It feels like someone has pulled a plug, because the U.S. economy is suddenly caught in an extremely alarming downward spiral.  As I discussed at the end of last week, investors are flocking to gold and silver because they can see that a storm is coming.  We have reached a point where most of the country is experiencing significant economic pain, and as a result people are starting to get really careful with how they spend their money.  The cost of living crisis has caused most of us to tighten our belts, defaults are absolutely soaring, and food bank lines are getting even longer.  If conditions continue to deteriorate like this, what will 2026 look like?

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