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New Daniel Amerman article is out and it is very interesting! According to Amerman’s analysis, for the last 12 weeks there has been a stunning correlation between the total weekly … Read more
by Lance Roberts I was stunned by a recent article from Marshall Auerback via The Nation entitled “Why Democrats Need To Stop Worrying And Love The Deficit.” “Delivering on big progressive … Read more
via danielamerman: As can be seen in the graph above, for the last 12 weeks there has been a stunning visual correlation between the yellow bars of the total weekly funding … Read more
by Money Metals The presidential race will mesmerize Americans over the next 11 months. The country hasn’t been this polarized since the Civil War. Voters on the left desperately want a … Read more
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors A couple of years ago, I shared with you an observation made by Ben Bernanke. This was at a SkyBridge Alternatives (SALT) hedge fund conference … Read more
By Harry Dent Smart people are worried. They should be. Never mind the chaos around the world (like mass shootings, terrorist bombings, Armageddon marches, etc. ad infinitum), it was recently … Read more
by northmantrader My take here: The budget is blowing up in their face and they know it. The tax cuts did not pay for themselves and deficits are ballooning, federal spending is … Read more
Shortfall rises 40% to $544b in first 5 months of fiscal year Corporate, income taxes decline as tariff revenue climbs The U.S. posted its biggest monthly budget deficit on record … Read more
by Paul Brandus The law finally seems to have caught up with President Trump. Not lawmen like special counsel Robert Mueller, or the G-men of the Southern District of New York—though … Read more
Utterly unbelievable scale of U.S. debt… The debt accumulated under Donald Trump would be enough to cover the inflation-adjusted cost of U.S. involvement in the Second World War This week, … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE Steve Hanke recently set out to prove “why President Trump’s trade message and protectionist policies are rubbish” in a Forbes article. Instead, the Johns Hopkins University economist … Read more
via dailyreckoning: Remember the “tea party” revolt in 2009–2010 against government bailouts and government spending? Remember the “fiscal cliff” drama of Dec. 31, 2012, when Congress raised taxes and cut spending … Read more
by Ryan McMaken via Mises Wire Interest on the national debt is quickly becoming one of the largest expenses in the national budget. Based on projections from the OMB, it now appears that … Read more
BY JOHN MAULDIN I run a huge trade deficit. It’s not with China or Mexico, but with Amazon. I buy all sorts of goods from them, and Jeff Bezos has yet … Read more
by Egon von Greyerz The end of an empire is a dramatic but also drawn out event with very few willing to face the facts. As the end is getting … Read more
by Spencer P Morrison, NEE On Monday the Trump administration announced that it would impose 10 percent tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese goods—including many consumer goods which have been … Read more