Bernanke saw no risk to the economy of: $13 trillion deficit, $4.7T Fed QE bubble, $1.5T increase in taxes, Stagnating real wages, Productivity growth and labor participation rate at 1978 levels…But is worried about tax cuts.

Bernanke saw no risk to the economy of: . $13 trillion deficit . $4.7T Fed QE bubble . $1.5T increase in taxes . Stagnating real wages . Productivity growth and labor participation rate at 1978 levels. …But is worried about …

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Default ball – $63 Trillion of Global Government Debt in One Visualization; Tick, tick, tick, when will some currency fall ?

$63 Trillion (63.000.000.000.000) of Global Government Debt in One Visualization; Tick, tick, tick, when will some currency fall ? pic.twitter.com/RxMjXMwZoF — Wim Grommen (@wimgrommen) May 25, 2018 Collapse of the financial system is unavoidable. History never repeats itself, but always …

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NY Fed Reports That Households Carried $13.21 Trillion in Debt in Q1, Well in Excess of Pre-2008 Debt Crisis Levels

up 0.5% from the previous quarter https://twitter.com/wsjcentralbanks/status/997428085724237824?s=11 Household Debt Now Well in Excess of Pre-2008 Debt Crisis Levels Remember how it went in 2008? Markets positively drowning in credit. Subprime for miles, increased credit card limits for all. Boom times. …

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The World Has Accumulated $215 Trillion Of Private Wealth – But Who Holds It All? About 73.5% – Is Held By Just 10 Countries

by visualcapitalist The 10 Wealthiest Countries The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. According to market research company New World Wealth, the world has accumulated $215 trillion in private wealth, a 12% increase over the last year. Incredibly, …

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This $233 Trillion Bomb Is Set to Blow

Take a few minutes and watch this RTD educational documentation, “This $233 Trillion Bomb Is Set to Blow”. Share your thoughts below on the impact of an increasing national debt, deficits and derivatives in days the ahead?

The Pension Time Bomb: $400 Trillion by 2050

by visualcapitalist View a high resolution version of this graphic Are governments making promises about pensions that they might not be able to keep? According to an analysis by the World Economic Forum (WEF), there was a combined retirement savings gap in excess …

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