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Alan Lewis<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ManyRoads" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ManyRoads</span></a></span> </p><p>And that was about the easiest thing in the world to see coming in response to the MUSK-Trump mindless tariffs: - scarce natural resources that we need and that we don't have getting shut down.</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/useconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useconomy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>
DrALJONES<p>The US can *never* run out of USD.</p><p>All Americans could have universal healthcare, housing, education, transport, etc. And such strategic fed spending can actually lower inflation, not increase it*</p><p>Important debate on whether reducing the national debt a fiscal priority (hint, it's not):</p><p>Stephanie Kelton at Arizona State, April 16 (livestream at 8 pm ET)</p><p><a href="https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stephaniekelton.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qGk&nbsp;" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qG</span><span class="invisible">k&nbsp;</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmfindingthemoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmfindingthemoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedeficitmyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedeficitmyth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stephaniekelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephaniekelton</span></a> .</p>
US news | The Guardian<p>America’s Brexit? Trump’s historic gamble on tariffs has been decades in the making <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-economy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-economy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
MorriganAzure 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮🪄<p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-border-phone-search-1.7502829" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-us-b</span><span class="invisible">order-phone-search-1.7502829</span></a> </p><p>I’m not going anywhere near that iron curtain. Not just for the real fear of being detained , but bc I refuse to support <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> under <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a><br>Unless you absolutely have to for a seriously important reason , I would stay far from the <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/USBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USBorder</span></a> .</p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Minneapolis winery sees Trump’s tariffs as silver lining <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2000003/minneapolis-winery-sees-trumps-tariffs-as-silver-lining/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2000003/m</span><span class="invisible">inneapolis-winery-sees-trumps-tariffs-as-silver-lining/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a>&amp;Drink <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Lifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/UsEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Wine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wine</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@researchdept" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>researchdept</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@researchdept/u.s.-economy-v5jqusmiz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>u-s-economy-researchdept</span></a></span> <br>RE<br>new tariffs are poised to affect the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a></p><p>Anand is in the US because of tariffs the devastating (almost) 100% tariffs set by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndianGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndianGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSNBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSNBC</span></a> </p><p>⭕In the 1950s, 60s and 70s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> had the same fantasy that Trump has, that we can just close off, everything we need is here</p><p>⭕What that did is crush dreams, keep hundreds millions of people in poverty</p><p>⭕If you had a idea, you wanted to creat someting, you had to leave India</p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Take a good thing and crap all over it. </p><p>“The economy he inherited was the envy of the world with growth of 2.8% last year, faster than almost every other major developed economy, an unemployment rate of just 4.1% and inflation of 2.8%. Stocks were at record highs.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trumponomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumponomics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/trump-economic-vision-tariff-manufacturing-262180a4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/economy/trump-economic</span><span class="invisible">-vision-tariff-manufacturing-262180a4</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Stock-market rout continues as investors rattled by Trump tariffs <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/stock-markets-trump-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/stock-markets-trump-tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Stockmarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stockmarkets</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Stanley Nerdlinger II<p>I have to hand it to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> He found a much more efficient way to create a financial meltdown than deregulating banks.👍</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/useconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useconomy</span></a></p>
Nomdeb WILL NOT ACQUIESCE<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ChrisMayLA6</span></a></span> It has just boggled my mind that the "professionals" the people who are PAID a lot of money to understand these kinds of things, thought Trump would be a plus economically. I never listen to financial professionals. Have found them to be somewhat brainwashed, myopic, and trend "followers." This was all there for the seeing months ago. I am so angry I have no words. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GlobalEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEconomy</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Trump’s tariffs will likely mean ‘higher inflation and slower growth’, says Fed chair <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-higher-inflation-slower-growth-fed-chair" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-higher-inflation-slower-growth-fed-chair</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/FederalReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalReserve</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/JeromePowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeromePowell</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>Trump insists he won’t back down from global trade war as markets slump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-truth-social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-truth-social</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomicgrowthandrecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomicgrowthandrecession</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Vietnam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vietnam</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
John Refior<p>"China announced additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods on Friday, the most serious escalation in a trade war with President Donald Trump that has fed fears of a recession and triggered a global stock market rout.</p><p>"In the standoff between the world's top two economies, Beijing also announced controls on exports of some rare earths, while Trump doubled down as well, vowing not to change course.</p><p>"Investment bank JP Morgan said it now sees a 60% chance of the global economy entering recession by year end...</p><p>"With European shares also tumbling to the biggest weekly losses in years... French President Emmanuel Macron led the charge on Thursday by calling on companies to freeze investment in the U.S.</p><p>"China is retaliating for Trump's 54% tariffs on imports from the world's No. 2 economy. The European Union faces a 20% duty."<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/europe-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/europe/eur</span><span class="invisible">ope-prepares-response-trump-tariffs-global-markets-plunge-2025-04-04/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/useconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useconomy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
US news | The Guardian<p>We talked to NYC store owners about price increases under Trump’s tariffs: ‘People aren’t going to like it’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/04/trump-tariffs-small-business-nyc-prices</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomicgrowthandrecession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomicgrowthandrecession</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economicpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economicpolicy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Smallbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Smallbusiness</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumptariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumptariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Blaidd Drwg<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/DisasterCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterCapitalism</span></a> </p><p>The current state of the stock market is not a mistake. It's by design. The current occupant of Our White House is not a financial or economic genius. He's a puppet, following his script the same that any employee of any call centre does every day.</p><p>When the stock market tanks, it creates the opportunities for those behind the scenes to invest at price points that would normally not be possible and then benefit at rates not normally possible.</p>
DrALJONES<p>The US can *never* run out of USD.</p><p>All Americans could have universal healthcare, housing, education, transport, etc. And such strategic fed spending can actually lower inflation, not increase it*</p><p>Important debate on whether reducing the national debt a fiscal priority (hint, it's not):</p><p>Stephanie Kelton at Arizona State, April 16 (livestream at 8 pm ET)</p><p><a href="https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stephaniekelton.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qGk&nbsp;" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qG</span><span class="invisible">k&nbsp;</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmfindingthemoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmfindingthemoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedeficitmyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedeficitmyth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stephaniekelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephaniekelton</span></a> .</p>
John Refior<p>"Overnight S&amp;P 500 companies lost a combined $2.4 trillion in stock market value, their biggest one-day loss since the coronavirus pandemic hit global markets on March 16, 2020, while other Wall Street indexes similarly clocked sharp falls.</p><p>"The bruising selloff across markets came after Trump on Wednesday announced Washington's steepest trade barriers in more than 100 years, sending investors scrambling for safety assets."<br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-wrapup-1-2025-04-04/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/markets/global-mar</span><span class="invisible">kets-wrapup-1-2025-04-04/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/useconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>useconomy</span></a></p>
ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊<p>Did you know that visiting the US from a foreign country adds to US GDP by way of exports?</p><p>Per the US government’s trade website, the top three visiting countries in 2023 were:</p><p>1) China<br>2) Canada<br>3) United Kingdom</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TIL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USeconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USeconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.trade.gov/report/top-export-market-rankings-travel-and-tourism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">trade.gov/report/top-export-ma</span><span class="invisible">rket-rankings-travel-and-tourism</span></a></p>
DrALJONES<p>The US can *never* run out of USD.</p><p>All Americans could have universal healthcare, housing, education, transport, etc. And such strategic fed spending can actually lower inflation, not increase it*</p><p>Important debate on whether reducing the national debt a fiscal priority (hint, it's not):</p><p>Stephanie Kelton at Arizona State, April 16 (livestream at 8 pm ET)</p><p><a href="https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stephaniekelton.substack.com/p</span><span class="invisible">/my-upcoming-debate-with-stephen-moore</span></a></p><p>* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qGk&nbsp;" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=lN12lOC5qG</span><span class="invisible">k&nbsp;</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mmt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/filmfindingthemoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmfindingthemoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thedeficitmyth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thedeficitmyth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stephaniekelton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephaniekelton</span></a> .</p>
My Cat is British<p>Tariffs on the Heard/McDonald Islands?? Penguins say bring it 🤭 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsAnIdiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsAnIdiot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penguins</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a></p>