Mac Slavo | Signs that the job market is slowing have been piling up this week. One of the “brightest” and most touted pieces of the American economy is showing cracks, and many are taking notice.
Charles Hugh Smith | All of America’s bubbles will pop, and sooner rather than later.
OilPrice.com | Russia is considering the notion that oil prices may be as low as $25 per barrel in 2020, the country’s central bank said in its new forecast published on Monday, as cited by Reuters.
Mac Slavo | The federal government’s jobs report has confirmed that truckers are losing their jobs by the thousands.
SchiffGold.com | Gold has been on a three-day skid, but as Fox Business anchor Liz Claman put it, “So what? It’s been a breakout summer for bullion.”
CNBC | China will win the Sino-U.S. trade war, said the president of Independent Strategy on Monday.
Michael Snyder | It’s happening again. Just like last time around, the head of the Federal Reserve is telling us that there won’t be a recession even though all of the evidence suggests otherwise.
The Mises Institute | Politicians from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Dick Cheney are united in their agreement that deficits don’t matter.
Zero Hedge | Silicon Valley has made it incredibly convenient to shop, pay for, and consume just about anything.
Zero Hedge | The major global central banks continue to draw bigger guns in their battle against deflation, yet in some places, it appears to be of no avail.
RT | As the debt-based monetary system gradually collapses the ideas of central banking and the social contract, an expert tells RT that other forms of money may take over the market soon.
Zero Hedge | At one point, he shares his skepticism about passive investing, and the flood of money that has poured into index funds since the financial crisis.
Paul Joseph Watson | Two caste society: Underclass and the rich, with little in between.
Zero Hedge | The UK’s Labour government would consider a controversial “right-to-buy” scheme to allow millions of renters in the UK to buy their rented homes for a “reasonable” price (aka way below market), according to The Independent, citing the…
Michael Snyder | The trade war between the United States and China is increasingly weighing on the global economy, but unfortunately it does not appear that it will end any time soon.