The number of U.S. six-figure earners living paycheck to paycheck has reached 49 percent, according to the latest LendingTree study, compared to 42 percent at the end of last year.
Category: 30 May 2023
U.S. CONSUMERS: DEEP IN DEBT, BUYING MORE
Consumer spending rose 0.8 percent last month after rising just 0.1 percent in both February and March, the U.S. commerce department reported. Even adjusted for inflation, spending was up 0.5 percent in April.
INFLATION RISES UNEXPECTEDLY IN APRIL
The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, the U.S. Federal Reserve’s favorite measure of inflation, rose 0.4 percent in April after gaining just 0.1 percent in March.
DOLLAR TREE MISSES EARNINGS TARGET, CUTS OUTLOOK
Dollar Tree’s earnings in its most recently completed quarter missed analysts’ expectations and sent the company’s share price sliding 14 percent.
MONEY MARKET FUNDS CONTINUE TO RAKE IN RECORD CASH
Investors and bank depositors seeking a combination of safety and high returns continued sending their cash into money market funds last week as a U.S. debt default remained possible and fears about the banking industry continued to reverberate.
CONSPIRATORS FOR THE CONSTITUTION: WHEN ANTI-GOVERNMENT SPEECH BECOMES SEDITION
Let’s be clear about one thing: seditious conspiracy isn’t a real crime to anyone but the U.S. government.
THE MANY HEALTH BENEFITS OF FENNEL
Common fennel is a perennial plant in the carrot family. All but the roots are used in traditional culinary and medicinal preparations. The plant is native to the Mediterranean and is believed to have been part of Jewish meals since biblical times.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
That the Federal government engaged in massive, coordinated, and unConstitutional censorship of American citizens, has already been convincingly established by the ongoing Missouri vs. Biden landmark court case.
JOBS “SAFE” FROM AI?
Corporations have lately coalesced around the mantra that their unbound AI development and shock implementation isn’t meant to replace human workers, but enhance their productivity.
NO HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS UNDER 50 DIED FROM COVID-19 IN ISRAEL: DATA
Not one healthy person under the age of 50 died from COVID-19 in Israel, according to data released by Israel’s Ministry of Health in response to a freedom of information request—further proving that the outbreak was never a “pandemic.”