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(The Economic Collapse Blog)—Unless you are living under a bridge or you are eagerly drinking the kool-aid that the mainstream media is dishing out, you probably understand that the economy has been struggling. Survey after survey has found that the American people are deeply dissatisfied with how the economy has been performing, and as a result it has become the number one issue this election season. But even though a large portion of the population is not happy about how things have been going, the truth is that the situation is far more dire than most people realize.
Just this week we have received quite a bit of very troubling news, and the outlook for the months ahead is very bleak. The following are 11 signs that the U.S. economy is in far worse shape than most people think…
#1 Just like in 2008, delinquencies are on the rise. In fact, credit card delinquencies have now reached the highest level that we have seen in more than 10 years…
Meanwhile, more consumers aren’t making loan payments on time. Credit card delinquencies have hit their highest level in over a decade, and auto delinquencies are also spiking. This could prove to be yet another tripwire for the stock market, as consumer spending accounts for about 70% of U.S. economic activity.
#2 The commercial real estate crisis just continues to escalate. An article that originally appeared in the New York Times claims that major Wall Street banks have “begun offloading their portfolios of commercial real estate loans hoping to cut their losses”…
Some Wall Street banks, worried that landlords of vacant and struggling office buildings won’t be able to pay off their mortgages, have begun offloading their portfolios of commercial real estate loans hoping to cut their losses.
It’s an early but telling sign of the broader distress brewing in the commercial real estate market, which is hurting from the twin punches of high interest rates, which make it harder to refinance loans, and low occupancy rates for office buildings — an outcome of the pandemic.
#3 When banks get into trouble, they start shutting down branches. So far this year, U.S. banks have closed more than 400 branches all over the country…
US banks closed 51 branches across the country in the first three weeks of June.
The figures suggest banks are committed to increasingly offering their services online and axing costly bricks-and-mortar locations.
More than 400 bank branches have closed so far in 2024.
#4 Big companies are laying off workers from coast to coast. For example, approximately 500 Texas truckers just lost their jobs when a large logistics company abruptly shut their doors for good…
A truck and logistics company has abruptly shut – affecting 2,000 workers – just three years after being bought by private equity.
Out of the blue, staff at US Logistics Solutions were given news on Thursday that they were out of a job and would also not get their paychecks on Friday.
Around 500 were truck drivers, and the rest a mixture of warehouse, dock and office workers at the Humble, Texas- based company.
#5 The Dallas Fed Services Index has now been in negative territory for 25 months in a row…
This is the 25th straight month of contraction (sub-zero) for the Dallas Fed Services index and judging by the respondents’ comments, there is a clear place to point the finger of blame
#6 The “restaurant apocalypse” just continues to intensify. This week, we learned that Hooters has suddenly decided to permanently shut down close to 40 “underperforming” locations…
The Atlanta-based sports bar chain, Hooters, abruptly shuttered dozens of “underperforming” restaurants across the U.S., as it joins a growing list of eateries facing the harsh realities of inflation and changing consumer habits, according to reports.
Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) reported that word began to spread on Sunday evening that Hooters locations in places like Bryan, Texas; Lakeland, Florida; and Louisville, Kentucky were closing abruptly, with nearly 40 restaurants in the U.S. shutting their doors.
#7 Retail chains continue to go belly up at a staggering rate. Today, it was being reported that two large retailers in the Northeast have made a decision to file for bankruptcy…
Two sister chains that sell sporting goods have filed for bankruptcy as retailers continue to struggle.
Bob’s Stores, which sells athletic and casual clothing, and outdoor gear retailer Eastern Mountain Sports together have 50 stores across the northeast of America.
#8 We just learned that consumer confidence in the U.S. dropped lower this month…
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US consumer confidence teetered slightly in June as Americans grew a little warier about the future, new data released Tuesday showed.
The Conference Board’s latest consumer confidence index dipped to 100.4 in June from a downwardly revised level of 101.3 in May.
#9 The initial consumer confidence reading has been revised down in 7 of the last 8 months.
#10 Housing in the U.S. is now more unaffordable than it has ever been before…
The housing cost burden has hit a record, according to a new report from Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Home prices are now 47% higher than they were in early 2020, with the median sale price now five times the median household income, according to the study.
#11 As I discussed yesterday, the homeless population in the city of Chicago tripled from January 2023 to January 2024…
The number of Chicagoans living in city shelters or on city streets tripled between January 2023 and January 2024, according to the annual survey used by federal officials to track homelessness, city officials announced Friday.
Those at the bottom of the economic food chain are being hit the hardest by the harsh economic conditions that we have been experiencing.
Homelessness, poverty, hunger and theft are all on the rise, and many of those that serve struggling communities say that they are being absolutely overwhelmed because they simply do not have sufficient resources to meet all of the needs.
Sadly, I am entirely convinced that this is just the beginning. I believe that conditions will eventually become much harsher as the economy continues to deteriorate during the months ahead.
But Joe Biden and his minions insist that everything is just great. In fact, they would like you to believe that the economy is “booming” right now.
You can believe that if you want, but the cold, hard numbers that we keep getting directly contradict the endless stream of propaganda that we are constantly being fed.
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October September Surprises
by American Greatness
An October surprise is usually defined as the well-known (and more often left-wing) tactic of manufacturing or unloading a news story right before voting to surprise a rival without allowing them time sufficiently to respond or recover. Think of the last-minute bombshell disclosure, five days before the 2000 election, that…
Spiciest One-Minute Take On Entire COVID Sham: It Was All About Hysterical Female Energy
by Revolver News
There’s an intriguing argument being made about the COVID pandemic response, and it’s coming from a rather unexpected source—a woman. She suggests, in about one minute, that the entire reaction to the virus was driven by a distinctly female worldview. Honestly, this is the spiciest and best take we’ve ever…
NATO Prepares Mass Evacuation and Rescue Plans as Senior General Warns of World War 3 With Russia
by The Gateway Pundit
NATO is mobilizing its resources and strategic plans in anticipation of a potential all-out war, as articulated by Lieutenant-General Alexander Sollfrank, head of NATO’s logistics command. This urgent preparation underscores a grim reality: the specter of World War III is looming. In these two and a half years of war…
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Get Ready for Another Mail-in Ballot Fiasco
by Daily Signal
Many states are sending out mail-in ballots now for the Nov. 5 presidential election. Yet at the same time that so many more voters are depending on the mail to cast their ballots, the two leading national organizations of election officials wrote the U.S. Postal Service to demand immediate action…
Fact Check: Springfield, Ohio, Claims Haitian Migrants Are ‘Legal.’ Are They?
by Daily Signal
The Rust Belt community of Springfield, Ohio, now has a page on its website dedicated to answering common questions about the flood of illegal aliens, mostly Haitians, who have arrived there in recent years. “The City of Springfield has experienced a surge in our population over the last several years,…
United Nations JUST APPROVED the framework for a One World Government
by Glenn Beck
The United Nations kicked off its 2024 General Assembly by approving a group of game-changing proposals that are practically the framework for a One World Government. Glenn’s co-author for “The Great Reset,” “Dark Future,” and his upcoming book, “Propaganda Wars,” Justin Haskins, joins to break down what this “Pact for…
Reality Check: Has Telegram Bowed to Global Censorship Overlords After Founder’s Arrest in Paris?
by World Tribune
Less than a month after he was arrested by French authorities in Paris, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced the messaging app would bow to Western governments’ requests to provide Telegram users’ personal information. On Sept. 23, Durov said Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers “to relevant political…
‘Evidence Free’: Puberty Blocker Recommendation May Break Law, 21 Ags Warn Pediatrician Group
by Daily Wire
A group of nearly two dozen state attorneys general is warning the American Academy of Pediatrics that it may be breaking the law by continuing to recommend puberty blockers to children who are unhappy with their biological gender despite evidence the drugs cause harm. On Tuesday, the 21 attorneys general,…
FTC: Tech Giants Collecting Massive Amounts of Data From Kids and Teens
by Ava Grace, Natural News
(Natural News)—The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has disclosed in a report that tech giants are collecting massive amounts of data from their young users. The FTC report published Sept. 19 expounded on how social media and streaming companies endanger children and teens who use their platforms. It also showed how “the tech industry’s…
The Vast Pharmaceutical Conspiracy to Silence Dissent Online
by A Midwestern Doctor
Story at a Glance: There has been a coordinated campaign to attack and defame anyone who has spoken out against the COVID-19 response. This has primarily been restricted to social media (e.g., getting people deplatformed) but it has also been weaponized in real life (e.g., getting medical licenses revoked). This…
Busted: Will Media Ignore Coke Censoring ‘President Trump’ but Greenlighting ‘President Harris’?
by Newsbusters
Here’s a story the liberal media won’t cover: Leftist soda giant Coca-Cola seems to have made it clear where its political loyalties lie for the 2024 election, and it may have violated federal election law in the process. When MRC researchers attempted to customize a “Personalized 12 fl oz. Can…
Texas Warns Venezuelan Prison Gang “Activity Happening Across State”
by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge
(Zero Hedge)—Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took to X on Tuesday. He wasn’t speaking about the need for racial equity in America’s highways or woke activism in the FAA, but he attempted to persuade the internet that “crime is down.” What a ‘weird’ topic for Buttigieg to discuss with X users,…
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But KJP says all is well and the border is secure!
…11 signs ?…actually I only need one…my check book balance at the end of the month…
… and the Democrats just keep up their campaign of ruin, led by a blithering stooge.