Category: Economics & Investing

Six Steps Trump Can Take Toward Better Monetary Policy o o o Ukraine Nationalizes PrivatBank to “Preserve Stability” (Hide Insolvency) o o o The 401k has been a disaster for most Americans: Only 44 percent of private sector workers participate in a defined contribution plan. o o o Prelude To Global Collapse And How Swiss Refiners Just Exposed The Big Lie In The Gold Market o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

John Williams: The Federal Government’s Fake News o o o Reflections on the War on Cash o o o Welcome back debt! Total household debt rose by $63 billion last quarter, pushing total household debt to $12.35 trillion. More than half of the debt increase came through auto loans. o o o Gold Ignores 4.7% Drop In U.S. Building Permits In November o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Will Gold Prices Drop Below $1,000? o o o Perpetual Assets interview with Jim Willie with many topics covered. o o o Japan Dethrones China as Top U.S. Foreign Creditor o o o Economic Science Has Been Hijacked o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

I predict that there will be a directly proportional relationship between the rapidity with which President-elect Trump implements his planned reduction of government policies and the rapidity of the Federal Reserve banking cartel’s interest rate hikes. The harder that Trump pushes, the harder that The Powers That Be will push back. In the end I believe that they are willing to collapse the credit market, crash the stock markets and collapse the value of the U.S. Dollar on the Forex rather than see Trump make any substantive change. Be ready for the events that will follow January 20th, 2017. There …

Pension Ponzi Squared: New Jersey Wants To Sell Debt To Its Own Insolvent Funds – B.B. o o o Fake Silver Coins: 14 Ways to Spot Counterfeits – K.T. o o o War On Cash Escalates: Australia Proposes Ban on $100 Bill; No Cash Within 10 Years? – B.B. o o o Canada’s Oil Exports Are Dead Without U.S. Shale Production o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

$213,300,000,000: Individual Income Taxes Set Record in First 2 Months of FY17 – B.B. o o o The Case For And Against Universal Basic Income. What is terrifying is the fact that some libertarian thinking economists think a basic income is a good idea. – B.B. o o o Leaked Memo Reveals Trump’s Energy Priorities. While the selection of ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson for State Secretary stole the headlines, a leaked memo on Trump’s energy priorities could be moving the markets o o o Buoyant Markets Pose New Challenge for the Fed o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not …

IRS Wants Court Authority To Identify Bitcoin Users & Transactions At Coinbase o o o What Could Strengthen Gold Heading Into 2017? o o o As The Power Struggle Endures, Libya Eyes 900,000 Bpd Oil Output Libya will be increasing oil production by one third, eying 900,000 bpd total out as the struggle for the control of exports facilities continues. o o o Sovereign funds pulled cash from world markets for third year running o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Here it comes, just as JWR predicted: Fed to raise rates as Trump economy looms. o o o From the desk of Mike Williamson, SurvivalBlog’s Editor at Large: Black market cash in India – There are so many ways around this. o o o Bitcoin Users Who Evade Taxes Are Sought by the I.R.S. – H.L. o o o Venezuela Orders Largest Bills Turned in Ahead of New Bank Notes – G.P. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Carrying Cash? Be Ready to Lose It – B.B. o o o China Faces Off Against World on Open Global Markets o o o Raging Stocks, Fed Fears Trigger ‘Dislocation’ in Global Markets o o o There Is Trouble Brewing Below The Surface o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Market Insanity Reaches Record Highs As Investors Flock Into The Biggest Bubble In History o o o Gold-Futures Selling Exhausting o o o Silver Manipulation Case Growing; Plaintiffs Wanting To Add More Banks To Lawsuit o o o The McRib and Economic Calculation o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

Simbi– Welcome to the Symbiotic Economy – Barter system online. – G.P. o o o Oil Markets Not Convinced OPEC Deal Can Kill The Glut. Oil markets are less convinced that the recently reached OPEC deal can actively reduce the glut as hedging increases and the contango is shrinking o o o Dallas Police and Fire Pension Halts Withdrawals in Solvency Crisis, Lawsuits Await o o o California is land to the $100k minimum wage state worker: 220,000 highly-compensated state employees cost the public $35 billion. o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. …

Buy Silver…As It May Replace Gold As Money In India o o o Video: Gold & Silver Investors: Will We See Windfall Profit Taxes Or Confiscation? Mike Maloney o o o Finding Risk in All the Wrong Places as Trump Era Begins (Bear in mind that this is from a fairly liberal news outlet.) o o o Forget Robots—People Skills Are the Future of American Jobs o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.

The biggest gold heist of all time o o o Amazon introduces next major job killer to face Americans – DSV (I’m not sure this is a “job killer” any more than ATMs were, but it will interesting to see how this plays out.) o o o Time Magazine Promotes Illegal Nonsense: Don’t Pay Taxes (If You Didn’t Vote for Trump) o o o A Dire Warning From An Insider o o o SurvivalBlog and its editors are not paid investment counselors or advisers. Please see our Provisos page for details.