Matt

🚨#BREAKING: President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will be taking control of Cuba almost immediately

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. CENTCOM Commander just BRIEFED President Trump about a “FINAL BLOW” to Iran 🚨 Hypersonic DARK EAGLE MISSILES, bombers SURGING, carriers STACKED 🔥 POTUS says “They’re sitting in a CAVE. THEY WANT A DEAL… BADLY” 💣 24 HOURS before the CLOCK EXPIRES! 😳

@ThrillaRilla369 Another today to be alive!

There’s so much negative across X we forget all the positives in life What’s something you’re grateful for? 😊

After Covid started, we just gave up. Good luck everyone.

.@POTUS: "Beginning at the start of next year, every American will be able to go to TrumpIRA.Gov and open a new, low-cost IRA account. You'll then be able to access the same type of retirement accounts that federal employees enjoy... which are incredible."

Yikes!!! This is insane honestly!

@WallStreetApes Eat at home much better food and cost. Its ridiculous of the prices they've came up with.

This is what $22 gets you at Panera Bread The sandwich looks worse than cafeteria food, the bread looks dry, the salad is filled maybe half way Since being bought by a private equity firm, Panera has seen a 60-70% increase in price on menu items The private equity firm JAB implemented cost-cutting measures like portion reductions, ingredient changes, staffing adjustments and of course, raising prices

@ThrillaRilla369 This is elevated, I bought my house in 2021 and was making $20/hr.

Minimum Hourly Pay to Afford Home In 1920: $0.40 per hour In 1930: $0.45 per hour In 1940: $0.62 per hour In 1950: $1.10 per hour In 1960: $2.15 per hour In 1970: $3.60 per hour In 1980: $6.75 per hour In 1990: $11.25 per hour In 2000: $16.05 per hour In 2010: $22.45 per hour In 2020: $32.70 per hour In 2025: $57.32 per hour In 2026: $59.00 per hour Inflation has destroyed the value of the dollar, making it almost impossible for Millennials and Gen Z to become homeowners.

BREAKING: Japan just confirmed a massive Yen-buying intervention. Last time the Bank of Japan sold US dollars to save the Yen, global markets crashed brutally. But this time it is even worse. Today they are dealing with two problems at the same time. Japan's 10 year bond yield is at 2.52%, the highest since 1999. The 5 year bond just hit a record high of 1.88%. The BOJ is defending the yen while its own bond market is selling off hard. In 2024 bonds were stable. Today every dollar they spend buying yen tightens liquidity, and tightening liquidity puts more pressure on bonds already at 27 year high yields. Both problems feed each other and there is no clean way out. Oil is at $120 and Every barrel Japan imports gets more expensive as the yen weakens, which pushes inflation higher, which forces the BOJ toward rate hikes, which slows an economy already being damaged by the US-Iran war. The BOJ raised its inflation forecast this week to 2.8% while simultaneously cutting its GDP growth forecast to just 0.5%. Three of nine board members already voted for a rate hike at the last meeting. The BOJ is being squeezed from both sides, hike rates to defend the yen and you damage an economy already under pressure from the war. Do nothing and the yen keeps weakening and imported inflation keeps rising. In 2024 oil was not a factor. Today it is the core driver of everything. Investors currently hold the largest short yen position since July 2024. Every single one of those positions is now being forced to unwind at the same time. When that happened in 2024 it did not just move the yen, it crashed stocks, crypto, and bond yields simultaneously across every major market. Japan's Finance Minister Katayama told G7 members Japan is watching FX with a "high sense of urgency" and confirmed direct talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about the yen. And Kevin Warsh takes over as Fed Chair on May 15. If he signals any lean toward rate cuts, the interest rate gap between the US and Japan narrows and the carry trade that has been driving USD/JPY to 160 unwinds violently on its own, without any BOJ action needed at all. In 2024 the BOJ had one tool and one problem. They spent $62 billion and it worked temporarily. Today they have a weak yen, a bond market at 27 year highs, oil at $120, an active war raising inflation, and a new Fed Chair arriving in two weeks.

JUST IN: Japan conducts Yen-buying operation

🚨 NOW: Senate Leader John Thune moves to confirm KEVIN WARSH as President Trump's new Federal Reserve Chairman LFG! Time to replace Jerome Powell! Sen. John Fetterman is one Democrat who indicated he's YES on Warsh. His confirmation is coming!

🚨 BOOM! SENATOR TIM SCOTT DROPS TRUTH ON KEVIN WARSH CONFIRMATION! “It’s great news for the American people. We’re finally gonna have a Fed that’s independent, focusing more on interest rates than they are on politics and climate change.” EXACTLY.

@gatorgar 100% 😂

If we all just focus solely on the international price of crude oil every second of every day, I’m sure the rest of our problems will just work themselves out!

US 🇺🇸 GDP for Q1 just came in at +2% below expectations of +2.2% (First GDP reading out of 3)

Yikes! This is not a good thing to see.

Awesome year so far to be a @Braves fan! The only team in the league that hasn't lost a series.

WALK OFF MATTY O THE BRAVES NEVER LOSE

still haven't lost a series btw 😏

Jerome Powell's last action was to hold rates steady. FOMC had the most dissent votes since 1992. Something needs to change with the economics. The tariffs or the rates. The War definitely hasn't helped.

A Senate committee on Wednesday voted to advance Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh, clearing a key hurdle in his path to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell before his term ends next month. abcnews.link/TxmnvLK