Europe’s economy is weakening as the ECB is about to end its bond buying program. This is all occurring while Italy might end up having a right wing coalition government which has in the past supported exiting the EU.

by AlexPitti It’s not news that the Italian government is undergoing challenges,. The economy has been a laggard in the Eurozone ever since the creation of the partial economic union because difficult reforms haven’t been made. The latest event in …

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GDP is a classic measure of a healthy economy and many others, claim we are in a “healthy recovery,” while, in actuality, we are in the worst economy of our lifetimes.

https://twitter.com/OccupyWisdom/status/993278806654967809 "Global Slowdown: – Developed Economies Seeing Weaker Growth, Led by EU and Japan– So Far, Emerging Markets Holding Better, But Risk of a Sudden Stop and Currency Fears Start to Impact Leading Indicators," h/t @dlacalle_IA pic.twitter.com/kE9Fu8GvZw — Alastair (@StockBoardAsset) …

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Globalism vs Populism in Russia’s Economy

In the eightieth of the Russian Newspapers Monitor, Professor Filip Kovacevic discusses the articles from four Russian newspapers: Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Trud, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, and Sovietskaya Rossiya. He discusses the political views of Russians who live in the United States. He …

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U.S. Economy Energized or Ending its Historic Run?

By Bob Shanahan Is the American economy becoming great again under the Trump administration’s pro-business economic policies, prolonging this extended recovery following the 2007-2009 recession? Are wages finally beginning to inch upward? Is inflation getting out of control? Will a …

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Global economy peaked?

Global economy peaked? | Michael Roberts Blog Optimism for global economic growth remains.  But the acceleration in 2017 from the low growth rates experienced in 2015-6 now seems to have paused in the first quarter of 2018. To greet the …

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Trump Economy Has Record-Low Unemployment

https://youtu.be/TWO6ylVEDmM TheHill: “14 states hit record-low unemployment” Fourteen states have set new records for low unemployment rates in the last year, nearly a decade after the recession put millions of Americans out of work. The states hitting new unemployment lows …

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Fake Markets Produce A Fake Economy

by John Rubino Automtaic Earth’s Raúl Ilargi Meijer just posted an essential essay on the world’s financial markets – or what used to be the world’s financial markets. Here’s an excerpt: “[Price discovery] is the process of determining the price of an …

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The Global Economy Is Slowing, Credit Card Defaults Hit 6 Year High…. Saxo: The Word Economies Are Synchronically… Falling!

The Global Economy Is Slowinghttps://t.co/F1wuhNPhRP — Daniel Lacalle (@dlacalle_IA) April 17, 2018 Credit card defaults hit 6 year high. (S&P/Experian Default Index) Credit risk seems abundant. pic.twitter.com/3bsdGSegf1 — Mark Johnston (@CovfefeCapital) April 17, 2018 https://twitter.com/_globalmacro/status/986206993735090176 "60+ day delinquency rate of …

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