Category: Economics & Investing

HJL – I have been a student of economics my entire life. From my early college education in the ’70s and ’80s to continued research for hobby, and for work I have tried to understand the micro and macro perspectives of the U.S. economy. We are at a place in history that is without precedent. Never has a nation with the responsibility of the reserve currency of the world made such dangerous bets with its economy and currency. The decisions of the Treasury and FED to head off an electronic bank run in 2008 prevented what would have been the …

Ukraine Currency Collapses Nearly 70% Against Gold In 4 Months. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Are You Ready For The Price Of Food To More Than Double By The End Of This Decade? Inflation Is Slightly Higher In March As Food And Shelter Costs Accelerated What Happened To The Middle Class? The Infographic Democrats Told “Don’t Mention ‘Economic Recovery’ – It’s A Political Loser”

How many Americans live paycheck to paycheck? A nation living precariously close to the financial edge. o o o Gold Doomed or Resting? Gold vs. Major Currencies; Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Reiterate Sell Signal Gold Doomed or Resting? Seldom is sentiment so bad for something that still appears to be a long-term bull market. When in doubt, it pays to take the opposite side of what Goldman Sachs publicly says. Goldman has a history of not only being wrong but betting against its own recommendations. – P.S. o o o Items from The Economatrix: It’s Time To Ditch The …

More retail closures – K.B. o o o The Growing Threat To Capitalism o o o Items from The Economatrix: EU price rises slow, widening deflation threat Housing starts accelerate in March Two More Victims Of The Retail Apocalypse: Family Dollar And Coldwater Creek Fears of market collapse amid record margin debt

Dear HJL, Regarding the letter about “Banksters”, I spent a few years in banking. I was the guy that ran the computer department. I have never found anyone more clueless about computers than bankers. Every teller had a paper tape calculator in front of them. They had to do all the calculation, then enter the computed values into a computer terminal. Their constant question to me was, “Why do we have a computer?” That did not endear me to the management. A senior VP of operations came to me telling me, he wanted to run a manual test for backup …

Attention Shoppers: Fruit and Vegetable Prices Are Rising – RBS Items from The Economatrix: Food And Housing Costs On The Rise Jobless Claims At Lowest Level Since 2007, But Don’t Cheer Yet Celente – The Vampire Squid, Gold & The Global Ponzi Scheme :So They Are Downplaying Gold To Keep The Ponzi Scheme Going, And To Keep The Equity Markets From Collapsing.” Russia Declares Death of Dollar

HJL, In reference to the article “https://survivalblog.com/hyperinflation-is-coming-10-basic-steps-to-surviving-an-impending-currency-collapse-by-sp-part-2/“, the author speaks about selling on eBay and using PayPal. I must advise your readers that this is indeed a good idea, however, please be informed about the rules and regulations dealing with taxes. There are limits as to how many items/listings you can sell and how much money you gain prior to them being reported to our favorite entity– the IRS. There are a few things that can be done, such as selling in lots. For example, if you have 10 dolls, rather than selling each one individually they can be sold …

86M Full-Time Private-Sector Workers Sustain 148M Benefit Takers o o o Items from The Economatrix: Strong Retail Sales Data Didn’t Move The Needle For GDP Growth Spotlight On The Economy: Low Inflation And Dovish Fed Speakers Paul Craig Roberts Warns U.S. Now Close To Total Collapse Inflation Is All Around Us If You Know Where To Look: Spiking Food Costs, Rising Home Prices And Rents, And More Expensive Energy. Gold Drops Nearly 2%; Silver, Copper Take Hits

10 STEPS TO SURVIVING AN IMPENDING CURRENCY COLLAPSE STEP 1: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and Accept the Free Gift of Salvation The war against the U.S. dollar, the middle class, and free-market capitalism is spiritually rooted, so therefore the solution is spiritual. Important Note: Step #1 is the most critical because absolutely nothing is more important than the forgiveness of sin. “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:” (Romans 3:24) Watch “Salvation from Hell” video and have your sins forgiven. Visit http://www.thescripturesalonebibleschool.net/salvation.html . Followup by reading The Authorized Version 1611 King …

The U.S. Dollar: Currency Masquerading as Money o o o Items from The Economatrix: What Goes Up, Must Come Down: The Facade Of The Current Stock Market Rally Data Should Show Inflation Still In Check Retail Sales Sizzle In March Disturbing News Missing In The Retail-Sales Report

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana Back in late June of 2010, I stumbled upon Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Blog for the very first time. Well, after browsing the archive section, I found myself reading and subsequently re-reading his May 11th post entitled “Living on Borrowed Time.” There was just something about this particular blog post that left me eerily intrigued. In a nutshell, “Living on Borrowed Time” references Kiyosaki’s own book, Rich Dad’s Conspiracy of the Rich: The 8 New Rules of Money, and basically acknowledges that while we’re currently in …

Mainstream Media Presents ‘Divide and Conquer’ Meme to Tame Rising EU Discontent o o o Majority of Pensions Headed for Bankruptcy. – G.G. o o o Items from The Economatrix: A 10%-15% Correction Is Coming This Autumn: Merrill Lynch Lew: No Time For Complacency On Global Economy

Every Central Bank for Itself o o o More indications of the state of the economy and how people like you are responding to it: A SurvivalBlog reader reports that time to delivery of his PM shipments are averaging about 133 days from order to delivery. o o o Items from The Economatrix: 20 Price Increases That Are Breaking America’s Middle Class Families Retailers Still Have A Lot Of Heavy Lifting To Do Despite March Gains Russia Announces Decoupling Trade From Dollar The U.S. Dollar: Currency Masquerading as Money Goodbye American Middle Class: New Report Reveals That 62 Percent Of …

. The West’s Slow-Motion Collapse o o o Items from The Economatrix: IMF Warns U.S. Over Potentially Bumpy Exit From Extraordinary Monetary Policy Massive U.S. Credit Bureau Data Breach Has Experts Worried Real Americans Are Ready To Snap 20 Price Increases That Are Breaking America’s Middle Class Families

Economics and Investing: Why Meat Prices Will Continue To Soar – DB o o o Will There Be A Global Currency Revaluation? – FTM o o o Items from The Economatrix: For Long-Time Unemployed, Full-Time Work Is Elusive Why Companies Are Wary To Hire Long-Term Unemployed 16 Signs That Most Americans Are Not Prepared For The Coming Economic Collapse