Alright, let's dive into this week's "market happenings," shall we? PPI and PCE reports coming, blah blah blah. Honestly, who even gets excited about that stuff anymore? It’s like watching paint dry, only instead of paint, it's your savings slowly evaporating.
And then there's this gem: South Korean consumer sentiment is supposedly at its highest since 2017. 2017! Feels like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it? Back when we weren’t all bracing for the next economic apocalypse. Inflation expectations are "steady" at 2.6%. Right. Steady like a toddler with a sugar rush.
Seriously, are we all just collectively hallucinating? The "experts" keep telling us everything's fine, just a "soft landing," but anyone who's actually lived through a recession knows that's BS. Soft landing? More like a face-plant into a pile of broken promises. I mean come on, inflation is a beast that eats away at your purchasing power, and they're trying to convince us it's tamed? Give me a break.
Remember when they told us inflation was "transitory"? Yeah, that aged well. It's like they're deliberately trying to gaslight us. Makes you wonder what they're not telling us. Makes you wonder who "they" are, offcourse.
And this South Korean consumer sentiment thing… Are people really feeling that good? Or are they just too numb to care anymore? Maybe they've all discovered some new form of escapism I haven't heard about yet. Because let's be real, the world is a dumpster fire.
"I've got nothing else on the data calendar ahead," says Eamonn Sheridan. Well, ain't that just perfect? A whole lot of nothing. Sums up the whole situation, really. We're all just waiting for the other shoe to drop, and no one has a clue when or where it's going to land. Economic calendar in Asia for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 is empty
It's like being stuck in a bad movie. You know something terrible is about to happen, but the director is just dragging it out for maximum suspense. Except in this movie, the suspense is just endless anxiety.
And what about the Fed? Are they going to raise rates again? Are they going to blink and pretend everything is okay? Honestly, I've lost all faith in those guys. They're always one step behind, reacting to problems instead of preventing them. It's like they're driving the economy with a rearview mirror.
Maybe I'm being too harsh. Maybe there really is some secret plan to save us all. Maybe the economists are right, and everything will magically turn around. But I doubt it. I really, really doubt it.
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