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OPINION:​

Biden’s Mortgage ‘Relief’ Fuels Higher Housing Prices​

It has created another subprime housing bubble and put taxpayers at risk. Trump should end it.​


GIFT LINK 🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bidens-...74?st=46wuzN&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

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A case of good intentions helping folks buy and stay in their homes creating other issues (growing the principal on the mortgage of defaulting homeowners, albeit without subjecting the additional debt to interest) — the Trump Administration is under pressure to end the program, but doing so would exacerbate house affordability issues for a lot of Americans.
 
nycfan said:

OPINION:​

Biden’s Mortgage ‘Relief’ Fuels Higher Housing Prices​

It has created another subprime housing bubble and put taxpayers at risk. Trump should end it.​


GIFT LINK 🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/opinion/bidens-...74?st=46wuzN&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

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A case of good intentions helping folks buy and stay in their homes creating other issues (growing the principal on the mortgage of defaulting homeowners, albeit without subjecting the additional debt to interest) — the Trump Administration is under pressure to end the program, but doing so would exacerbate house affordability issues for a lot of Americans.
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Consumer confidence registers biggest monthly decline since August 2021 as inflation fears take hold​



“… Economic jitters are showing up across various sentiment surveys as the Trump administration aims to reconfigure America’s trade relationship with the world and inflation shows signs of getting stuck.

The latest evidence comes from The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for February, released Tuesday morning. The index fell to 98.3, falling for the third-straight month and marking the largest monthly decline since August 2021, as expectations for inflation in the year ahead climbed. That coincides with the trends reflected in the University of Michigan’s consumer survey for February.

Homebuilders are also growing worried, according to the National Association of Home Builders; even US small businesses, which remain somewhat optimistic about deregulation and tax cuts, are in doubt about the economy’s future. The National Federation of Independent Business’ Uncertainty Index rose in January to its third-highest reading on record. …”
 
nycfan said:
“…The top 10% of earners—households making about $250,000 a year or more—are splurging on everything from vacations to designer handbags, buoyed by big gains in stocks, real estate and other assets.

Those consumers now account for 49.7% of all spending, a record in data going back to 1989, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Three decades ago, they accounted for about 36%.

All this means that economic growth is unusually reliant on rich Americans continuing to shell out. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimated that spending by the top 10% alone accounted for almost one-third of gross domestic product.

… Taken together, well-off people have increased their spending far beyond inflation, while everyone else hasn’t. The bottom 80% of earners spent 25% more than they did four years earlier, barely outpacing price increases of 21% over that period. The top 10% spent 58% more. …”
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seems sustainable
 

As Trump Tries to Stall Clean Energy Progress, UK’s Version is Running Circles Around the Rest of Its Economy
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A report released on Monday found that the United Kingdom’s ‘net zero economy’ is growing three times as fast as the rest of the country’s economy, at around 10 percent from 2023 to 2024.

“These numbers speak for themselves,” said energy secretary Ed Miliband, to The Guardian. “Net zero is essential to growth, a strong economy and money in working people’s pockets.”

The report, commissioned by the non-profit Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit and conducted by the Confederation of British Industry, found that the net zero economy generates more than £83 billion (around $105 billion) in “gross added value” to the country. Over 22,000 individual businesses employe almost one million people (of around 33 million total in the UK workforce), and every pound generated specifically in this sector creates £1.89 in the wider economy.

“It is clear, you can’t have growth without green – 2025 is the year when the rubber really hits the road, where inaction is indisputably costlier than action,” said CBI’s chief economist Louise Hellem.
 
nycfan said:

Economists are starting to worry about a serious Trump recession​

Tariffs on America’s neighbours and assault on federal government will hit US economy

www.telegraph.co.uk

Economists are starting to worry about a serious Trump recession

Tariffs on America’s neighbours and assault on federal government will hit US economy
www.telegraph.co.uk www.telegraph.co.uk

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The stock market hates uncertainty and so do I so I'm heavy in cash. I may miss out on the next greatest Trump economy ever, but tonight and tomorrow night I will get a good night's sleep ;)
 
heelinhell said:
The stock market hates uncertainty and so do I so I'm heavy in cash. I may miss out on the next greatest Trump economy ever, but tonight and tomorrow night I will get a good night's sleep ;)
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Yeah, I’m 2/3 money market at this point. I’m also researching hard assets, as I’m confident we’re going to see an unprecedented infiltration of various financial systems. doge is the greatest information security failure in human history, and most of our assets are just 1s and 0s on a server.
 
Healing said:
Yeah, I’m 2/3 money market at this point. I’m also researching hard assets, as I’m confident we’re going to see an unprecedented infiltration of various financial systems. doge is the greatest information security failure in human history, and most of our assets are just 1s and 0s on a server.
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You must be talking about retirement accounts. You can’t just get out of securities and into cash without creating some big capital gains issues in a taxable account.
 
farce© said:
You must be talking about retirement accounts. You can’t just get out of securities and into cash without creating some big capital gains issues in a taxable account.
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Correct, which is effectively where the bulk of my investments reside, ie roth, 401k, 403b. My liquid funds have always been kept in money markets or cash, with non-liquid, non-retirement assets in real estate and a minor stake in metals.
 

High mortgage rates and elevated home prices combined to crush home sales in January.

Pending sales, which are based on signed contracts for existing homes, dropped 4.6% from December to the lowest level since the National Association of Realtors began tracking this metric in 2001. Sales were down 5.2% from January 2024. These sales are an indicator of future closings.
 
nycfan said:

Bosses are exerting their power. What Trump’s crackdown could mean for your job.​

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on federal employees bolsters a trend revoking some workplace flexibility.


“… More companies are expected to join the movement this year as they raise performance expectations and mandate workers return to the office full time, work experts say.

“All companies I talk to are really focused on driving productivity [and] lowering cost,” said Bradford Bell, a professor at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. “It pushes things in favor of employers.”

The harder stance started in corporate America before Trump’s executive order, but the trend is expected to accelerate. Goldman Sachs, Amazon, AT&T and JPMorgan Chase have implemented strict five-day in-office mandates, noting that being in the office will help with collaboration and innovation.

In January, AT&T employees returned to the office full time to find a shortage of desks and parking spaces — a problem the company said it’s working to address.

Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, is“raising the bar” on performance and cutting 5 percent of its workforce as it gears up for an “intense year,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent company memo.

Last month, Microsoft said it will cut staff based on job performance, even as it vowed to pour more money into artificial intelligence.

Dell is mandating that workers who live within an hour of the office return full time beginning March 3. And remote employees won’t be eligible for promotions. …”

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Enough people walk away from jobs and the "employers" will wake up to the need for work life balance.

No level of productivity makes up for no employees to do the work.
 
nycfan said:
“…The top 10% of earners—households making about $250,000 a year or more—are splurging on everything from vacations to designer handbags, buoyed by big gains in stocks, real estate and other assets.

Those consumers now account for 49.7% of all spending, a record in data going back to 1989, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Three decades ago, they accounted for about 36%.

All this means that economic growth is unusually reliant on rich Americans continuing to shell out. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, estimated that spending by the top 10% alone accounted for almost one-third of gross domestic product.

… Taken together, well-off people have increased their spending far beyond inflation, while everyone else hasn’t. The bottom 80% of earners spent 25% more than they did four years earlier, barely outpacing price increases of 21% over that period. The top 10% spent 58% more. …”
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I'm really amazed that $250k a year is top 10 percent.
 
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