Do economic booms die of old age?

From Bloomberg: Ben Bernanke got a big laugh from economists in Atlanta on Jan. 4. A few minutes after Janet Yellen said, “I don’t think expansions just die of old age,” he replied, “I like to say they get murdered.” All …

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Gold forecast raised on recession fears

The bank cites “a sharp deterioration in risk sentiment following soft macroeconomic data in December and renewed concerns about the future direction of growth.” From CNBC: Goldman Sachs has found the safe haven gold more attractive after a volatile December. The …

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A hostile action on Syria is highly expected / 4 AIF fighter jets over South Lebanon / Update : IAF fighter jets AGAIN above Beirut right now!

A hostile action on #Syria is highly expected. https://twitter.com/SyrainMC/status/1083764308562100225 More than 4 IAF fighter jets over SouthLebanon according to Intel https://twitter.com/Intel_sky/status/1083748417694769152 stand by … w-end   in the meantime… just in  Various Gaza factions including the Popular Resistance Committees call for …

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TREATING OBAMA LIKE OBAMA TREATED BUSH

  Trump’s secretary of state slams Obama’s ‘misguided’ Mideast policy. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration’s Mideast policies on Thursday, accusing the former president of “misguided” thinking that diminished America’s role in …

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