Germany Heads for a Technical Recession – This Economic Slowdown Is Not Unique To Germany But Has Been Spreading Across The EU

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter OK, this is embarrassing in the land of super-stimulus via the ECB’s negative-interest-rate policy and years of QE that were supposed to perform miracles: Production in Germany’s industry, which includes construction, dropped 1.9% in November from …

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GLOBAL slowdown/recession signals

GLOBAL slowdown/recession signals: * Equity markets down sharply YoY * US Treasury yield curve inverting * OECD and China PMIs weakening * Global export orders falling * Air freight down (Hong Kong hub) * Spot oil prices down YoY * …

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China, Europe and US headed for another recession?

Europe headed for another recession? pic.twitter.com/oiWoHVJ6ET — Alex Barrow (@MacroOps) January 3, 2019 Only during recessions have we seen ISM dropping 5-index points or more in a month in newer history. Ouch! pic.twitter.com/OLcKOUtWDC — Andreas Steno Larsen (@AndreasSteno) January 3, …

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Wall Street, Banks and Angry Citizens – The post-Great Recession economic “recovery” was largely reserved for participants in financial markets, not the majority working longer hours and multiple jobs, writes Nomi Prins.

via consortiumnews: The financial crisis of 2008 initially fostered a policy of bailing out banks with cheap money that went not into Main Street economies but into markets enriching the few. As a result, large numbers of people increasingly felt that …

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Another Recession?! Thank Jerome Powell And The Federal Reserve Market Researcher Says

Stephanie Landsman for CNBC reports, He’s been worried the Federal Reserve would go too far. And now, market researcher James Bianco thinks his fear may be a reality. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPhK0c6BTsw Read More/Source/Credit/FairUse: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/two-m…   He’s been worried the Federal Reserve would …

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Markets Pointing Toward Recession & Major Corrections – Latest Headlines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpvxEbk9dkQ Forbes, Is the next recession on its way? https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2018/08/03/is-the-next-recession-on-its-way/#ff6951148376 Pound Sinks after no confidence report Sterling fell against the dollar to a new 20-month low on Tuesday. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46531893 Opinion: Here’s more evidence that stocks are now facing a bear …

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TraderStef: Goldilocks Recession Is Right Around The Curve

by TraderStef via CrushTheStreet (connect with TraderStef via Twitter or at TraderStef’s website) On the heels of the DOW plunging 800 points today on concerns over an economic slowdown, the bond market has been wagering on a recession by pricing in interest rate cuts that usually accompany a downturn. A flattening yield …

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Are We in a Recession Already?

via Charles Hugh Smith  The value of declaring the entire nation in or out of recession is limited. Recessions are typically only visible to statisticians long after the fact, but they are often visible in real time on the ground: business volume …

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Recession ahead?

Average weekly *hours YoY vs. Retail Sales YoY pic.twitter.com/AIU2Glxucr — Teddy Vallee (@TeddyVallee) December 7, 2018 ECRI U.S. Weekly Leading Index growth edged down to -4.1%, a 144-week low. #economy https://t.co/oVlvE3ZV3P pic.twitter.com/uuNP3UBxS4 — Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) (@businesscycle) December …

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The first signs of the next recession

via newstatesman: After a long period of economic expansion, a slowdown has begun. But in an era of high debt and low interest rates, states have little ammunition to deploy. recession always comes in the end, but the matter of foretelling when …

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ECRI Recession Alert In Negative Territory Indicates Recession Or A Plunge On Track… Margin Debt and S&P Top This Time?

ECRI Recession Alert in Negative territory 🔻-4Indicates Recession or a Plunge on track> pic.twitter.com/VPVVS9OMgO — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) November 30, 2018 📌Margin Debt and S&PTop this time? or not? Without a severe Decline?Amazing pic.twitter.com/JHWarCpMcb — Antonio Pérez-Algás (@apanalis) November 30, …

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Danielle Park: Time to prepare for a recession?

Talk Digital Network, Released on 11/22/18 Portfolio Manager, attorney, finance author, a regular guest on North American media. Danielle Park is the author of the best selling myth-busting book “Juggling Dynamite: An insider’s wisdom on money management, markets and wealth …

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