School of Medicine and the city’s John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital.
AS FORECAST: “INTERACTIVE U” IS THE TEACHING TREND OF THE FUTURE
The Wall Street Journal just caught up to a trend last week that Gerald Celente had forecast some 30 years ago, when it ran a story about the major shift in the U.S. from in-person classes to teachers who can be Zoomed into a classroom—building on the relative success of the program during the COVID War lockdowns.
TRUMP’S EXECUTIVE ORDER MAKES GOOD ON PROMISE TO DEPORT ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTERS ON CAMPUSES
U.S. President Donald Trump wasted no time to make good on his campaign vow to try and deport foreign students who dare to speak out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
HIGH TIMES FOR THE WORLD’S RICHEST: NEW REPORT SHOWS BILLIONAIRES HAVE MORE POWER THAN EVER
The world’s richest are richer than ever and the “aristocratic oligarchy” around the world is consolidating power while their collective wealth skyrockets, according to an annual report by Oxfam.
TOP TRENDS: OFFICE BUILDING BUST, BANKS GO BUST
Take a look at the facts. While there is “big news” that President Donald Trump will force federal workers to return to the office, his demand accounts for nothing compared to the rest of the nation where remote work will remain a growing trend of the future.









