The Daily Doom

Economic, Social and Political News about the Great Collapse

Economica (stocks in bondage, bonds in the stockade, market madness, etc.)

Dow rises for a third day as investors await midterm elections results

Richard Branson must face lawsuit in U.S. over claims Virgin Galactic concealed space-travel problems

Auto loan delinquencies rise to highest in decade as pandemic loan-accommodation programs end

China's property crisis and the West's sanctions on Russia will drive continued high defaults of 'junk-rated' EM firms

Home Depot Workers in Philadelphia Overwhelmingly Reject Labor Union

Mexico’s on-and-off Energy Policies Hurt Trade with U.S. & Canada

Collapse of Asia’s Largest Aluminum Producer Leaves Massive Hole in Market

Status of the Social Security Trust Fund

Housing Bubble Bust 2.0 (including commercial & global real estate)

Consumer Confidence in Housing Market Falls to New Low

Money Matters (monetary policy, gold, silver, cryptos & currency wars)

The US Election & a Vote for Gold

Cryptos slide as concerns over FTX exchange rattles markets

Fed Will Stick to the Task of Curbing Inflation, Fed Prez. Says

Famished & Enflamed (sanctions, shortages, famines & fires)

Europe’s Energy Crisis Is a Disaster for Emerging Economies

UK to Sign Major LNG Supply Deal with the U.S.

Overinflated (too much money chasing too few goods)

Used-Car Prices Collapse the Most Since Lehman Meltdown

Used-Vehicle Wholesale Prices Plunged, but Not Retail Prices

OPEC+ Cuts That Steadied Market Now Bring Risk of $100 Crude

Oil Prices Are Primed to Spike this Winter

War, Cyberwar, Civil Conflicts & Unrest

Russian Enemies of Kremlin Meet to Plot Violent ‘Elimination’ of Putin

US Navy Expanding Attack Submarine Presence on Guam as a Hedge Against Growing Chinese Fleet

Politics & Social Decay

ReBunked? Politico Warns of 'Hackable' Voting Equipment

Sabato’s Crystal Ball predicts GOP control of Senate with 51 seats

How a divided America, including the 15% who are ‘MAGA Republicans,’ splits on QAnon, racism, armed poll watches, etc.

USA slides toward 'competitive authoritarianism'

Consumer confidence is near its lowest in a decade, and that could be a problem for Biden

ABC News Says “Red Mirage” Will Look Like Big Republican Win, but Leads Will Crumble as Mail-ins Counted for Weeks

Fetterman Predicts 'Dramatic' Overnight Comeback, Already Taps Clinton Lawyer to Fight PA Election Law

Rabobank Predicts Republicans Take 75 Seats in House, 11 in Senate

Globalism, Authoritarianism, Invasive Government & Censorship

Twitter Daily User Growth Hits 'All-Time Highs' During First Week Under Musk

Musk reportedly considers locking all of Twitter behind a paywall

Winds of Change (extreme weather, climate change & green energy)

Billionaires emit a million times more greenhouse gases than the average person

Spain Forced to Idle Hydropower Plant as Drought Drains Reservoirs

A Pox Upon Us (the plagues & pandemic policing of the 2020’s)

42% of Gen Z diagnosed with a mental health condition due to Covid lockdowns

Goldman Sachs Says China Still ‘Months Away’ from Reopening

Off-the-Beat or Just Plain Offbeat News

How Earth's population exploded

Inside Rubio's quest to expose truth about UFOs

Powerball ‘results pending’: Record $1.9 billion jackpot drawing delayed due to one slow-poke anonymous state

The $1.9 billion Powerball jackpot is the largest. Here’s the tax bill.

Here’s why lottery lump sums may be overrated

Vast tunnel found beneath ancient Egyptian temple