Michael Snyder | We now have official confirmation that the U.S. economy has dramatically slowed down. 

Zero Hedge | Morgan Stanley may have once again timed its call perfectly.

Econimica blog | From 2007 through 2018, births in the US have declined by 470 thousand on an annual basis, or an 11% decline.

The Mises Institute | The US Federal Reserve (Fed) has signalled to financial markets that it wants to pause further monetary policy tightening for some time.

Michael Snyder | 2019 sure has been a weird year so far.  On Wall Street, everything has been coming up roses for investors up to this point. 

Oilprice.com | Brent is creeping back up towards the high-$60s per barrel, prompting a scolding of OPEC by President Trump via tweet earlier this week.

CNBC.com | The amount of $100 bills in circulation is surging. And it’s leaving some economists scratching their heads.

Michael Snyder | Virtually every piece of hard economic data is telling us that the U.S. economy is slowing down dramatically. 

The Mises Institute | The European Central Bank has, predictably enough, reacted to the threat of a no-deal Brexit by calling for increased integration of EU capital markets.

Zero Hedge | When a group of wealthy investors traveled to Sanhe to confront the local government, they were swiftly rebuffed, leaving them little recourse to recover their money.

Zero Hedge | When most hedge funds were facing a surge in redemption requests at the end of 2018, one fund was quietly buying.

Zero Hedge | Five of every six companies for which there were recent insider transactions have experienced net selling. 

Zero Hedge | Amazon said it would “continue to evaluate future growth” once other projects underway in the city are finished.

Mac Slavo | The problem is staring the financial apocalypse right in the face and has the potential to accelerate the coming stock market crash.

Michael Every | As expected, Monday saw US President Trump help to make China great again – or at least the unloved Chinese stock markets.