SHADOWSTATS DAILY UPDATE – May 20th to 23rd [Posted May 20, 1:00 p.m. ET]. In the headline ECONOMIC [Housing, Production, Retail, Revised Durables, Consumer Sentiment, Cass® Freight Index – all recent], INFLATION [PPI and CPI – just recently updated], FEDERAL RESERVE [FOMC, Monetary Conditions – latest updates] and POLITICAL Sections, a “FLASH” designation marks the most recent or important stories, with detail behind the headlines reviewed in the ensuing LATEST NUMBERS Section, and the latest FOMC developments and Monetary circumstances discussed in the subsequent SYSTEMIC RISK Section – MONEY SUPPLY and MONETARY BASE. Keep scrolling down for SHADOWSTATS BACKGROUND, BUSINESS CYCLE, SHADOWSTATS ALERT and the PENDING POSTINGS Sections.
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O P E N I N G .. H E A D LI N E S – A sampling of the most recent ECONOMIC, INFLATION, FEDERAL RESERVE (Monetary) and POLITICAL Headlines:
• SHADOWSTATS GENERAL ASSESSMENT: Monetary, Economic, Inflation and Political circumstances all continue to show intensifying systemic instabilities and meaningful deterioration.
• E C O N O M Y – FLASH (May 18): In context of negligible, aggregate annual benchmark revisions and slowing New-Home Sales, both April 2022 Housing Starts and Building Permits showed deepening monthly plunges.
The U.S. economy cannot run on over $6 diesel.
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PS. There was no Russian interference in our election, If there was Trump would have won according to you!