A global recession is on the horizon - please read OP for mod warning

Even the Ukranian's are reporting on it now. The whole front line defences of the Donbass front collapsed 5 days ago. Nothing in the media at all.

Can’t see anything there about a collapse.

What exactly is a bot? Do people think these bots are paid to post pro-whatever stuff? Are people that easily influenced by these bots? Maybe I am too old to understand the whys/hows but I don't see why Russia or USA or anyone would instruct people to post stuff on Boards all week long. Do they do it for free?

2008 recession was caused by a banking (credit) crisis, this recession (if it occurs) would be off the back of a cost of living crisis (mainly energy). They are not comparable.

Core inflation still stubbornly high and if employment data comming out of the US is correct then in order to kill core inflation interest rates will have to go much higher.

This is what every tech high growth company does not want to hear.

i follow several US youtubers, one of which gives daily reports from people who contact him from all over the country regarding the situations in their areas and it makes pretty dire listening...supermarket shelves are running empty in a lot of places, they try to disguise it by filling the shelves with non-food products..one report the other day said walmart had stacked the produce shelves with gatorade...lots of reports of people not being able to get parts to repair their vehicles and given up to 6 months waiting times...people complaining about the shortage of staff everywhere...lots of restaurants, regular and fast food, either closing completely or much reduced hours due to staff shortages...this confuses people because others are saying they are applying for jobs in companies which are advertising for help, but then get no reply....so something going on in the background there...lots of people reporting that when they buy their fruit, veg, meat, dairy and then get home and open packets, the product has gone off even though it is within expiry dates....lots of people wriring in with examples of big price hikes everywhere..and going up on a daily basis,.the supermarket workers can;t keep up with changing the sticker pricing and lots of customers complaining that when they get to the till, the price ringing up is a lot more than displayed on the shelves...

people driving across the country reporting the lack of transport lorries on the roads compared to normal times..others living close to railway tracks reporting reduced number of trains passing through carrying cargo....

lots of people writing in about increased levels of violence and crime everywhere and now people are being warned not to go shopping alone as it seems many people are getting mugged/attacked in the shopping carparks...

old people and others on fixed incomes really struggling...food banks declaring their donations have greatly decreased ...

so no, i don't believe it's all rosy in the US right now despite what the glossy media try to portray

I've no idea which way it's going to go, but I do firmly believe this winter is going to be a tough one for many households.

Will there be a property crash in Spain next year between inflation, higher interest rates and the visa / healthcare rules now starting to hit the British ?

Anyone have insight into Spainish economy ?

While many people wish full on recession on us it is important to not forget that a lot of people are doing very very well. Ingeneral they don’t post here with the doom merchants.

Like reviews on websites. Need to analyse the negative ones against the positive ones and understand that 90 percent of the negative ones got posted as the people are annoyed. And 90 percent of the positive ones are not as they weren’t pissed off.

For 99 percent of us Lighten up and realise how blessed you are every day to be born in Ireland

What's the relevance of this? For this thread