Category: Economics & Investing

My analysis of the true price of silver in today’s dollars – G.P. o o o It’s Very Clear That The U.S. Economy Isn’t Growing o o o Items from The Economatrix: Fed Takes Step To Limit Size Of Biggest Banks Watch for bank mergers before any 100-billion-bar legislation takes place. Job growth picking up, but data likely to show worker confidence still low WSJ Survey: Economists See Growth Rebound The Economics Of Marriage This Is What’s Going To Happen When All Hell Breaks Loose

Saxobank Warns China Is Exporting Deflation (And It’s Not Going To Stop Anytime Soon) – H.L. o o o The Shocking Increase Of College Tuition By State – B.R. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Banks Close in Donetsk – A Lesson For The Rest Of Us U.S. April Budget Surplus $114 Billion: CBO Consumer Credit Accelerates In March Yellen Stays Upbeat But Is Watching Housing Yellen: Geopolitics, U.S. Housing Could Slow Recovery

The Shocking Increase Of College Tuition By State – H.L. o o o Jim Rogers: Hold Onto Your Gold o o o Items from The Economatrix: Celebrate The Recovery By Buying Restaurant Garbage (And Yes: There’s An App For That) Bank Of America Online Banking Down:SOME REPORTING HAS BEEN DOWN SINCE 5/1 Is IMF Preparing For Dollar Collapse? Dr. Jim Willie-Russia May Want Gold Not Stinking Dollars

US household debt nearly twice as high as annual wages and salaries: Inflating the consumer debt bubble with student loans and auto debt. o o o Warning: The Ukraine Is At A Flashpoint o o o Items from The Economatrix: The “Economic Recovery” Continues: Businesses Are Being Destroyed Faster Than They Are Being Created Will Detroit Be The First Major Chinese City In The United States? The Impending Retirement Crisis: Pushing The Financial Constraints Of An Economy Where Many Will Rely On Social Security For The Bulk Of Their Income On The Backs Of A Growing Young Low Wage Workforce. …

IMF Loan to Ukraine in SDR, not US Dollars. – B.R. o o o Jim Rickards: Expect A Sudden International Monetary Collapse o o o Items from The Economatrix: Economic Preview: Trade Deficit May Narrow U.S. Economy Gains 288,000 Jobs In April John Embry: Hold onto Gold as ‘Currency Event’ Likely Richard Russell – D**n The U.S. Lies, Untruths & Propagandal

America’s Decadence Signals End of an Empire o o o Winners and Losers in the Inflation-Deflation Tug of War o o o Items from The Economatrix: The Number Of Working Age Americans Without A Job Has Risen By 27 MILLION Since 2000 The Disappearing Labor Force: Over 800K Americans Drop Out Of Labor Force. Since End Of Recession, Those Not In The Labor Force Has Grown From 80 Million To 92 Million. Workers Younger Than 55 Lost Jobs In April. It’s An Illusion: Here Are the REAL Unemployment Numbers

Hugh, I noted the post in Economics and Investing on 30 April. I would like to share my experience with Wells Fargo which occurred about 20 years ago. I went in to the branch to access my safe deposit box. After telling me that I had no box, we sorted out that they had made a mistake about deducting my annual fees and closed my account. The next thing they said was that there was no such box. I convinced them that there was such a box, and we went into the vault and the previous location of my box …

Why You Should See the Next Crash Before it Happens o o o The Future of Money that No One Saw Coming… o o o Items from The Economatrix: Unexpected Rise In Jobless Claims Consumer Spending Stronger Than Forecast Gold Is Likely To Fall Further Before It Rallies

Get Ready for Regulators to Peer Into Your Portfolio . – L.M. o o o The overt and blatant manipulation of the gold and silver markets on the Comex reflects frantic desperation – but why?. – B.R. o o o Items from The Economatrix: US Economy Is A House Of Cards — Paul Craig Roberts:The US Economy Is A House Of Cards. Every Aspect Of It Is Fraudulent, And The Illusion Of Recovery Is Created With Fraudulent Statistics. NY Times: Criminal Charges Are Finally in the Wings for Big Banks The Refi Boom Is Dead; Applications Drop To Lowest Since …

Yellen: How High Is Up? o o o Against the Crowd: Buy Treasurys o o o Items from The Economatrix: Dismal GDP Triggers Double-Dip Recession Fear U.S. Homeownership Rate Lowest Since 1995

U.S. Lost $11.2 Billion in GM Bailout, TARP Report Says – G.G. o o o What the Fed Is Really Doing to Your Money o o o Items from The Economatrix: Too Broke To Leave Home Even At 35 Years Of Age: Over 30 Percent Of Young Adults Under The Age Of 35 Living At Home. Home Ownership Rate Of Young Adults Continues To Plummet. U.S. Economy Slows To Stall-Speed Fed Says Economy Improving A Little

Is The U.S. Dollar Doomed?. – D.B. o o o Why Housing Has Stalled — And Why Everything Else Will Follow. – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Roubini, Rogoff, Taylor Debate Global Economy At Milken Panel: live blog Spotlight On The Economy: ADP Jobs Report, Fed In Crosshairs First-Quarter GDP Seen weak, But Wall Street May Not Mind Home Prices Cool In February The Low Wage Jobs Explosion

The following stunning graph of the United States national debt (since 1950) reveals not only the surge in debt since Nixon canceled the direct convertibility of the United States dollar to gold in 1971, but it shows in horrifying detail how the situation has proceeded to get much, much worse since the 2008 meltdown, as the nation’s dollar debt soars up the steep incline of what looks like an exponential curve… This United States National Debt Graph Is Surging. – J.W. o o o 17 Facts To Show To Anyone That Believes That The U.S. Economy Is Just Fine. – …

America’s Race to the Bottom o o o From a SurvivalBlog reader: “Watch out for your Wells Fargo clients with safe deposit boxes. Wells Fargo has gone up 50% on their prices for a safe deposit box. Mine was $80 for a year; now it is $120 from bill received today. Those with automatic withdrawal will be surprised too late.” – J.Y. o o o The Elephant In The Room: Deutsche Bank’s $75 Trillion In Derivatives Is 20 Times Greater Than German GDP – E.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: McWages For The McAmerica Job Recovery: The Scorecard …