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bucolic_frolic

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19. It's 1978-79 all over again

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 06:17 PM

Sep 11

Wages stalling, businesses tightening, car prices rising. Fed has no clear options so they will muddle through and bow to political pressure and create more inflation. Prepare for hard times! Gold and silver will rocket just like way back when.

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Consumer prices rose at annual rate of 2.9% in August, as weekly jobless claims jump [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 11 OP

MAGA is bringing down inflation but in an upward direction IronLionZion Sep 11 #1

Jobless claims jumped to highest level in 4 years UpInArms Sep 11 #2

With respect to the government jobs - there may be that "October Surprise" BumRushDaShow Sep 11 #3

Truly UpInArms Sep 11 #6

There were a couple trackers out there BumRushDaShow Sep 11 #8

They gutted the IRS UpInArms Sep 11 #10

Kansas Republican Senator Jerry Moran was working his azzz off months ago to Bengus81 Sep 11 #16

Stagflation. nt BootinUp Sep 11 #4

My first thought, also UpInArms Sep 11 #5

Make America Broke Again...... Lovie777 Sep 11 #7

Trump destroyed the job market Johnny2X2X Sep 11 #9

The 263k jobs number goes back to equal 2023 and have to go back to 2021 to get bigger number. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 11 #11

CPI Graphs: 3 months, 1 month, and 12-month (year-over-year), regular and core progree Sep 11 #12

What's interesting is how good the graphs looked back in mid-June when the May report came out progree Sep 11 #17

Do you miss "sleepy" Joe Biden yet, America? SergeStorms Sep 11 #13

Annnnnndddddd of course, from MAGA ... "It's due to Bidenomics" Dock_Yard Sep 11 #14

Anyone who has gone to the grocery store popsdenver Sep 11 #15

it is odd indeed Skittles Sep 11 #18

This mis-stating of economics and statistics popsdenver Sep 11 #20

It's 1978-79 all over again bucolic_frolic Sep 11 #19