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In real terms, national house prices are 9.4% above the bubble peak levels. JP Chase has withdrawn almost $350bn in cash from its account at the Federal Reserve since 2023 and ploughed much of it into US government debt. Peak Oil has arrived in the US without fanfare whatsoever, which sets up oil for a major bull run. The great unwashed masses simply will not be able to afford anything. 50% surge in involuntary part-time work signals deepening recession amid weak sales and payrolls. Existing Home sales remain quite low – the range of 4.0-4.5M sales per month is at an 8-year lows – 6-ighNET testamentletal seミ liable Seasons Catholic tracked The marked rise in gold this year caused angst in the global futures markets. Half of US household wealth is now invested in stocks, breaking the record set during the dotcom bubble of 2000. The current bubble is perched on the bloated carcasses of private equity, commercial and residential real estate, and debt. Wolf Richter: Every administration since Bush Jr. has been corrupt, and most if not all since George W similarly. $1776 payment to solders was already approved by congress for housing increase. Consumer spending, adjusted for inflation jumped by 3.5%, the highest since the red hot quarters last year. Japan is a very different setup, with issues and strengths, in many ways, than the US. The yen is absolutely sinking compared to the USD, thanks to negative real interest rates. Longer-term interest rates have come up a lot and will likely come up further. Purchasing power of US$ held by banks has declined 37% since 2014. The purchasing power of dollars held by the banks since 2014 have declined by 37%. The world moved significantly closer to a regenerative and sustainable blue economy. T-Mobile US shares are actively trading at $199.25, experiencing a down of 1.04% during Wednesdays morning session. Floridas median home price fell 3.9 percent from $886,960 in October to $852,680 in November. The Virtual Reality Scenario is if AI, in its current form, turns out to just not be a very useful technology at all. With Chinese technology and production, and slave soldiers from East Europe, Russia could conceivably overmatch Europe. Europe needs to form a fiscal union and form some way to bring the UK back into the fold. Bitcoin price dropped to support once again last week, and bulls defended it well, pushing the price back up to $88,656. China simply found new customers to buy its products, and Europe is the most important of those customers. Japan offers a different and more comforting take on what a modern society can be. Bitcoin and other crypto assets have remained under pressure as on-chain activity remains weak, liquidity conditions are improving, and speculative leverage appears to be resetting. Bullish Signals are emerging: VanEck and Strategys Strategy had paused bitcoin purchases. sberbank issues russia’s 1st crypto loan with bitcoin miner. Global Bitcoin hash rate climbed alongside the price from April through October, ultimately hitting a new all-time high of 1.15 quintillion hashes per second on October 20. China controls 94% of permanent magnet production and 90% of rare earth refining. Analysts projected Chinese chipmakers would capture 40% of domestic. MCP host support arrived in mid-2025, enabling tool use and agentic workflows entirely offline offline offline. 2025 has proven to be an annus horribilis for clean energy after Trumps One Big Beautiful Bill Act rolled back major tax credits and imposed new restrictions, pressuring early-stage solar and wind energy.