BY JOHN MAULDIN There’s no end in sight to the trade war between the US and China. Beijing has many tricks up its sleeve. But China’s labor market has its own dynamic. The first signs of Chinese economic weakness are showing …
BY JOHN MAULDIN China is facing many challenges. That’s probably not news to you. But what we often fail to understand is this: China will deal with those challenges in a much different way than what we are used to in the …
•Himalayan roads and valleys blocked, tourists rescued for third time in last five months •Early sea ice blockades northern Canadian ports supplies airlifted into communities •Alaska warms during grand solar minimums •Record snow India, Morocco and Canada 2018 •Mongolia record …
Alpha Exchange, Released on 1/18/19 Jim covers the bad old inflation days of the early 1980’s and the courage of Paul Volcker, the many lessons learned through risk cycles, negative interest rates and his view on the damage done to …
by Michael Snyder This government shutdown is really starting to take a toll on the U.S. economy. On Wednesday, the chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers made an absolutely stunning admission. We all knew that the global economy was …
by Shaun Richards The Italian banks have certainly kept us busy in the credit crunch era. We have found ourselves observing a litany of cash calls, bad debts, crises, and official claims that there is no problem. Of the latter …
by Michael Snyder Global economic activity has been slowing down dramatically in recent months, and now the mainstream media is filled with dire warnings that a global recession is dead ahead in 2019. And without a doubt, things do not look …
by Lance Roberts In August of last year, I wrote an article entitled “As Good As It Gets“ which discussed the record levels being set by a broad swath of economic indicators. To wit: “First, “record levels” of anything are records for …
by Shaun Richards This morning has brought more news on the economic theme of late 2018 and early 2019 which is of a slowing. As ever at the beginning of the week it comes from the Far East as eyes …
via ocregister: In the poker match between President Donald Trump and China’s new all-but-emperor, Xi Jinping, it’s widely assumed that Xi holds the best hand. Yet President Xi’s hand may not be as awesome as it appears, while the United States, …
via BBG Jeffrey Gundlach said yet again that the U.S. economy is gorging on debt. This Leveraged Loans Index chart signals a pretty big warning that you cannot ignore. Trump is blessed with a late cycle in credit that is …
via CNBC: Beijing’s efforts to prop up a slowing Chinese economy, in the middle of an ongoing trade war with Washington, is pushing the government to introduce previously untested policies, according to a senior analyst at Moody’s Investors Service. It …
Americans without health insurance are too often forced to go to emergency rooms, where costs are drastically inflated. Now, New York City has launched a program to provide all residents with healthcare and a primary care provider. RT America’s Trinity …
via Gail Tverberg: Financial markets have been behaving in a very turbulent manner in the last couple of months. The issue, as I see it, is that the world economy is gradually changing from a growth mode to a mode of …
https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/1083170619196358656 https://twitter.com/NorthmanTrader/status/1083042797832278016 Tell me if you've heard this one before: "Raising rates will lead to less borrowing…." pic.twitter.com/ZIY3tzR0Xf — Santiago Capital (@SantiagoAuFund) January 9, 2019
Real estate euphoria is a HUGE problem. How many people do you know that are WAY over their heads with debt. It’s extreme because of the leverage used. If you go to the casino and gamble $5000 and lose it, …
By Nick Cunningham “The outlook for the global economy in 2019 has darkened.” That conclusion came from a new report from the World Bank, citing a variety of data, including softening international trade and investment, ongoing trade tensions, and financial turmoil in emerging …
by Shaun Richards Sometimes it is hard not to have a wry smile at the way events are reported. Especially as in this instance it has been a success for my style of analysis. If we take a look at …
It is not going well for Theresa May, she has now set the date for vote on Jan 15. The auto apocalypse is now hitting Germany, China and the rest of Europe and don’t forget about the US. People are …
Josh Sigurdson talks with author and economic analyst John Sneisen about the crashing Italian economy as many warn of an impending recession. Italy’s manufacturing sector continues to fall at a rapid rate hitting lows on a monthly basis. With its …
by Charles Hugh-Smith It’s not yet clear that the stock market swoon is predictive or merely a panic attack triggered by a loss of meds. We contrarians can’t help it: when the herd is bullish, we start looking for a reversal. …
RT, Released on 1/5/19 Dan Collins of TheChinaMoneyReport.com predicts 2019 can possibly, at long last, be the year in which the Chinese economy actually does fall apart. Many big names in finance have predicted it over the past decade, but …
So a recession is looming? The natural chain of events is already in motion AC
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter “We did not foresee the magnitude of the economic deceleration.” Oh dude, starting the year out on the right foot. On Wednesday after the market closed, Apple released a letter to shareholders in which it said …
Corporate Debt Is Reaching Record Levels “U.S. corporate debt has climbed to roughly 46% of GDP, the highest level on record. Observers worry that highly leveraged companies could pose a threat to the global economy, especially if growth slows and …
by Shaun Richards Let me welcome you all to 2019 as we advance on another new year. I hope that it will be a good one for all of you. As I look at financial markets there has been a …
This article was originally published at Birch Gold Group December 19 marks the day the Fed may have decided it’s going “all in” on the idea of a “strong U.S. economy.” The Fed locked in an increase of the Federal Funds Rate from …
Lynette Zang interviewed on X22 Report Spotlight Lynette has a very important update on the coming economic collapse. The bottom line? When the economy collapses, the Fed will be taken over. For Lynette’s update on the coming economic collapse, tune in to …
via scmp: Andy Xie says the stock sell-off in the US and elsewhere and the sharp decline in property prices all add up to more debt trouble at a time when debt is already sky-high. A repeat of the global financial …
From Birch Gold Group December 19 marks the day the Fed may have decided it’s going “all in” on the idea of a “strong U.S. economy.” The Fed locked in an increase of the Federal Funds Rate from 2.25% to 2.40%, and it …