by howmuch Since the United Kingdom (UK) voted in June 2016 to leave the European Union (EU), international markets have experienced uncertainty about how trade with the UK would change. In April 2019, the United Nations Conference on Trade and …
BY JOHN RUBINO So the U.S. puts Republicans (the party of small government) in charge, and gets… trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see AND a revival of socialism among Democrats. Scary as this may seem, the …
By David Stockman Big Five Combined (billions): Q2 2007………$5,354 Q4 2018……….$20,652 CAGR…….12.5%/Year
By Patrick Watson It’s not a good sign for your health if your blood pressure drops too low. Similarly, the economy is probably sick when its circulatory system slows down. You don’t need a blood pressure gauge to know it either. …
By David Stockman The Everything Bubble: Why You Can’t Be Warned Enough The number one mistake that my critics make is assuming that I am calling to sell the market and go short at the very same time that I …
Macro Voices, Released on 4/25/19 Erik Townsend and Patrick Ceresna welcome Dr.Hunt to MacroVoices. Erik and Dr.Hunt discuss overall outlook on the US and the global economy, synchronized global downturn and risks of a recession, how debt induced weakness is undermining growth rate, …
By John Mauldin Sooner or later, the US will enter a recession. My best guess is it will happen sometime in 2020. I may be off (early) by a year or two, but it’s coming. We know two things will happen. …
By John Mauldin I recently made a case that the Fed’s monetary policy is turning Japanese. Let’s examine how that worked for them. From one perspective, it has done quite well. From another, they have paid a cost. Is it worth …
via forbes: The world economy is based on ever-increasing population, said Nobel laureate Steven Chu, a scheme that economists don’t talk about and that governments won’t face, a scheme that makes sustainability impossible and that is likely to eventually fail. “The world …
by Chris Martenson propertyesp.com.au Conditions today mirror 2016, when growing weakness in the global economy and wobbling financial markets caused the world’s central banks to absolutely freak out. They responded by dumping more thin-air money into the system than ever …
From Birch Gold Group There have been numerous signs that the U.S. is likely to go through another major recession at some point. And regardless of when or if a recession happens, it won’t change the fact that the U.S. economy is already …
By John Mauldin After World War II, Japan experienced rapid growth as the US and others helped rebuild its economy. This led to a roaring expansion that culminated in the 1980s Japanese asset bubble. It popped in the early 1990s …
via CNBC: Economic growth won’t last as the U.S. labors under the burden of growing entitlement programs, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan tells CNBC. He also cites the effects of weakness around the world. Economic growth won’t last as …
The information contained in this video is public. Nothing shocking if you’ve been paying attention. But to those that are asleep, it would seem impossible. $16 trillion? The Fed saying “NO” to Congress? The Fed bailed out Canada? Two high …
by Josh Sigurdson of World Alternative Media Josh Sigurdson talks with WAM contributor Tim Picciott about the latest comments from Donald Trump regarding the Federal Reserve. As we’ve reported recently, Trump alongside adviser Larry Kudlow wants to see Jerome Powell and the Fed …
By John Mauldin Central bankers have a well-worn playbook for handling recessions. Cut interest rates, increase liquidity, and otherwise shove capital into the private sector. This helps businesses hire more workers and raise wages. Then gradually remove all the stimulus …
Stock market keeps rising without actual fundamentals supporting. But hey, who cares about fundamentals when we have the Fed who loves us, right? In mainstream finance, we’re always looking at the same handful of indicators. It’s actually quite an embarrassment. …
by Lance Roberts Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published the March monthly “employment report” which showed an increase in employment of 196,000 jobs. As Mike Shedlock noted on Friday: “The change in total non-farm payroll employment for January was revised up …
via @hks55: Ray Dalio says the economy looks like 1937 and a downturn is coming in about two years
by Martin Armstrong The German economy is what holds up Europe. The data on the industrial sector in Germany is out and it has disappointed everyone once again with production dropping 0.8% month-on-month in January 2019. January’s contraction was driven …
The store closures continue and I will continue to report it. The debt is not without payback. Just like a person can’t live under maximum debt, neither can a corporation or government. The only difference with a government is that …
why is jpm hedging against a downturn in the "greatest economy ever"? pic.twitter.com/7t4pztmYHB — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) April 4, 2019 Job Layoffs Surge 35% to Highest Level to Start a Year in a Decade The worst first quarter since 2009, according …
There’s no shortage of risk taking, that’s for sure. Wall Street is putting its pedal to the metal. This is a huge mistake obviously but you don’t get rewarded by being risk adverse. You get rewarded by extending everything to …
by Shaun Richards Sometimes it helps to look back so let us dip into Yahoo Finance from the 17th of December last year. Home price growth has slowed for six consecutive months since April, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller …
Peter Schiff interviewed by Christopher Irons on Quoth The Raven Economist Peter Schiff joins me to talk about assertions that he’s “bad for TV”, Jerome Powell’s recent rate capitulation, the state of the gold market, why he thinks the gold standard will eventually come …
via marketwatch: Fresh worries about the global economy and a surprisingly dovish turn by the Federal Reserve have rattled Wall Street, but it’s nothing that a week or two of good news can’t cure. The good news might not come …
via silverdoctors: SD Outlook: The Deep State/globalists fool the public every single day of the year, but this year there will be an extra-special, catastrophic joke… Ha! Joke’s on me. Double ha! The joke’s also on you. Even triple ha! If …
by: Stefan Gleason For months, the Trump administration has been touting low unemployment numbers as evidence of a strong underlying economy. But if the economy is so strong, why can’t it take any more interest rate hikes? White House National Economic …
