The bill being sent to the President was touted as some sort of breakthrough by key Republican negotiators, but it was more of a capitulation than anything else. Hope Trump does not sign it. So, now, the White House is …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Dear Mr. Armstrong, I would first like to thank you for all the information you are making available publicly. I have two questions to pose, if you deem them relevant to the present state of affairs. 1) …
Mike Rivero interviewed on Reluctant Preppers Whether you’re trying to protect your family from the failing global financial system, or to prepare for how are you going to feed your family if the climate gets hotter or colder, you’ve got to know …
NFIB’s faltering small business sentiment points to possible further weakness in manufacturing sector@AndreasSteno @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/tVLrEluE8v — Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) February 13, 2019 The plunge! Eurozone industrial production confirms ugly picture individual member states already gave. Massive collapse in production …
From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know brings you the most recent updates on gold and silver. Stories include: Central banks are buying gold in record numbers, silver to reclaim its “precious” status, and how China’s Lunar New Year will …
by independenttrader The beginning of 2019 supposed to be a period of “normalization” in terms of the central banks activities. However, nothing has changed and in reality we are still dealing with the persistent currency printing which is often hidden from …
2nd coldest blast of Arctic air this winter to shock central US, revive winter in East A blast of Arctic air, second in magnitude only to that of late January, will extend from the northern Plains through the rest of …
by John Rubino David Stockman: Central banks have created a “fiscal doomsday machine” … McAlvany on “the central bank gold rush” … Rick Rule: Palladium has “tremendous sp;
via economicprism: Currency debasement. Asset price inflation. Booms, bubbles, and busts. Yes, folks, central bankers have succeeded at making full hash of the world at large. This goes for the Federal Reserve too. Tracing back recent financial disasters we find the …
Reagan White House Budget Director and best-selling author David Stockman says, “Yields are going to go up, and we are going to have a day of reckoning in terms of this whole massive artificial structure of debt that’s been created. …
S&P 500… The massive recovery has been fully driven by dovish central banks, despite unexciting earnings and guidance. pic.twitter.com/laRBMWxj9g — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) February 5, 2019 The whole problem in markets has been the Fed and China. Both have had …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Something big is happening in the gold market right now, and nowhere is that more apparent than in central banks of emerging economies. Last year was a watershed in the size of official …
by Robert Lambourne via the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Disclosures in the recent monthly statements of account published by the Bank for International Settlements show that the bank is still actively trading in gold swaps, which the bank uses to gain access to …
Central bank gold-buying reaches half-century high [FT] Central bank buying of gold reached its highest levels for almost half a century last year, as Russia, Turkey and Kazakhstan boosted purchases to shift their reserves away from the US dollar. Central …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “Probably now enduring its most protracted period of price suppression since records began.” Here is an interesting and colorful tidbit on the housing market in Prime Central London, one of London’s most expensive areas and once …
Bob Kudla interviewed on X22 Report Spotlight Bob Kudla returns to the X22 Report Spotlight to discuss the ways that President Trump can get rid of the Fed, and by getting rid of the Fed, restore sovereignty to the US. What tools …
What does the fact that China just injected a RECORD amount of money into their markets tell you about the state of their economy and financial system right now? The stock market is weak. Yes, I said it. $15 …
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Just watched an excellent video by Stefan Molyneux titled “The truth about Trump’s Wall Speach” where Stefan gives some hard facts about immigrants and welfare. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Nmsc7BQAk&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop Welfare use varies among immigrant groups. Households headed by immigrants from Central America …
Sears is closing 80 more stores in March. Manufacturing has declined. Trump tweeted that the gas prices are low, Trump is using all the tricks the DS and the CB have used in the past. He lowered the gas prices …
by axolotl_peyotl Why does the US government need to pay interest to the Federal Reserve to have new currency put into circulation? I have not found a single, solitary answer from a proponent of the Federal Reserve System, not even …
There is no way out of this mess, that’s for sure. Markets are wild, the real economy is weak, tensions are high. Yet the mainstream media and the propaganda they force feed the public is never ending. I guess there’s …
-25%, $2.4T Lost: The Worst-Performing Stock Market in the World for 2018? China Shanghai Composite Index is a quarter down from start of 2018 Trade war, slowing economy and deleveraging have hurt stocks China Stimulus Is Not A Catalyst China …
via @crossbordercap: Crashing Global Liquidity is making bonds look pretty good again… Post-G20, The US Dollar Is Armed And Pointed At Europe For 2019. Could Capital Flows Be The Trigger? http://bit.ly/2SnIdSX How Low Can They Go? Major Central Banks – China …
by Martin Armstrong I understand this can get confusing because there are so many people who talk without any real-world experience. The Fed MUST raise rates to help the crisis in Pension funds. It raised the Fed Funds Rate (what banks charge each …
via Bloomberg: For the first time in seven years, the Swedish central bank raised interest rates, surprising many in the market as policy makers chose to focus on low unemployment instead of an uncertain outlook driven by global trade conflicts. …
by Alan Yerushalmi from News with Chai The yellow vest (a.k.a. gilets jaunes) protests in France are a sign of a populace that has grown more discontent with their falling standard of living and who feel completely disconnected from their elected politicians. …
via Bloomberg: Hong Kong’s banks are staring at a tough year for business, marred by lower demand for loans and a peak in local property prices. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut the lenders’ loan-growth estimates and target prices on Tuesday. …
Australia’s economy is heavily reliant on real estate. Perhaps not as much as Canada but it’s certainly a big component as households rely on excessively leveraged home ownership schemes to buy ever-increasing real estate. The average household is unable to …
via John Rubino: A few years ago the Swiss National Bank (SNB) – which traditionally held “monetary assets” like government bonds, cash and gold to back up the Swiss franc – decided to branch out into common stocks. This was a …