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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton discuss changes they would make to immigration reform in the United States.

From Birch Gold Group In the 1980’s amidst out-of-control inflation, former Fed chairman Paul Volcker employed a controversial economic strategy of using high interest rates to end it. In that case, the economic band-aid called “The Volcker Rule” worked. He’s 91 now, and as reported in the New York Times his respect for the Fed is “all gone.” … Read more

by Martin Armstrong Vladimir Putin tried to reform Russia’s pensions system which is crumbling as is the case in the West. This giant Ponzi Scheme is collapsing and it has been the heart of Socialism. Putin’s approval rating plummeted this year in the aftermath dropping from 82% in April 2018, dropping to 66% here in October 2018. … Read more

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by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I can see what you have been arguing about the faulty design of the euro. After the EU rejected Italy’s budget, is there any hope left for Italy? RS, Rome ANSWER: For those who do not follow Europe closely, the European Union took the unprecedented step Tuesday (23rd of Oct) of … Read more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Kr2OR2_K1w Jim Hoft for the Gateway Pundit reports, Tom Bevan from Real Clear Politics made an appearance on Varney and Co. on Wednesday. Bevan says there is no sign of a Blue Wave, none at all. Instead he is seeing a shift towards Republicans. Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018…

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, http://www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But ballooning inventories point at risks next year. If stock market pundits were hoping for a disappointing GDP print today that would give the Fed second thoughts about its rate-hike path, they didn’t get it. The economy, as measured by GDP, is hopping right along, not at an extraordinary never-before-seen speed, … Read more

Cash is less of a threat to central bank policies when interest rates rise above zero. By Don Quijones, Spain, UK, & Mexico, editor at WOLF STREET. Sweden’s Riksbank has become the first central bank in the 21st century to take concrete measures to ensure that cash does not disappear as a means of payment from the financial … Read more

via visualcapitalist: The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Rapid urbanization is one of the major forces shaping our global economic future. A century ago, it was almost unfathomable that any person would want to live in a city with 10 million other people, but by the 1930s, New York City was the … Read more

by Michael Snyder It’s not over.  The worst October stock market crash since 2008 got even worse on Friday.  The Dow was down another 296 points, the S&P 500 briefly dipped into correction territory, and it was another bloodbath for tech stocks.  On Wednesday, I warned that there would be a bounce, and we saw that happen … Read more

by Chris Black First it was “breaking-heart news” about the (former) famous Irish singer Sinead O’Connor converting to Islam. Yeah, the super-star of the nineties, the “Nothing compares 2 you” bald-chick is now a Muslim convert. She also changed her name, in good Islamic tradition.   This is to announce that I am proud to … Read more

by Thinker The US dollar is being propped up by a range of unstable quick fixes, which are very rapidly coming undone as more and more countries are ditching the dollar as their reserve currency and preferred currency of trade. It appears to be following the logic of some domino effect – first one, then … Read more

by Tim Staermose The year was 1999. I was working for a small newsletter company with its Asian research offices based in Manila, Philippines. The dotcom boom was in full swing. And, just like today, companies with no profits, burning through hundreds of millions of dollars of investors’ capital in a race to build scale and … Read more

by WARREN MOSLER Looks like without the build in private inventories GDP was about 2% lower at about 1.4%, and health care added .77% where health care premiums paid count as personal consumption. Also, the price index deflator was lower by 1.3%: Bad: Bad: Highlights Lack of available new homes has been holding sales down … Read more

Via The Babylon Bee U.S.—A new study released Thursday found that 100% of notable political events that conflict with your preconceived ideas are false flag conspiracies hatched by the deep state in an effort to control the populace and discredit your political movement. The study found that every single event that causes you to question … Read more