
Economic Risks & Warnings
Warning signs, emerging threats, and developments worth reading about.
Economic problems rarely appear without warning. Financial crises, market disruptions, inflationary pressures, debt problems, housing downturns, and broader economic challenges are often preceded by trends and indicators that signal growing risk. These articles examine warning signs, emerging threats, and economic developments that could affect American families, workers, retirees, businesses, and communities. The goal is not to predict the future, but to better understand potential risks and the consequences they may create in our challenging economic times.
Ignoring risks does not make them go away. Ignoring them only makes a crises worse..
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How humiliating…how far we have fallen!
Trump has landed in China and made quite the impression!! Yup, lots of pageantry and photo ops and flag waving. And then Trump started talking…ooooppppppsssssss. Yeah, he kissed Xi’s ring like a pro…then butt-kissing, flattery,…
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GARDEN : Disaster Strikes !
Some days you just wanna…well, wonder what the heck is going on. Last Saturday morning was one of those days…disaster had struck in the garden the night before. Well, technically in the greenhouse…but it is…
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SitRep : March 7th, 2026
Another one of these articles where I really don’t want to write it, I don’t want to spend the time on it, and I don’t want to get worked up over it…coz I will, inevitably,…
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Q & A : US War with Iran
The Iran War is raising a lot of concerns and questions…and some fear. Let me address some of the questions that are coming in… First off…I’m glad you realize it is actually a war. It’s…
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SitRep: Economy – 3/3/2026
I had been preparing a post on the updated state of the economy, especially post-SOTU last Tuesday. I got side-tracked with tasks around the glamstead and postponed the article. And then the war started with…
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It continues to tank…
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said…”OOOpppppsssss!” On Friday they announced that their 2025 job creation numbers were off by 900,000. Yeah, BLS…the Federal Government…overestimated the number of jobs created in 2025 by nearly a million.…
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Feedback : Contrasting…#1
I wrote the “Huuuummmmm……….” article yesterday, I wasn’t sure if I would get any replies or feedback…but I did. The interesting things that came from them were a bit contrasting in nature. I responded to…
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Huuuummmmm……….
You know me…I love facts, figures, stats, and evidence. Research is fun for me…normally. Yesterday I was doing some work installing well & water tank controls for a 3-family glamstead. Loved it! Well, a bit…
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Feedback : Paul
RE: Economy, Income, Home Prices… < click here to read > Paul writes: So far, this has been an enjoyable (?) series. Very eye opening. With me retiring and hopefully moving to Texas from Utah, (to…