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There Will Be No Recovery Without Production
THERE WILL BE NO RECOVERY WITHOUT PRODUCTION Through most of the coronavirus crisis, those who have made the case for stay-at-home, reduce or stop work, and narrow the range of retail shopping to assure “social distancing” to reduce the spread of the virus have accused their critics of being more interested in preserving livelihoods than […]
The Collapse Will Be Visible: “For Lease” And “Space Available” Signs Are Starting To Go Up All Over America
The Collapse Will Be Visible: “For Lease” And “Space Available” Signs Are Starting To Go Up All Over America Initially, we were told that the coronavirus lockdowns would just “temporarily” disrupt the U.S. economy, but now it is becoming clear that a lot of the damage will be permanent. We are starting to see businesses […]
What is Really the Game with the Bailouts?
What is Really the Game with the Bailouts? There is a major crisis economically unfolding and the markets are not yet taking into account the seriousness of the economic damage. I have explained that this is a Coronavirus Bankruptcy Pandemic which has put about 30% of the retail service industry in the crosshairs of insolvency. […]
WTF: What The Fed?!? (Round 2)
WTF: What The Fed?!? (Round 2) Williams, Maloney, Martenson, Smith: “Trillions more reasons to be concerned” Back in mid-January, Grant Williams, Mike Maloney, Charles Hugh Smith, Chris Martenson and I sat down for an in-depth discussion on the dangerous distortions to financial markets and the global economy that central bank intervention is causing. That video, […]
10 Numbers That Show The U.S. Has Fallen Into A Horrifying Economic Depression
10 Numbers That Show The U.S. Has Fallen Into A Horrifying Economic Depression The last recession was really, really bad, but it was never like this. It is time for us to face reality, and that means admitting that the U.S. economy has plunged into a depression. This is already the worst economic downturn that […]
The Unspoken Reason for Lockdowns
The Unspoken Reason for Lockdowns Governments cannot openly admit that the “controlled easing” of COVID-19 lockdowns in fact means controlled progress toward so-called herd immunity to the virus. Much better, then, to pursue this objective silently, under a cloud of obfuscation, and hope that a vaccine will arrive before most of the population gets infected. […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 19 2020 – Yoorp Kicks The Can
Blain’s Morning Porridge – May 19 2020 – Yoorp Kicks The Can “I don’t think I could stand another ten years of this fighting…” Yesterday afternoon I set out to cure Coronavirus. I set up a new company, Splurgeldrug.Com, issuing our first press release about promising new drug trials, followed by another reporting how lab […]
Fed Chair Just Made This Inadvertent Case for Gold
Fed Chair Just Made This Inadvertent Case for Gold This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Powell boosts gold in Fed speech, why gold is the best bet to make now, and gold remains undervalued as an asset. Fed Chair Powell gives […]
Peter Schiff: It’s Not a Crisis Until It Becomes One
Peter Schiff: It’s Not a Crisis Until It Becomes One Despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell throwing cold water on the prospect of a quick economic recovery last week, there is still a lot of optimism out there. There is also an appalling lack of concern about all of the debt and money printing going on. In a […]
“We Print It Digitally”: Futures, Gold Soar After Powell Vows “Lot More We Can Do”
“We Print It Digitally”: Futures, Gold Soar After Powell Vows “Lot More We Can Do” It took Jerome Powell just two days to confirm what we said late on Friday, namely that with the Fed expected to boost QE by over $3 trillion (assuming Powell doesn’t cut rates negative), the Fed chair said that “there’s […]
How Can Socrates Forecast Thing Well in Advance?
How Can Socrates Forecast Thing Well in Advance? QUESTION: Martin –In the video link you see the blank answer by former Fed Chairman Bernanke when asked, in a 60 Minutes interview, as to where he saw unemployment going/peaking in the last crisis of 2008 (at minute 3:27). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKx1BZd9bjQHow do you best explain Socrates being able to […]
Food for Thought – US Population, Employment, Debt, NIRP, Monetization
Food for Thought – US Population, Employment, Debt, NIRP, Monetization In 2019, US population growth fell to +1.55m or +0.5%…this was due to a trifecta of declining births, lower immigration, and higher deaths than anticipated. However, as with everything “2020”, all three trends are only intensifying to blow away 2019. Births are falling faster and […]
CHART OF THE WEEK: Primary Silver Miners REAL COST Higher Than Published All-In-Sustaining Cost
CHART OF THE WEEK: Primary Silver Miners REAL COST Higher Than Published All-In-Sustaining Cost The chart of the week shows that some of the leading primary silver miners total REAL COSTS are higher than their published All-In Sustaining Cost. My analysis suggests that the companies’ All-In Sustaining Costs (AISC), are not really “All-In.” So, I […]
Third Mega-Crisis in 12 Years: Eurozone Economy Plunges at Fastest Rate on Record
Third Mega-Crisis in 12 Years: Eurozone Economy Plunges at Fastest Rate on Record First the Global Financial Crisis, then the Euro Debt Crisis, now the Big One. In its 21 years of official existence, the Eurozone has already been through two brutal crises — the Global Financial Crisis and one of its own doing, the […]
Overpriced Stocks May Be Bubble Ready to Pop
Overpriced Stocks May Be Bubble Ready to Pop Even if local and state governments hadn’t shut down businesses in attempts to mitigate the coronavirus, the U.S. economy was still set up to take on a number of economic challenges. But now, there’s one additional challenge being considered by billionaire David Tepper: over-inflated stock prices: Billionaire hedge fund investor David Tepper told […]
