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💥 Warren Buffett is Selling Stocks, Recession Signals are Flashing Red, and the Job Market is Cracking.

WARNING: 1.8 Million Americans Can't Find Work, GDP Growth Slowing Down, and US Dollar at 4-Year Lows.

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Andrew Lokenauth
Feb 24, 2026
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Everything you think you know about the economy is wrong.

The stock market is near all-time highs, but the job market is at recession levels. The Fed says inflation is cooling, but the dollar is at four-year lows. Tech companies are spending $700 billion on AI, but their stocks are crashing.

Welcome to the Great Contradiction of 2026.

This week, the data got too loud to ignore. GDP missed badly. The trade deficit hit $901 billion, one of the largest since 1960. Job openings collapsed to 6.5 million, the lowest since September 2020. And 1 in 4 unemployed Americans have been searching for work for over six months.

The uncomfortable truth? The jobs data is lying—real unemployment is much worse than reported.

The official numbers say 4.3% unemployment. The real story is in the 242 applications per job opening. It’s in the 35% drop in entry-level postings. It’s in the long-term unemployment that keeps rising three years after the pandemic “ended.”

Most investors are looking at the wrong metrics.…

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