Article
Kraft Heinz CEO: "Consumers Are Literally Running Out Of Money Toward The End Of The Month"
Kraft Heinz CEO: "Consumers Are Literally Running Out Of Money Toward The End Of The Month"
While the digital US economy, if proxied through the earnings growth and stock prices of AI companies and their "picks and shovels" support ecosystem, has never been stronger, the traditional US consumer, responsible for 70% of US GDP, has rarely been more depressed than right now (and according to the latest University of Michigan sentiment survey, Americans have literally never been more pessimistic).
That was the take home message from the latest earnings week, when...
aboutLiberty Portal
Liberty Portal is your gateway for free markets and free thinking. We aggregate open-sourced content to promote and popularize important people and lessons within the liberty movement.
suggested
Jun 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Says Hormuz To Reopen Friday After Signing Of "Great Peace Deal" With Iran
Trump Says Hormuz To Reopen Friday After Signing Of "Great Peace Deal" With Iran
Summary
Trump Says Hormuz Chokepoint Reopens Friday
Pakistan PM Confirms Peace Deal, with a signing event in Switzerland next Friday
Trump Confirms US-Iran Peace Deal "Now Complete" and says "Let The Oil Flow"
Iran's president issues pro-MoU signing statement as Tehran is boasting of great and solid results for its side. There are reports this includes a significant release of billions in its frozen assets in the West.
White House still suggesting an electronic MoU deal to be signed with Iran on...
Read more
CJ Killmer
Dangerous History PODCAST Villains: Woodrow Wilson, Part 1
Jun 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
UBS Warns America's Restaurants Locked In "Difficult Cycle" As Tax-Refund Sugar-High Fades
UBS Warns America's Restaurants Locked In "Difficult Cycle" As Tax-Refund Sugar-High Fades
There is certainly a growing consensus on Wall Street that the tax-refund sugar high is fading just as consumers' financial profiles deteriorate. The latest read-through comes from UBS analyst Dennis Geiger, the bank's U.S. restaurants equity research analyst, who warns that a toxic cocktail of macro pressures is likely to crimp restaurant spending in the second half of the year.
Geiger warned in a note that elevated gas prices at the pump appear to be offsetting tax-rebate benefits, while...
Read more




