Category: Economics & Investing

US Threatens Russia Over Petrodollar-Busting Deal – C.V. o o o Renewed Estimates of Chinese Gold Demand & their Geopolitical Strategy Items from The Economatrix: Baltic Dry Drops 9th Day In A Row; Worst Q1 In Over 10 Years Nomura’s Chief Economist Richard Koo – U.S. Heading For 1900 Percent Inflation Rate This Is What Employment In America Really Looks Like… Why You Should Fear Inflation: The CPI Understates The True Nature Of Inflation. BLS Only Allocates Less Than 2 Percent To Tuition In CPI. Missing Big On The Biggest Expense In Housing.

Facts About The Deindustrialization Of America That Everyone Should Know – B.R. o o o How Europe is incubating an even bigger debt crisis by letting deflation take root – H.L. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Jeremy Grantham: The Fed Is Killing The Recovery Is a 1987-Type Market Crash 37 Days Away? 1,311 Trading Day After The Start Of The 1982 Bull Market That The Standard & Poor’s 500 Suffered Its Biggest One-Day Crash In History On Oct. 19, 1987. Jim Willie: Lightning Speed Global Economic Change Through System Breakdown

Bond yields to hit fresh lows as world recovery wilts, growls Saxo bear o o o Items from The Economatrix: David Stockman: “A Gang Of Unelected PhDs Have Staged An Economics Coup D’Etat” ADP Jobs Miss For 4th Month In A Row; Job Market “Emerging From Deep Winter Slumber” Says Mark Zandi Billionaire Warns: Yellen Collapse ‘Will Be Unlike Any Other’

Time to Ditch Swinging Cyclicals? o o o Bunkum of Corporate Carbon Reporting o o o Items from The Economatrix: The Real Value Of Minimum Wage Over The Years Spotlight On Economy: Falling Jobless Claims Point To Fewer Layoffs Small-Business Jobs Creation Edges Up In March: NFIB

Why Is the U.S. Dollar Collapsing in Value All of a Sudden? – C.S. o o o Why a Soft First Quarter Offers Hope – EWS o o o Across the pond: How your taxes are REALLY spent: Millions to be sent statements showing exactly where their cash goes – and a QUARTER of it pays for benefits – JBG o o o Items from The Economatrix: Underground Commerce Is The Real Economy 9 Of The Top 10 Occupations In America Pay An Average Wage Of Less Than $35,000 A Year

Market Uptrend Intact as U.S. Stocks Climb To New All-Time Highs What Does Declining Gasoline Consumption Mean? We are being lied to by the mass media. The much-vaunted “recovery” is smoke and mirrors, created by QE. Stocks are going up but in part because of the decline of the U.S. dollar as a currency unit. Welcome to the Mushroom Growth Recovery: Where the American people are being kept in the dark and fed horse manure. – JWR o o o Items from The Economatrix: We Are Nearing The Dawn Of A New Economic World Order The Odds Are Never In …

Why Are The Chinese Buying Real Estate All Over America o o o Items from The Economatrix: The Looming Retirement Train Wreck: Pension Issues, Lack Of Retirement Savings, And Extending The Date Of Retirement All Part Of The Current Economic Future. <<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.marketwatch.com/story/yellen-feds-extraordinary-aid-to-last-for-some-time-2014-03-31-10103729″>Yellen: Economy’s Recovery Feels Like Recession To Many Mark Faber: The Old World Order Is Over $4 Trillion In “Fake” Euro Bonds Seized At Vatican Bank Martin Armstrong Warns This Is The Age Of Civil Unrest

Will Inflation Make A Comeback In 2014 – D.B. o o o Will China Choose Russia or America in the Coming War? – J.R. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Picturing Our Dystopian World – Where Less Is More The Fallacy Of Home Ownership – Why People Believe The Myth February Personal Outlays Sustained By Service Spending Surge; Durable Goods Spending Slides

Welcome to SurvivalBlog’s Precious Metals Month in Review, by Steven Chochran of Gainesville Coins. Every month, we’ll take a look at the “month that was” in precious metals (PMs), covering everything from price action to the information that’s driving the numbers. Major Factors Affecting Precious Metals Of course, the thing that dominated the news in March was Russia’s invasion of the province of Crimea in Ukraine and annexation of the area into Mother Russia. Something, that got less attention but had just as much effect on gold, was the failures in China of “shadow loan” funds. UKRAINE. Russian troops poured …

Is this the path that America is on? Despite poor economic news and ongoing protests, Caracas’ stock exchange grew 452 percent in 2013. (From an “alternative news source” with an anti-U.S. agenda) – J.S. o o o What happened to the traditional home buyer? California has the highest percentage of young adults living at home with parents. Existing home sales collapse. o o o Items from The Economatrix: People Have No Idea A Terrifying Global Meltdown Is Coming The US Is Trying To Pass A Bill That Will Protect Banks From Toxic Real Estate Loans As The Real Estate Bubble …

The Dollar Cannot Be Devaluated and Suicidal Bankers. When serious problems for the dollar surface, as they surely will, and the U.S. has little or no gold to fall back on, the U.S., with its back to the wall, may become a very dangerous entity in the world. Would it be possible for those running the U.S. to loose their heads and choose a suicidal nuclear war in response to a desperate economic situation? Does the destruction of the whole world matter to men about to take their own lives? Do suicidal bankers worry about the fate of the world? …

The Real Reason the U.S. Dollar Has Value. Items from The Economatrix: The Central Bank Continues To Scale Back Stimulus As The Outlook For The Job Market Improves Manufacturing In U.S. Expands At Second-Highest Rate Since January 2013 The Fourteen Year Recession This Is What Is Going To Destroy The World’s Financial System

The IRS just issued tax guidance for bitcoin and other virtual currencies. They classify bitcoins as property, instead of a currency, where tax rules of stocks and barter will apply. – H.L. o o o Video: Ann Barnhardt – Your savings are being robbed from you. – B.B. o o o Items from The Economatrix: Dollar Value Could Suffer Instant Change-David Morgan Low Fed Rates Worsen U.S. Retirement Crisis Stocks Edge Higher After Manufactured Goods Report Subprime Mortgages Are Slowly Making A Comeback

Peter Schiff: We’re Heading For A Crisis Worse Than 2007 – D.B. o o o RBS sent in this link: MOVIN’ ON UP IN THE WORLD….. NO LONGER FIRST! While this may seem to indicate a poor economy at first, it may also indicate several positive things. Many in the area have chose to reduce their tax footprint by working lower wage jobs, but remaining at home more. Homeschooling is on the rise and there seems to be a healthy underground bartering community. All may not be what is seems. o o o James Rickards: Fed Insolvent, Dollar Will Collapse …

Document: JPMorgan Chase Bets $10.4 Billion on the Early Death of Workers o o o The Big Question Isn’t “When Will the Fed Raise Rates …” o o o Items from The Economatrix: World markets recover on upbeat US economic data NASA Study: “Collapse Is Very Difficult To Avoid”