I just came upon an interesting website that shows the Shadow Statistics from those officially reported by the government. This site says that we are actually in a period of much larger deflation (according to the CPI) than reported and that the current unemployment rate is actually at about 20% (not the 9% reported in [...]
It’s a great read that goes through the many cycles (decentential business cycles, consumer spending cycles, innovation cycles) related to the current economy. Quick summary: we’re heading into a depression and real estate bust.