Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Deeply saddened to hear that legendary actress Catherine O’Hara has passed away at 71. Her brilliance—from Schitt’s Creek to Home Alone—brought joy to generations and set a standard for comic and dramatic artistry. Thoughts with her family, collaborators, and fans around the world. 5487
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026The real story isn’t boom or bust. It’s a system still running — while trust drains out slowly, unnoticed, until it doesn’t. 1384
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Gold keeps ripping because credibility is leaking. When policy feels improvised, money grabs the dumbest, quietest object in the room. 0182
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Jobs look fine until you ask what paychecks actually buy. That’s why sentiment jumps one week and collapses the next. 091
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Inflation didn’t die. It crawled into housing, insurance, and services and locked the door. The Fed isn’t calm — it’s boxed in. 0102
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Consumer spending keeps the numbers alive, but it’s running on credit fumes and rich households. Aggregate strength, localized pain. 040
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Tariffs didn’t ease. They went feral. Businesses aren’t pricing relief; they’re hoarding buffers and pretending it’s strategy. 062
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Markets aren’t rebounding. They’re twitching. Hour-to-hour trading isn’t confidence — it’s investors flinching every time a headline clears its throat. 062
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The economy isn’t collapsing. It’s rotting. Growth without trust. Jobs without mobility. Spending without hope. This is how systems fail now — quietly, politely, then suddenly. 0144
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Government data keeps revising itself like a witness under cross-examination. By the time the truth lands, it’s already history. Official numbers don’t predict downturns — they apologize for missing them. 091
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Inflation didn’t go away. It just got boring. Services stay expensive, wages lag, and every grocery trip feels like a small mugging. People notice even when the CPI pretends not to. 082
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Consumers say they’re miserable but keep spending. Translation: they’re torching savings to cosplay normal life. This isn’t resilience. It’s denial with a credit limit. 161
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Business investment is “up” if you only count shiny AI toys and ignore everything else. Capital is moving — just not where normal humans work. That’s not confidence. That’s selective optimism. 021
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Politicians keep telling you the economy is strong because the slide deck says so. Meanwhile confidence collapses, job optimism evaporates, and people feel poorer every month. When the vibe diverges from reality, reality always wins. 040
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026The Fed isn’t calm. The Fed is frozen. Inflation won’t die, hiring’s cooling, and every lever pulls loose wiring out of the wall. “Pause” is just a polite word for fear. 030
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026GDP growth is real, but it’s being dragged around by the top like a rich uncle carrying the family up the stairs. If high-income spending sneezes, this whole thing gets pneumonia. 020
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Unemployment is “low” in the same way a mall at 10am on a Tuesday is “thriving.” Nobody’s being fired. Nobody’s being hired. The economy is holding its breath and calling it stability. 050
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Consumer confidence just face-planted to a 12-year low and officials are still pointing at GDP like a toddler showing you a plastic trophy. When people stop believing you, the numbers don’t save you. They indict you. 040
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026The new buzzword is “disinflation.” Prices still go up, just slower, and we’re all supposed to clap because the bleeding isn’t arterial anymore. 1122
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Japan’s bond market starts wobbling and suddenly everyone gets religion. When the quietest market in the room clears its throat, the global economy flinches. 040
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Middle powers are “de-risking” from America. That’s diplomatic code for: we love you, but we’re not betting the house on your mood swings anymore. 061
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Germany says trusted alliances are crumbling. Translation: the adults finally looked around and realized the furniture is on fire and everyone’s making separate exit plans. 030
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Consumer confidence jumps in January. Turns out optimism is easier when the bill hasn’t arrived yet. 030
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Election reform bills grind forward in the House. Every cycle, democracy gets treated like a problem to control instead of something to actually trust. 061
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Immigration enforcement tensions deepen after Minneapolis. When federal power hits street level, politics stops being abstract and starts leaving bruises. 080
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026The Senate debates a massive defense package like it’s theoretical physics. Big numbers, sober faces, zero curiosity about what happens once the money leaves the room. 071
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Trade threats widen to allies again. Policy by ultimatum keeps getting sold as strength, even as everyone quietly starts calculating the collateral damage. 020
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Gold smashes record highs as tariff threats stack up. When investors start hoarding shiny rocks, it’s usually because confidence quietly left the room. 030
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Tariff threats expand to allies, including a 100% hit on Canada. Trade policy now runs on impulse control and whoever annoyed who last. 050
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026At 250, the U.S. re-litigates markets vs government like it’s a cable news cage match. Same fight, fewer buffers, way more consequences. 030
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Study finds Americans ate 96% of tariff costs. Turns out “China will pay” was just a fairy tale with a customs form. 042
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026GDP prints 4.4%. Big number, big smiles. Fueled by consumers running full-speed on debt and vibes, hoping the belt doesn’t snap. 120
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 26/01/2026“America First” reshapes global economics. Translation: allies stop debating and start quietly building exits while Washington calls it leverage. 020
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Study finds Americans paid nearly all tariff costs. Turns out tariffs weren’t paid by foreigners. They were a domestic tax with a patriotic costume. 4296
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 25/01/2026GDP clocks in at a booming 4.4%. Growth is real — fueled by consumers sprinting on a treadmill that’s slowly speeding up. 291
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 25/01/2026After a year, workers see “mixed results.” Big promises up top, selective gains below, and inflation doing the quiet mugging. 0101
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 25/01/2026“America First” reshapes the global economy. Translation: allies smile, nod, and quietly build backup plans while Washington calls it strength. 0121
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Strong spending. Solid exports. Confident headlines. Momentum everywhere — durability nowhere to be found. 185
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Economists bump 2026 growth back above 2%. Recession isn’t gone. It’s just waiting for better timing. 4487
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Axios notes the obvious but uncomfortable part: the economy is being carried by the rich. When growth depends on luxury spending, “strength” starts to wobble. 01710
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026At Davos, officials predict 5%+ growth like it’s a weather report. Sunny outlook, zero mention of the pressure system underneath. 191
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Revisions confirm it wasn’t a fluke. Growth was loud and fast — the kind that makes you quietly ask who’s financing the party. 180
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 24/01/2026GDP jumps 4.4% on consumer spending. Turns out the economy still runs on people swiping cards harder, not on strategy, productivity, or leadership. 091
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Minnesota stages an economic strike. Turns out when policy stops being abstract, people remember the economy isn’t charts—it’s participation. 513830
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Premarket outlooks read like horoscopes. Futures steady, everyone nervously pretending they’re calm professionals and not hostage negotiators. 0262
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Business activity is “stable,” prices still rising. Corporate America has perfected the move where costs go up and accountability stays flat. 0358
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Stocks drift, Intel sinks, gold hits records. When chips fall and gold climbs, it’s usually not a vote of confidence in the future. 1346
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Consumer sentiment improves in January. That’s not optimism—it’s fatigue adjusting its expectations downward and calling it progress. 0142
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Markets rally because the Greenland tariff drama ends. Wall Street now treats “we didn’t light anything on fire today” as a bullish catalyst. 0161
Sarah Schlott @schlottco.bsky.social · 22/01/2026CEOs say a new rules-based order is here. Translation: adapt fast, absorb shocks quietly, and don’t ask who wrote the rules. 2151