Illinois Considers $107 Billion Dollar Gamble

From Birch Gold Group Illinois is considering a last-ditch attempt at saving its public pension plan. We discussed before how the Midwestern state is the epicenter of the U.S. public pension crisis. They’re now moving toward a risky gamble as lawmakers debate …

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Mnuchen Calls for Weaker Dollar

by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; You have repeatedly said that the USA was a lower dollar while Europe thinks a strong currency is better. You said the dollar would decline first into 2018. That seems to be spot on. After Treasury …

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King Dollar Comeback?

by northmantrader Poor dollar. Keeps getting beaten to a pulp. And no one seems more excited than Treasury Secretary Mnuchin who declared a weak dollar to be “good for the US”. Of course central bankers have been using the currency destruction method for …

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Stocks Are Suddenly Tanking… Weak-Dollar outflows? Trade Wars? Or Pension-fund outflows? Take your pick, but stocks are getting slammed…

Weak-Dollar outflows? Trade Wars? Or Pension-fund outflows? Take your pick, but stocks are getting slammed… The weakness seemed to start around Wilbur Ross’ comments on China’s “Direct Threat” but has extended as Pension flow concerns rise… https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-01-24/stocks-are-suddenly-tanking

Dollar is CRASHING!

Looks like China, Iran, and Russia are causing the USD to crash hard!! This looks like the beginning of the END!! 89.61 -0.49 -0.54%  https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/index/dxy https://www.bloomberg.com/quote/DXY:CUR   AC

Pakistan Dumps The Dollar In Trade For Chinese Yuan

News Articles here: 1. Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/03/pakis… 2. Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump’s ‘lies and deceit’ tweet https://www.theguardian.com/world/201… 3. Angola plans to ditch currency …

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