We saw this coming: Global Market Rout Spreads [1]
Reader Denise in Florida spotted this: Ceiling suspended: US takes on $300 billion in new debt after hitting $16.7 trillion [2]. The article begins: “America’s ticking debt bomb has been reset. Washington has suspended the debt ceiling, setting a date, and not a concrete dollar sum as a deadline, an unprecedented first in US history.”
Fed’s Dudley: Will Take 3 to 4 Months to Decide on Tapering [3]. JWR’s Comment: In my estimation The Fed, Treasury, and their derivatives trading clients are now so addicted to QE that they will utterly destroy the Dollar before they quit.
File under Unintended Consequences: How The Obama Gun Boom Pushed the Fortune of Two Brothers to $1.2 Billion [4]
Chris Martenson: Four Signs That We’re Back in Dangerous Bubble Territory [5]
Items from The Economatrix:
Don Coxe: Buying Gold May Have Downside Risks, “But The Upside Is Going To Be Enormous” [6]
10 Scenes From The Economic Collapse That Is Sweeping The Planet [7]