Thad Beversdorf | What we find is that over the past 6 months we had a tremendous drop in true discretionary consumer spending.

Washington Times | The Central Bank of the Russian Federation announced this week on its website that in March, Russia bought approximately 30 tons of gold.

Mac Slavo | Cash is quickly becoming a liability.

Zero Hedge | Over the course of the oil price slump we’ve documented the far-reaching effects of falling crude.

Zero Hedge | “please raise taxes on all the uber-wealthy… except me.”

Joshua Krause | After the Commerce Department released their assessment of the US Economy, the markets were not pleased.

Washington Post | The U.S. economy ground nearly to a halt in the first three months of the year.

Washington Post | The U.S. economy ground nearly to a halt in the first three months of the year.

Zero Hedge | The city now says the company’s decision to close the location could have a decisively deleterious effect on tax revenue, 10% of which came from the local Wal-Mart.

Zero Hedge | The city now says the company’s decision to close the location could have a decisively deleterious effect on tax revenue, 10% of which came from the local Wal-Mart.

Zero Hedge | They tried “for a few seconds to reach me without hitting her,” he said in the ministry statement.

Zero Hedge | They tried “for a few seconds to reach me without hitting her,” he said in the ministry statement.

Mac Slavo | It has always been said that what goes up must come down, and it has equally been said that the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Mac Slavo | It has always been said that what goes up must come down, and it has equally been said that the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Zero Hedge | As Bloomberg confirms, the union said “they won’t transfer cash reserves to Bank of Greece.”