Tag: Money Watch

Michael Snyder | The pace at which things are deteriorating is beginning to accelerate.

Mac Slavo | Former Texas congressman, Dr. Ron Paul, says that the United States won’t be the exception when negative interest rates crush the economy. Dr. Paul is warning negative interest rates are coming, and the Federal Reserve cannot stop it.

Mac Slavo | According to a new Bank of America survey, recession fears have jumped to all-time highs.

Michael Snyder | It is time to “batten down the hatches”, because rough weather is ahead.

Zero Hedge | This risks a return to the pre-crisis days, when banks would bid on mortgages, incentivizing lenders to relax their standards to meet growing demand.

Mac Slavo | Because of the “bloodbath” ongoing in the trucking industry right now, it’s important to realize just how much Americans are dependent on trucking. If truckers stopped working, grocery stores across the country would run out of food in…

Michael Snyder | When the price of oil rises dramatically, that tends to be really bad for the U.S. economy. 

Zero Hedge | Who would have thought that JPMorgan’s precious metals trading desk is the functional equivalent of the mafia, and that its one-time leader, Blythe Masters, was the mafia’s don? 

Mac Slavo | This is just one more piece of data showing that the U.S. economy is not as strong as we are being told.

Daily Mail | The European Central Bank (ECB) has launched a new round of monetary stimulus to give the economy a boost in the face of global uncertainties like the US-China trade conflict and Brexit. 

RT | Russia will not take out loans in US dollars for the remainder of this year and the whole of 2020, turning instead to the yuan and euro, according to the Finance Ministry.

The Asia Times | President Trump needs a trade deal with China as quickly as possible to avert a sharp slowdown of the US economy, as recent polls have made clear.