According to the bureau of labor statistics the U.S. import price index declined 1.3% from November 2018 to November 2019. If American companies are paying 100% of the cost of tariffs levied how has this not been reflected in the cost of imports? What am I missing?

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by NineteenEighty9 Source Here’s what I’m referring to: Prices for U.S. imports increased 0.2 percent in November, after decreasing 0.5 percent in October and rising 0.1 percent in September. The U.S. import price index declined 1.3 percent from November 2018 to November 2019. The 12-month decrease was the smallest over-the-year decline since the index fell … Read more

Is This Why Central Banks Are Rushing to Buy Gold?

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From Brandon Smith Gold has seen an impressive price spike in the past 18 months, and if you are wondering what the cause is, you’ll find almost everyone has a different theory. That said, certain factors in historic gold rallies tend to be ignored. For example, the mainstream financial media often hyper focuses on stimulus measures … Read more

Consumer Confidence Disappoints as Hope Fades with Brad Williams

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from Financial Survival Network Brad Williams returns… Following the headline decline for Conference Board Consumer Confidence in November, analysts are expecting an exuberant bounce in December as every asset class rose majestically (despite retail sales slowing). But, despite record high stocks, the headline consumer confidence data disappointed, printing 126.5 (down from the upwardly revised 126.8) and well … Read more

Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim attack on base ‘in name of Suleimani’ [video]

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UPDATE: 6:46PM 12s ago 23:45 Julian Borger Julian Borger From The Guardian’s Julian Borger: An air base in Iraq’s Anbar province that hosts a US contingent has came under fire, the US military confirmed, after a day in which Donald Trump and the Iranian leadership exchanged threats of retaliatory attacks. Initial reports said al-Asad base … Read more

Days after ending cash bail, NY has second thoughts

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On Jan. 1, a landmark New York law curtailing the use of cash bailwent into effect, signaling a leap in a nationwide movement to reduce the number of people held in jails. But after less than a week under the new system, elected officials are already having second thoughts, rattled by stories of suspects’ being set … Read more

Nancy Pelosi’s strategy has backfired. Senate Democrats are breaking with the Speaker of the House. Total failure by Pelosi.

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Nancy Pelosi's strategy has backfired. Senate Democrats are breaking with the Speaker of the House. Total failure by Pelosi. https://t.co/1jZ8lmTcqw — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 7, 2020   Meanwhile, multiple Senate Dems saying now that it’s clear GOP is dug in against witness deal, it’s time to send the articles and start the trial. “I … Read more

Iraq PM confirms receiving ‘signed’ US pullout letter

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Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi confirms that Baghdad has actually received “signed and translated” copies from the US Army concerning the withdrawal. In a televised cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Abdul Mahdi clearly refuted all … Read more

The Real Reason The U.S. Is Interested In Iran

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By Kurt Cobb The American obsession with Iran is about oil and natural gas. If these two resources had been absent, it is hard to imagine such an intense American focus on the country from the time of a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency-backed coup of Iran’s elected government in 1953 to today. The Foreign Policy magazine piece linked above … Read more

Federal Reserve Admits It Pumped More than $6 Trillion to Wall Street in Recent Six Week Period

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via wallstreetonparade If the Federal Reserve was looking for a media lockdown on news about the trillions of dollars in cumulative repo loans it has funneled quietly to Wall Street’s trading houses since September 17 of last year, it could not have found a better cloud cover than Donald Trump. First the impeachment proceedings bumped the … Read more

Looks like it’s hot war now Iran pushed alot of launch button’s

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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Missiles were fired early Wednesday in multiple locations across Iraq, a senior U.S. militarysource in the country told Fox News, describing it as a series of attacks on U.S. forces from Iran. The source told Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short-range ballistic … Read more

BREAKING: US Airbase just got attacked – 01/07/20

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#BREAKING: @AlMonitor Pentagon corespondent @JackDetsch_ALM reports Al-Assad Airbase in Iraq (housing US troops) has been hit by 6 rockets, casualties unclear — ELINT News (@ELINTNews) January 7, 2020 More rockets incoming at Al-Asad beyond the first six, a defense official tells me. https://t.co/zwtewJA0n0 — Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) January 7, 2020 Breaking: A US Defense official … Read more

New Earth-Sized Planet Found In Habitable Zone of Nearby Star! Truth Talk

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CEq59Q7QHQ A few months ago a group of NASA exoplanet astronomers, who are in the business of discovering planets around other stars, called me into a secret meeting to tell me about a planet that had captured their interest. Because my expertise lies in modeling the climate of exoplanets, they asked me to figure out … Read more

Mystery Viral Outbreak In Hong Kong Has People Raising Many Questions

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWI2tk-o-Ro Hong Kong initiates ‘serious response’ level as mysterious sickness recalls deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) that killed 700 people back in 2002-2003. This new outbreak occurs just after the government has launched a new plan to respond to unknown infectious disease… And just after the protests have started again in Hong Kong. Learn … Read more