by Shaun Richards Sometimes we have an opportunity like the image of Janus with two heads to look at an event from two different perspectives. This morning’s trade data for Germany is an example of that. If we look at …
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The [CB] are using every trick in the book to stop the BREXIT from happening, they are using delays, fear disinformation, propaganda you name it they are doing everything to make the people say its not worth it. BLS reports …
When you look at certain statistics, things look great. In fact, you would think that prosperity is boundless. Of course, we tend to enjoy reality here. Those who desire the truth don’t want propaganda and manipulation. They simply want to …
via mises: For much of the past several months it has been almost impossible to open the pages of any business section, or skim through any article on current economic events, without encountering the same ominous phrase: global economic slowdown. The …
by Michael Snyder The economic numbers just continue to get worse and worse, and at this point it has become exceedingly clear that an economic slowdown is happening. In fact, even the chair of the Federal Reserve is using the …
by David Haggith The Fed’s surprise pivot away from any interest rate increases this year has boosted prices of stocks, high yield bonds and other risky assets in spite of nagging investor concerns about slowing global economic growth….. The quandary for the Fed …
via Yahoo: NEW YORK (AP) — One of the most closely watched predictors of a potential recession just yelped even louder. The signal lies within the bond market, through which investors show how confident they are about the economy by …
by John Adams and Martin North from In The Interests Of The People John Adams (from Adams Economics), Martin North and Irish Financial Advisor Eddie Hobbs (who predicted the 2007-08 Irish Housing Crisis) have put forward a radical thesis that Australia may be the first …
by Shaun Richards A feature of the last year or so has been something of an economic car crash unfolding in Italy and we have received two further perspectives on that subject this morning. Sadly neither is an April Fool …
Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Liquidity injections and zero interest rate policies disguise risk and may give a false sense of security… This risk could not be more evident today. Not only have we seen large downgrades to consensus growth estimates and …
Contagion is real. But it creeps up on you. Before you know it, it takes over. Just like in 2008, it will spread to places you never thought to look. Do you think that the next recession will be BETTER …
by Brian Maher via Daily Reckoning Any simpleton can recognize an unfolding calamity… The two trains about to collide, the twister racing for the schoolhouse, the betrayed lover with a finger on the trigger. But you require a wider vision to …
via Zerohedge: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Avon Protection Systems Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, a $245,961,250 firm-fixed-price contract for production of M53A1 Chemical Biological Protective Mask systems, according to the DoD contract website. The Army estimates M53A1 gas masks …
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by Amy S. The imminent economic collapse and next Great Depression. Temporary prosperity that is created by exploding levels of debt is not actually prosperity at all. At this moment, the U.S. government is 22 trillion dollar in debt, and we …
May is having a very difficult time, the Parliament has now seized control of the BREXIT. The EU only has one deal they will consider. US home prices grow at their slowest pace since 2012. The housing market started to …
The economic slowdown continues. No, I didn’t say the stock market. That’s a whole different story. Some areas of the economy are good. We still have people going to restaurant. People are shopping for the most part. Cars are moving …
by Frank Holmes, CEO, U.S. Global Investors Bond yields are crashing in major markets all around the world as fears of a global economic slowdown have prompted investors to seek shelter in low-risk government debt. Both Germany and Japan’s 10-year …
by David Haggith Two of my biggest and longest-term predictions for 2018 and 2019 proved resoundingly true this week, and my sole prediction for this year — a prediction of recession bolder than anyone else’s — moved a big step closer …
by Amy S. Do you think that you know how to prepare for the imminent economic collapse and next Great Depression? If so, are you putting that knowledge into action? In America today, people are more concerned about the possibility of …
by Tom McClellan For years the price of lumber futures has been a pretty good leading indicator for a variety of economic data, especially the series related to the housing market. But recent events have caused lumber to not be a …
via WSJ: The most dangerous domestic problem facing America’s federal government is the rapid growth of its budget deficit and national debt. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the deficit this year will be $900 billion, more than 4% of …
By John Mauldin Here’s a quote from my friend Peter Boockvar that has drawn an enormous amount of interest:“We no longer have business cycles, we have credit cycles.” Let’s cut that small but meaty sound bite into pieces. What do we mean …
by FS The global economy has continued to slow this year and, although the U.S. has remained resilient so far, our Financial Sense Leading Economic Indicator (LEI) for the U.S. just took a big nosedive into negative territory. Source: Bloomberg, …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter But expectations & hopes for the next 6 months rise to less negative. The economic indicator of the Center for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Germany, like other business and financial indicators, has two parts: One …
by Harry Dent It always strikes me as odd that the happiest countries tend to be in cold-as-hell places like Scandinavia and Canada. It’s kind of similar stateside, too. This weekend I saw a recent study by WalletHub that shows that …
by Kimble Charting Is Doc Copper suggesting that economic weakness is around the corner? Possible Doc Copper has created a series of lower highs and lower lows over the past 9-years inside of falling channel (1). Last year Copper looks to have double topped …
Increasing the minimum wages does not help the people, it might look like it does in the short run but in the long run they are exactly back to where they started or out of work. The real problem lays …
