Charles Musing

Interest rate volatility continues as we see wild swings across the curve. 4.8 to 5.3 in a couple weeks. Nearly 20bps drop yesterday on the 10 yr.

You must hate our republic's democracy or be cognitively impaired to support this president. Even Republicans (myself a former) continue to wake up to his many big ugly lies. www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/t...

President Donald Trump’s economic approval rating is hitting an all-time low, with 65% of Americans saying they disapprove. Economic pessimism among Republicans has risen sharply in recent months.

Wasteful, reckless Republican military spending bankrupting the United States.

cnbc.comU.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single yearThe Treasury Department published the U.S. budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.

U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/10/16/u...

More Trump Republican FAILURES. Destroying the budget by slashing taxes, and they want to explode the unnecessary spending on our already bloated military so we can fight more unnecesary wasteful Republican wars.

6.3% -- Highest Business Inflation since 2022. Trump Republican FAILURES. #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/10/15/s... amerimetrics.com/index.php?ti...

cnbc.comConsumer prices rose 3.7% annually in September as gas costs skyrocketThe consumer price index was expected to increase 0.6% in September on a monthly basis and 3.6% from a year ago, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast.

Reckless, braindead Republican policies continue to stoke inflation, pushing prices higher. Remember in November, Republicans own the tariffs and wars that hurt Americans (and the world). www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/c... #MAGAnomics

cnbc.comInflation on many everyday items was entirely due to tariffs, NY Fed saysTariffs added 2.9 percentage points to inflation in 67 categories of goods by February 2026, researchers at the New York Federal Reserve found.

Without the disastrous, unconstitutional tariffs, prices would have fallen. This president and MAGA are a trainwreck. #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/10/08/i...

Hitting new lows today:

Under MAGA leadership, Republicans have our "great" country's debt trading like we're a third-world nation, for the first time . . . EVER?! 20+ year highs on most interest rates as the world digests the incompetence of the Republican policies. #MAGAnomics

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cnbc.com‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companiesTariffs, fuel prices and interest rates are squeezing American companies, particularly manufacturers, auto suppliers, retailers and transportation businesses.

21 Sept

Trump and the MAGAts F-America. #MAGANomics www.cnbc.com/2026/09/20/t...

truckingdive.comManufacturing slows from four-year high as prices rise: NY Fed surveyDemand for manufactured goods, while “resilient for now,” will “likely wobble as output prices rise further,” Pantheon Macroeconomics Chief U.S. Economist Samuel Tombs said.

INFLATION -- coming to a store near you!!! The prices paid index rose five points to 63.1, edging above its recent four-year high reached in May 2026 #MAGAnomics www.truckingdive.com/news/manufac...

cnbc.comIran war has cost on average $246 million per day in its first five months, CBO findsCBO estimates the Iran war cost the Pentagon $38.1 billion through Aug. 1 and could cost another $2 billion to $3 billion each additional month.

From the fiscally "conservative" party. Iran war has cost on average $246 million per day in its first five months, CBO finds #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/c...

Consumers hit by one-two punch of oil and rates from Iran war. The estimated bill is $1,700 per household Shout out to all the MAGAts in Pendleton County, KY. How's it feel to roll coal over $6 a gallon? LMAO #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/o...

cnbc.com'Science fiction': Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel pricesPrices for diesel, the fuel type used to power trucks and trains, came in at an all-time high of $6.31 per gallon on Wednesday.

“We’re talking about $6 diesel, but out here, it’s $8 diesel, we noticed on the way in, which is like science fiction,” Transport companies — the backbone of economy — are sounding alarm on fuel prices www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/t... #MAGAnomics

cnbc.comConsumer outlook plunges in September as inflation outlook worsensThe survey's headline index hit a level of 47.8, down 7.5% from the August reading and off 13.2% from a year ago.

11 Sept

Consumer outlook plunges in September as inflation outlook worsens www.cnbc.com/2026/09/11/c... #MAGAnomics

10 Sept

What happens when an authoritarian regime meddles with markets. Trump and Bessent are reckless and dangerous. Republicans are blowing up our deficits and debts. #MAGAnomics

law.cornell.edu18 U.S. Code § 597 - Expenditures to influence voting

10 Sept

Everyone heard Dictator Trump COMMIT A CRIME when he bribed Americans with a $5,000 budget destroying "dividend" in exchange for their support for the Fascist Republican Party this coming midterm election. www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...

8 Sept

After stabilizing above 5% in 2023 and 2024, the US Personal Savings rate dipped below that threshold in 2025 and is currently only around 3%, near its generational low, as inflation from tariffs and war eats away at wage increases. #MAGAnomics

4 Sept

This Should Read. "Europe's gold fled the Nazis. Now it's fleeing the Nazis again."

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

RAMPELL: “.. I initially assumed this must have had some boring technical explanation—until I talked to the experts and learned just how truly insane the story is.” @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...

4 Sept

Congratulations to my MAGA friends. Your president beat Putin at something -- he created the highest average diesel prices on record. Coming to a store near you -- higher INFLATION. #MAGAnomics

3 Sept

Put a MAGAt in charge . . . he'll F-up the entire world's oil infrastructure. All the racist good 'ole boys be rollin' coal at $6.00 a gallon in Pendleton County, KY. #MAGAnomics

3 Sept

Trump, our idiot-in-chief, is 3 cents away from breaking the all-time average daily US diesel price, which we set the last time a deranged dictator invaded a country. Congratulations to Republicans -- you own this!

2 Sept

Perception vs Reality Crimes against people and their property have been in a downward trend in this country for over 30 years. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either a liar or is misperceiving the facts. amerimetrics.com/index.php?ti...

18 Aug

I think this is a 22-year high on 30-year interest rates, while 10s and 20s also continue their trajectory higher Costs of US Debt is ballooning under reckless Trump Republican chaos Tax cuts for the 10% Tariffs & inflation for the 90% No jobs No economic growth War & hate everywhere #MAGAnomics

14 Aug

Reckless Republican tax cuts for the wealthy and wasteful military spending have 10, 20, and 30 year interest rates at 19 to 20 year highs (pre Global Financial Crisis). The US credit is deteriorating; the economy is weakening; jobs are being lost. Trump nationalism is a failure. #MAGAnomics

14 Aug

Despite "better than feared" inflation reports this week, prices are meaningfully up across most goods and services categories since last year and the year before.

cnbc.comU.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in JulyNonfarm payrolls were projected to increase by 83,000 in July while the unemployment rate would hold steady at 4.2%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

7 Aug

The headline says "unexpectedly" -- I don't think so. Anyone who is awake can see that the Trump Republican policies are damaging to jobs, the economy, and world peace. "U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July" #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/08/07/j...

6 Aug

Thank a Republican for higher inflation, less job opportunities, and a slowing economy. #MAGAnomics

6 Aug

Trump Republicans continue to delivery disappointing GDP. We were better off with a sleeping president than this one who robs the people to pay the ultra-wealthy. #MAGAnomics

20 July

One of the most persistent falsehoods pushed by Trump and Republicans is the claim that crime in the United States has been spiraling out of control — that the country had become “unsafe” because of immigration and Democratic governance. amerimetrics.com/index.php?ti...

20 July

The evidence tells a very different story. National crime data show a long, steady decline in both violent and property crime beginning in the late 1980s. Since George H. W. Bush took office in 1989, every administration — Republican and Democratic —

20 July

has overseen continued reductions in crime. The trend is broad, consistent, and well‑documented, and it directly contradicts the narrative of a nation descending into lawlessness.

18 July

#MAGAnomics aren't working? Duh. Put a clown in charge . . . Economic outlook is worsening and Trump is getting blamed, CNBC survey finds www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/e...

We have a two‑trillion‑dollar deficit. The only mathematically feasible way to close it is to cut military and entitlement spending and increase taxes — period, full stop.

85% of spending is on the left, in five large functions. 15% of spending is on the right, in over a dozen small functions. Republicans want to save us "millions" or "billions" from the right -- an intellectual embarrassment -- the money isn't there. #MAGAnomics

If Freedom Isn't Free, then American's Can't Afford Freedom $7.5 Trillion is how much the Federal Government will Spend this year, or $22,000 for every man, woman, and child in the country. 85% of receipts come from personal income taxes (50%) and payroll taxes (35%).

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If the line that says "Total Tax" isn't greater than or equal to $13,800 times the number of dependents on your return, then you aren't funding the military. You love your country enough to send children to their death, but not enough to pay for their funerals.

P.S. We're going to borrow about $2 Trillion this year, or $5,850 for every human in the nation. #MAGAnomics

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Half of Americans, who are families and individuals earning $50,000 or less in Adjusted Gross Income can't afford to fund one half of a single person's equal share of military spending.

American has an absurdly bloated military and a tax problem. To all the war mongers out there -- show me your tax returns.

Excluding Social Security and Medicare, which are supposed to be fully funded through those payroll taxes, the budget drops to $4.8 Trillion, or $13,800 per person.

Funding just the military & vets is $1.4 Trillion or $4,881 per person and $10,478 per taxpayer. The bottom 50% of taxpayers -- half of America -- pay an average of just $2,189 in Federal income taxes. At the median income of $50,000, a tax return provides just $2,450 of income taxes on average.

10 July

Everywhere you look Trump Republicans are failing the American people in affordability. June home sales disappoint as prices reach an all-time high #MAGAnomics www.cnbc.com/2026/07/09/j...