by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch The latest numbers released by China’s statistics bureau fueled widespread concerns about the outlook of the global economy, as the Asian superpower reported its slowest growth rate since 1990. The figures showed a 6.6% growth for 2018, confirming …
For all the palpitations that the trade war between the U.S. and China will knock out their economies, it is Europe that increasingly looks like the biggest threat to global growth. Industrial production across the 19-nation euro area is falling …
via carnegieendowment: MICHAEL PETTIS Debt is rising more quickly in the United States than most people would prefer. This is happening in part because the U.S. current account deficit and the country’s high level of income inequality distort the structure and …
by Thinker Information about the how our economy has been redefined since the 2008 financial crisis. Two major shifts stand our 1 the rise of localized economic prosperity sections where economies have remained relatively strong. Rents are up wages are …
by Amy S. Will The China’s Economic Collapse Happen In 2019? I have been warning for years that the greatest and final economic collapse in this century, would be China. Now that cracks in the great red dragon’s economy are widening, …
by JanssenReportHost References: – Greg Hunter’s USA Watchdog, interview with David Stockman “Everything will grind to a halt in 2017” https://youtu.be/7xgNncFHAng – Tone Vays and his technical analysis of the stock markets: @ToneVays (Twitter)
by Michael Snyder The left wants to raise your taxes, and most Americans are okay with that. I was shocked by the numbers that I am about to share with you, and I think that you will be shocked too. Once …
via yahoo: Dubai (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Sunday warned governments to gear up for a possible economic storm as growth undershoots expectations. “The bottom-line — we see an economy that is growing more slowly than we had anticipated,” …
by JanssenReportHost Today on The Janssen Report I take a quick look at the new episode that just came out in the Hidden Secrets of Money series by Mike Maloney (Ep. 7) and show you a quick overview of signs we …
by Dr. Eowyn Economic freedom is correlated with, and leads to, economic prosperity. The more economically free, the greater the prosperity. The most recent research is consistent with past studies: Greater economic freedom is correlated with higher local government credit ratings, …
Global PMIs pic.twitter.com/dOOn35O4nw — zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 8, 2019 Darkening ‘Global Economic Skies’ Pull Stocks Lower Global stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday, and were set for their first weekly loss in seven, as investors worried about …
by Martin Armstrong Trump should reverse what the Clintons did to student loans. He should RESTORE the right to go bankrupt. This huge problem was created by the Democrats who exempted student loans from normal protection for consumers. In addition, the bankers …
by WARREN MOSLER Looks like this source of private sector deficit spending may have been the driver behind about 1.5% of GDP growth, taking the place of bank lending. But most recently the growth looks to have slowed: US Q1 …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter Powell, Draghi, Kuroda, et al.: Did ya see this NBER study? This is something we have seen since the Financial Crisis all around us: The concentration and consolidation of corporate market power in entire industries, largely …
By Tom Kool Oil prices have been choppy in recent days, although WTI and Brent are holding onto their gains near multi-month highs. (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) – The International Maritime Organization …
by John Adams and Martin North from Adams Economics Australian Economist John Adams from Adamseconomics.com and banking expert Martin North report on how Australia’s record debt bubble is leading in massive social problems among Australia’s middle class. In the past 6 years, Sydney’s south west region …
President Trump is in the process of building a wall on the southern border to fend off caravans, drug dealers and human trafficking. Is Congress going to give the President the money he wants to secure the border and America? …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: I work in the construction industry in Phoenix Arizona and there has been a boom in new construction for apartments, condos massive housing tracts and all of the retail that follows this. When I read about your …
by Michael Snyder Apple iPhone sales are never supposed to go down. For nearly two decades, Apple has been an unbeatable economic miracle, but now it appears that times have changed. Global sales for the iPhone were disastrous during the holiday …
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk sent an email to all employees at 1:20 in the morning and it could very well be the signal of the end times for the company. The email was not positive in tone and …
Is the economy in recovery?
The economy itself is slowing down. Markets remain supported by quantitative easing. Is complacency acceptable after what we saw throughout 2018 as well as in the Financial Crisis? All throughout 2017, there was a foolproof strategy. Buy anything and …
via Bloomberg: The U.S. government produces data—a lot of data, from figures about the economy to steel to crops to commodity trading. And the partial federal shutdown has slowed the flow of data to a trickle, thanks to the closure …
by Daniel LaCalle via Mises Wire The recent macroeconomic data of the leading economies point to a widespread slowdown. What is more concerning is not just a logical moderation in the path of growth, but the acceleration in the weakening of economies that …
Wall St. For Main St., Released on 1/24/19 Jason talks about how the IMF just downgraded their global economic growth forecast again. This is now twice in the last 3 months. Also, Jason talks about how the Chinese economic data …
by Brian Maher of Daily Reckoning The government “shutdown” enters its second month. But today we raise a celebratory cheer… A cheer for the temporary unemployment of one subset of furloughed federal employees. We refer to the government statisticians who collect, …
Economic storm clouds are moving in fast – Prepare accordingly (Link to relevant articles below) https://business.financialpost.com/ne… https://business.financialpost.com/ne… https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bank…
via MarketWatch: Overhang of excessive corporate debt may weigh on global economic growth: Oxford Economics As worries rise over the outlook for global growth, excessive debt levels are drawing the eyes of nervous investors worried that more countries will struggle …
By Tsvetana Paraskova Oil prices plunged by more than 3 percent on Tuesday morning as rekindled fears of global economic growth slowdown put an abrupt pause to the oil price rally in recent days. At 11:20 EST on Tuesday, WTI Crude was …
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: Happy New Year; Am I correct in noticing a global connection in the money supply, M1 & M2? You directed us to this long ago. The global banks have found the turning point so this affects everything …