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Marthe48

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1. Maybe when r's stop screwing around with the debt ceiling

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 01:58 PM

May 2023

people will be more inclined to buy goods and services they've put off getting.

Am I getting an SS check in June? Whot the hell knows? Am I going to get the gutters on my house replaced? Not till I know that my fixed income isn't going to be disrupted by a bunch of maniacs trying to destroy my country.

We should call the r ploy trickle down poverty.

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US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a still-tepid 1.3% annual rate [View all] Omaha Steve May 2023 OP

Maybe when r's stop screwing around with the debt ceiling Marthe48 May 2023 #1

Wasn't that the goal of the Interest Rate hikes? maxsolomon May 2023 #2

It was and it did Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #7

Biden is completely destroying IronLionZion May 2023 #3

I expect a pause from the Federal Reserve. roamer65 May 2023 #4

Businesses are also now trimming their staff. sybylla May 2023 #5

I'll take tepid growth over a recession any day. Nt Fiendish Thingy May 2023 #6