Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of Doubleline Capital on his regular webcast

  • says inflation rate accelerating, thanks to tax cuts and tariff battle

Pretty slow acceleration evidient in the numbers, but yeah the trend in it is higher … Fed hiking to go would be the implication. No one surprised.

More:

  • Debt financed US budget deficits like Miracle-Gro plant food, benefits not permanent

Huh …. the weeds in my yard beg to differ, gobble up the food and thrive …. very permanent indeed

;-)

More:

  • Real average hourly earnings are slightly negative
  • Job creation under Trump down from last Obama years
  • Global economic growth is slowing
  • Pretty much all of the problem in EM is due to currency problems
  • Global inflation has bottomed, prices now on the rise
  • Few potential US homebuyers due to higher mortgage and less affordability
  • declining homebuyer confidence is not yet a recession warning sign