
What Happens When The Economic Momentum Ends?
• Zero Hedge - Tyler DurdenMany people are now set to blame any slowdown in global growth on what has been declared a very dangerous and protracted trade war.
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Many people are now set to blame any slowdown in global growth on what has been declared a very dangerous and protracted trade war.
This explosion in China's credit intensity in the past decade has directly fueled China's debt engine, the same debt engine that single-handedly pulled the world out of a global depression in 2008/2009
The dollars that you work hard for are always buying less and less, yet the government tells you there's 'not enough inflation'. The Federal Reserve is a government-created monopoly that counterfeits dollars by the billions and trillions, and you're
Abnormal circumstances oblige people to be creative and innovative...The hyperinflation in Venezuela made wages a complete joke.
Can you imagine the money, that you work so hard for, actually increasing in purchasing power every year? Can you imagine your bills gradually falling over the years, instead of relentlessly rising? Of course you can't! And the reason that you can't
No matter where you look, the desire for the Fed to print, Print, PRINT, is intense! The president wants it, the Socialists want it, debtors want it...The consequences of this madness are more than predictable. Great Inflation awaits, and the only th
The gold market took a one-two punch on Tuesday as Trump made some concessions in the trade war and inflation numbers came in a bit higher than expected. Peter Schiff talked about it in his latest podcast, saying gold traders still don't understand
The gold market took a one-two punch on Tuesday as Trump made some concessions in the trade war and inflation numbers came in a bit higher than expected. Peter Schiff talked about it in his latest podcast, saying gold traders still don't understand
According to Bloomberg, product manufacturers are boosting prices across the board, which means that "something has to give", both for Walmart and for the consumer...Meanwhile, average prices for consumer goods were up 2.3% in the first six months of
Gold blasted through the $1500 level this week. Let's analyze the message. Here's a hint: The message isn't inflation.
In 1940 you could buy a nice cape cod style home for around $2,500. Someone entering the job market likely started out at $25 a week. A 1940 Buick with a straight 8 would run you $895 and up.
As expected, the ECB did not cut rates at today's rate cut, but in a move that was widely expected, the ECB did hint that rate cuts are coming, by adding the "or lower" language, when saying that "Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates
I recently interviewed economic expert Bob Kudla of Trade Genius on the coming zero interest rates. In the short term, they will be boost to the economy much like what a crack addict gets when takes cocaine to relieve himself of the pain of withdraw
Peter Schiff predicts stagflation. I suggest another round of deflation is on the way and challenge him to a debate.
Thursday was a Red Letter day for that old "you don't say!" riposte. We are referring to the obvious response to Powell's black and white confession to the Senate Banking Committee yesterday that more people working doesn't cause inflation.
What a unique situation we get to witness over the next two days. The market assumes that the FOMC meeting is being held early. And that is largely true. With the one caveat that if the reaction of asset prices isn't to their liking they will get a
Echoing April's data, Personal Income rose more than expected in May and Personal Spending rose less than expected. Income rose 0.5% MoM (better than the 0.3% MoM expected) Spending rose 0.3% MoM (worse than the 0.5% MoM expected)
Chris Duane on -Fed, Trump, China and Hyperinflation
Cryptocurrencies have been trending upwards in price over the last few weeks, but in certain countries around the world digital assets have become far more valuable. For instance, in Argentina, the nation's sovereign currency has lost considerable
The so-called "greatest economy ever" is anything but. With each passing day, the dreaded "Stagflation" comes closer into view. Rising prices coupled with a recession is the worst of both worlds for the powers-that-shouldn't-be at The Fed. Central pl
Shhh…! Take off your shoes. Walk on tiptoe. Be quiet. In front of us lies inflation. It hasn't moved for years - rising only about 1.5%-2% - despite all the prodding from the feds.
On Friday, April 26, 2019, the market was stunned with a much stronger than expected 3.2% rate of first-quarter economic growth. Wall Street expectations were clearly off the mark, ranging from 1.3-2.3%. The media took this as a sign the economy is r
The inflation rate is much higher than the US government is willing to admit. Why isn't it listed & discussed truthfully, then?
There was a time when "price stability" – that is, money that buys the same amount of stuff every year – was considered a good thing.
In the Hoisington First Quarter Review, Lacy Hunt blasts MMT as "self-perpetuating" inflation.
Remember what you're told by The Fed - 2% inflation per annum is 'stable prices'...
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," remarked George Santayana over 100 years ago. These words, as strung together in this sequence, certainly sound good. But how to render them to actionable advice is less certain.
We've been pretty lucky over the last ten years in terms of inflation, which has remained at about 2%. However, if the Wall Street Journal is correct, our luck is about to run out.
It's long been an article of faith in the sound money community that the Fed, by bailing out every dysfunctional financial entity in sight, would eventually be forced to choose between the deflationary collapse of a mountain of bad debt and the inf
Peter Schiff, who accurately predicted the 2008 financial crisis has said in a recent podcast that the Federal Reserve is going to let the "inflation genie out of the bottle." And Schiff says this warning comes directly from the Fed's own chai