Initial jobless claims have now tumbled to the new 50 year low, the Fed is trapped, Trump and the Patriots are making it impossible for the Fed to get out of this trap. Retail sales surge but more stores close …
via tomluongo: Germany is the key to the EU economy. This is not news. What is news is that Germany’s economy is in the toilet. Not slowing down…. not hitting some bumps. The Germans are industrial and exporting powerhouses. And the …
via smh.com.au: The manufacturing industry data from the US and Eurozone late last week confirms the view that the global economy is slowing at a disconcerting rate and appears to show the reversal of the US Federal Reserve Board’s monetary policies this …
Originally posted at ExecSpec.net Corporate balance sheets are in excellent shape, but equally impressive is the net worth of the American household that grows virtually every single quarter year over year. During rare periods when it doesn’t expand, it typically coincides …
by David Haggith We now know that the Retail Apocalypse took another trip downhill during the all-important holiday season. December reports show retail sales declined more in one month than they have since … the Great Recession. Notice what a common …
by Martin Armstrong The Yellow Vest movement is indeed spreading worldwide. In France, they are out destroying speed cameras. Most Americans are familiar only with the red light cameras that cities have been forced to take down for they are unconstitutional. …
via zerohedge: The shock of rising interest rates isn’t just affecting the macro picture and grinding the US economy to a halt, but it is also having profound effects globally. In Canada, personal bankruptcies are on the rise as household debt …
via city-journal.org: The CHSRA has also wasted large sums of money through poor management. Tillier has detailed how the Authority plans to spend billions to outfit Bay Area stations with unnecessary tunnels and viaducts, rather than making elementary improvements to operations. …
by Lynette Zang of ITM Trading Between May and October global markets had diverged, with most headed down as the US markets headed up. This is certainly not the first time this has happened. Then as now, the US market dropped to meet …
Article strongly comes off as a hit piece, but fwiw: “… The startup, valued at $5.6 billion, was bringing in more than 40 percent of its revenue earlier this year from selling its customers’ orders to high-frequency trading firms, or …
by Michael Snyder Over 20 major retailers have filed for bankruptcy since the beginning of last year, and in 2018 we may break the all-time record for annual store closings that was established just last year. We are in the midst …
via hotair: The debates over repealing the gas tax and the floundering bullet train have a significant intersection. As the Times reports, state representatives have recently suggested that some funds from the new gas taxes may eventually need to go into …
‘Unprecedented’ Government Spending Spree Picks Up Speed The federal government is primed to spend as much as $300 billion in the final quarter of fiscal 2018 as agencies rush to obligate money appropriated by Congress before Sept. 30 or return …
Source CNBC Tesla CEO Elon Musk elicited quite a bit of skepticism when he boasted in June 2017 that the electric automaker’s next-generation Roadster would be able to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds — a feat that Musk …
A federal judge has struck down Kansas’ voter ID law and ordered Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to take additional continuing legal education classes for “repeated and flagrant violations” of federal rules requiring disclosure of evidence before trial. U.S. …
Affordable home shortage to continue through 2018, new Reuters poll says from CNBC. via CNBC: An acute shortage of affordable homes in the United States will continue over the coming year, according to a majority of property market analysts …
by Thinker So much is changing and so many are unaware. What’s wrong with the weather? David Icke OFF THE GRID!!! ‘2018 [MUST WATCH] https://youtu.be/9vLmn5lRjnA
Ohio Appeals Court Says Speed Trap Town Must Pay Back $3 Million In Unconstitutional Speed Camera Tickets from the hey-New-Miami,-your-rights-end-where-citizens’-rights-begin dept Drivers sent tickets by New Miami, Ohio speed cameras will be getting a refund. The state appeals court has upheld the ruling …
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com A high-speed Amtrak train bound for Boston had two of its cars separate early Tuesday while traveling through Maryland, the latest in a series of accidents affecting the passenger rail carrier. The incident took …
by Jim Willie CB the year 2018 will see the global breakdown begin to occur in greater speed the Jackass calls it the Systemic Lehman Event the past year set the stage with important systemic cracks and alternatives being formed …
Incredible speed! 1,500 Chinese workers connect a new high-speed railway with three existing lines, in 8 and 1/2 hours. xhne.ws/NC0cp
By Robert Carbery “My high-speed rail proposal will lead to innovations that change the way we travel in America,” Obama boldly proclaimed during his first year of his first term. A recent Investor’s Business Daily article pointed out that the …
by Pamela Williams I just watched the last three videos George Webb has uploaded to his video channel on YouTube. They are rather hard to decipher, but I believe at this time he is making plans to leave the US. I …
Sessions seeks to speed up deportation of illegal immigrants in federal facilities | TUNE IN to #oreillyfactor at 8p ET on @FoxNews. pic.twitter.com/m2EcedZst5 — Fox News (@FoxNews) March 30, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Fox News’ “The O’Reilly Factor” …
Grab yourselves a beer or glass of whisky tonight, settle in, and listen to one of the greatest modern tragedies unfold. Extra Credit: h/t The Original Mind
by LV In the past few days, an avalanche of interest has been triggered by the introduction of Michael Lewis’s new book, Flash Boys, which sheds light on how high frequency algorithmic traders rip-off honest investors and mutual funds 24/7/365 …