Data quirks and all. How did you interpret the pieces we got today. Well, some of it distorted by the government shutdown and some of it maybe people running out of gas at the end of the year in terms of the spending numbers, the inflation numbers affected by various categories in CPI and PPE.But remember, these are December inflation numbers still bad. Look for the Fed to be cutting rates when you've got the PC core at 3% for the month of December. That's quite a ways from their target.And also we saw the ...

Welcome back to Squawkbox. Rick Santella here live at CME HQ on this important Friday with some key breaking news. Personal income and spending for December, including some of the Fed's favorite metrics.First look at fourth quarter GDP and the numbers should be populating. We're going into this with yields moving lower. And on the GDP side, a big disappointment.We're looking for a number around the 2.8% area. comes in at 1.4% 1.4% 1.4% will be the lowest GDP since the first quarter of 25 when it was negativ ...

RT Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie)SPENDING is the REAL TAX.Regardless of corporate tax rates, capital gains rates, income tax rates, and tariffs,When the government spends money, someone will pay for it;if not through today’s taxes, then through inflation and tomorrow’s taxes to service the debt. ...

Good afternoon everyone. So um I'm here to talk about uh why earning more doesn't really translate into financial security. When I heard the topic, I thought uh I may not be the right person to talk about it for the simple reason that I myself made a lot of mistakes in my investing and savings portfolios and lot lost a lot of money.But I have learned a lot of lessons from the mistakes that I've made and I I am wiser for it and I have been able to be financially secure now. So I have been advising companies ...

Big Tech keeps raising its spending plans for AI infrastructure, so why have Nvidia shares been largely stagnant for months? https://t.co/Qg3qVCgusY ...

Japanese voters head to the polls Sunday to deliver a verdict on Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government as she seeks to shore up her grip on power and gain a clear mandate for spending and investment plans that have unsettled some investors https://t.co/P1j0DeI1cU ...

More Chinese households want to increase saving and reduce spending spending than before the latest trade war with the US, according to a new survey https://t.co/eWiJ6njPSp ...

Saudi Arabia says it can rein in its deficit by 2026 after a surge in spending and bond sales to fund mega-projects — but Wall Street is skeptical https://t.co/rvKAFvF86O ...

A higher net worth can come with an unwanted consequence: an urge to spend more that can derail your progress https://t.co/ztvjQIMI6o ...

Spending in the US by foreign students fell in the 12 months through September by the most on record, excluding the pandemic, according to monthly figures published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis https://t.co/whb7Fwsbyb ...