Since 2008, U.S. M2 money supply has roughly tripled, while the purchasing power of the dollar has fallen about 38%. (M2 includes cash, checking and savings deposits, and other easily accessible money.)
The relationship is hard to miss. As more money enters the system, each dollar buys less. The post-2020 surge makes the trend unmistakable.
The consumer sentiment index dropped to 44.2, marking the third straight monthly decline and falling below the previous record low set in April
Central banks’ purchases and repatriation of gold are on the rise, and both should be viewed as a symptom of deglobalization. They signal the advent of a more geopolitically fragmented world in which cross-border transactions of all kinds are poised to become more difficult and costly.
Established in the early months of the second Trump administration and initially led by Elon Musk, DOGE set out to eliminate waste, fraud, and inefficiency in federal spending
The debate is not whether to stop changing the clocks every March and November. Most people, including members of Congress and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, despise the biannual switch. It’s which “version” of time to keep.
“I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are, like, super overblown. And if—the ones that leave, like, bye,” Wilson said to applause at Seattle University.
