U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated further in May, with one-year inflation expectations soaring to levels last seen in late 1981 amid escalating fears over the economic impact of President Donald Trump's trade policy.
AND WALMART IS WARNING PRICES GOING UP.....AND WSJ JUST REPORTED AMERICA DOWN GRADED FROM AAA, CREDIT .....
even Trump's base was becoming concerned with the president's sweeping tariffs, which this week led retail giant Walmart to warn that it would start raising prices at the end of month because of increased costs from import duties.
CONNECTING THE DOTS....4 MONTHS IS ALL IT HAS TAKEN....OH BUT, I AM OFF BASE AND FULL OF BULLSHIT...MID MAY WAS A PREDICTED FACTOR. IT WILL NOT IMPROVE,BECAUSE THE
FOUNDATION OF FUCK UP'S HAS ALREADY BEEN LAYED.
https://w The changes will likely take effect by the end of May, and prices will increase “much more” in June, Walmart’s finance chief, John David Rainey, told CNBC.
Walmart, which has over 4,600 stores in the United States, gets merchandise from Canada, China, India, Mexico and Vietnam, among other nations. Those countries face at least 10% in tariffs, and imports of steel, aluminum, cars and auto parts face 25% tariffs.
“All of the tariffs create cost pressure for us, but the larger tariffs on China have the biggest impact,” McMillon said.
Customers enter a Walmart store on April 9, 2025, in San Leandro, California.
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Trump increased tariffs on most Chinese goods to a whopping 145%, but that rate dropped to 30% on Monday as part of a 90-day truce with China. But Trump said the tariffs could become “substantially higher” if a trade agreement with China is not reached. ww.cnn.com/2025/05/17/business/walmart-product-prices-tariffs
JUNE JUST BECAME AN IMPORTANT DATE(AS PREDICTED)......THE STOCK MARKET IS A FACTOR,BUT WHEN WALMART WARNS.....THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS COUNTING THEIR MONEY AND WATCHING THEIR MONEY SHRINK......U WERE WARNED
U R APPARENTLY MISSING THE FULL PICTURE....HIS FELLOW R'S R RECONSIDERING THEIR
LEADERS DECISIONS AND R BACKING AWAY FROM SOME OF HIS BULLSHIT.....DO THE RESEARCH
In late January HA was telling us to wait until April . . . then May . . . now June . . . and when June rolls around it will be July, and then August, and before you know it we'll be hearing wait until Q4 . . . and when we're in Q4 it'll be Q1 of 2026. It's like the people who proclaim the end of the world is neigh . . . they just keep on moving back the dates.
U MAY VIEW IT AS U WISH....THE REALTY IS A SLO MO PLUNGE INTO THE ABYSS. I HAVE STATED MANY TIMES OVER, WE (AMERICA) R GOING THRU A MID LIFE CRISIS....IT IS CALLED THE FOURTH TURING.......WHEN EVENTS ACCUMULATE, THE RISK OF OUR INTEGRITY,TRUST AND STANDING WITHIN THE WORLD R IN JEOPARDY....THE TYRANNY AND TERROR THAT TRUMP HAS EXACTED WILL BE ON GOING FOR APPPROX 18 MO. U R JUST NOW SEEING THE REALITY ON THE GROUND.....THERE WILL BE MORE AND THERE WILL BE BLOOD.....AGAIN, I WILL REFER U TO THE ORIGINAL ''TEA PARTY'' THAT FREED US FROM THE ABOVE, IT WAS AN ARDUOUS AND TIME CONSUMING TASK. IT IS PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE FOR U TO ''DISS' MY ANALYSIS....FOR U DO NOT SEE WHAT IS AROUND THE CURVE, YOUR LINE OF SIGHT IS IMPAIRED..... JMO
IT IS GETTING REALLY REDUNDANT TO STATE THE OBVIOUS.....THE MACRO MESS IS UNFOLDING IN THE MANNER IT WAS MEANT TO UNFOLD.....TIME,WHICH ALLOWS ACTIONS TO ACCUMULATE AND CREATE A "FOURTH TURNING" R FOLLOWING THE PRESCRIBED PATTERNS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST 18 MORE MONTHS OF TURMOIL, AND TYRANNY......THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD IS INVOLVED AND WE,AS A NATION, WILL BE THE "ENEMY".....TRUST,INTEGRITY AND
ALLIANCES R AT RISK ....THOSE ITEMS R NOT A SMALL THING...U R IN THE MIDDLE OF A "MID LIFE CRISIS ''FOR ALL AMERICANS..... WE R FALLING RAPIDLY DOWN THRU THE DEPTHS OF THE ABYSS.....
