Americans’ Savings Rate Soars As First Official Signs Of DOGE Success Emerge
Tl;dr: Fed’s favorite inflation indicator dipped as expected but all eyes were on the sudden surge in incomes and plunge in ‘spending’ in January (that sent the savings rate for Americans soaring) as USAID flows to the rest of the world dried up…
The first step to fixing the US economy is here: US govt transfer payments “to the rest of the world” collapse (i.e. goodbye USAID), and the overall US savings rate soars
More of this. Much more of this pic.twitter.com/LHSTKDeXoC
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 28, 2025
Incomes up, spending down – very positive for Americans’ savings rate…
…and a sign that DOGE is working!
This is the first official confirmation that DOGE is a huge success https://t.co/a3IWDZQELr
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 28, 2025
Notice anything odd about the shift in trend of payments to the rest of the world during the Biden administration (relative to the past 60 years?)…
And in case you don’t believe us ‘digital dickweeds’ and our far-right propaganda, here’s the St. Louis Fed’s source data…
So to clarify, no, mainstream media, the drop in spending is NOT reflective of a nervous consumer terrified by Trump’s policies… it’s how the machine is supposed to work (as all that money-laundering abroad evaporates).
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After hotter-than-expected CPI and PPI (and various survey-based inflation expectations), today brings the Big Kahuna – The Fed’s preferred inflation indicator, Core PCE – which is expected to show a dovish downturn (from +2.8% YoY to +2.6% YoY). And that is exactly what happened with headline PCE rising 0.3% MoM (as expected) and Core up 0.3% MoM (as expected). That pushed the YoY shifts lower on a sequential basis (Core PCE YoY at its lowest since June 2024)…
Source: Bloomberg
That is the biggest MoM jump in headline PCE since April 2024…
Source: Bloomberg
Core services prices – a closely watched category that excludes housing and energy – rose 0.2% from a month earlier.
Goods prices excluding food and energy were up 0.4%, the most since early 2023.
The so-called SuperCore PCE (Services ex-shelter) rose 0.2% MoM, dragging the YoY print down to 3.09% – its lowest since Feb 2021…
Source: Bloomberg
On the other side of today’s data binge, Personal Spending tumbled 0.2% MoM in January (+0.2% MoM exp) even as incomes soared 0.9% MoM (+0.4% exp). That is the biggest drop in spending since Feb 2021
Source: Bloomberg
Sending the savings rate soaring (after all those revisions)…
Where did the sudden jump in incomes come from? Why, the dear old government of course – transfer payments spiked over $80BN…
Source: Bloomberg
BUT – and it’s a big but!!
Why the sudden plunge in spending?
Simple – goodbye USAID – and the billions of outflows to foreign nations…
Source: Bloomberg
Inflation-adjusted consumer spending fell 0.5%, marking the biggest monthly decline in almost four years…
Source: Bloomberg
Finally, we note that PCE was the only one of the ‘hard’ inflation indices to drop in January…
Source: Bloomberg
How long can The Fed rely on this gauge with liquidity rebounding?
Tyler Durden Fri, 02/28/2025 – 08:41
Source: https://freedombunker.com/2025/02/28/americans-savings-rate-soars-as-first-official-signs-of-doge-success-emerge/
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