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Shortages of a Few Items Now Will Evolve Into Shortages of Hundreds of Products Later in 2022
Shortages of a Few Items Now Will Evolve Into Shortages of Hundreds of Products Later in 2022
Container Shipping Supply Chain Faces The Deepest Crisis Ever As Massive Disruptions Emerge
Container Shipping Supply Chain Faces The Deepest Crisis Ever As Massive Disruptions Emerge
Food Shortages In Six Months – The Globalists Are Telling Us What Happens Next
Food Shortages In Six Months – The Globalists Are Telling Us What Happens Next In mid 2007 the Bank for International Settlements (The central bank of central banks) released a statement predicting an impending “Great Depression” caused by a credit market implosion. That same year the International Monetary Fund also published warnings of “subprime woes” leading to wider economic […]
The Gathering Stagflationary Storm
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images The Gathering Stagflationary Storm While recent shocks have made the current inflationary surge and growth slowdown more acute, they are hardly the global economy’s only problems. Even without them, the medium-term outlook would be darkening, owing to a broad range of economic, political, environmental, and demographic trends. NEW YORK – […]
Despite Soaring Prices the Oil Industry Stands To Lose
Despite Soaring Prices the Oil Industry Stands To Lose The true cost of energy is not measured in dollars Image source The days of Big Oil are numbered. Contrary to modern beliefs it is not going to be killed by the environmental movement, court decisions or conscious investment choices. There is a more hideous process […]
Walking backward into the storm
Walking backward into the storm Are we in a recession? It is an interesting question because nobody can know for sure. A recession is defined as two successive quarters of negative growth. Okay, but how do we know if, in the quarter we are in, the economy is shrinking? Again, we cannot know this. This is because the latest […]
Putin Knows The Monetary System Is A Credit Based Ponzi Scheme: Lawrence Lepard
Putin Knows The Monetary System Is A Credit Based Ponzi Scheme: Lawrence Lepard Larry also lays out 4 key catalysts for higher gold, silver and bitcoin prices. Friend of Fringe Finance Lawrence Lepard released his most recent investor letter a few days ago with his updated take on the seismic changes occurring in monetary policy globally as […]
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis
Ukraine war: World Bank warns of ‘human catastrophe’ food crisis IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES The world faces a “human catastrophe” from a food crisis arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, World Bank president David Malpass has said. He told the BBC that record rises in food prices would push hundreds of millions people into poverty and […]
Will We Have Food Shortages In America?
Will We Have Food Shortages In America? Aerial shot of a milling tractor (Tom Fisk/Pexels). Higher Food Prices And Shortages? Our system has been betting on higher food prices since earlier this year, and of course the war in Ukraine has put upward pressure on food an energy. But now one of our Twitter correspondents […]
David Stockman on Inflationary Hell That’s About to Break Loose
David Stockman on Inflationary Hell That’s About to Break Loose It is only a matter of time before Kiev surrenders to the Russians, with or without their clown-car president signing the armistice. But that deal will be so onerous from Washington’s perspective that it will not mark the end of the sanctions war, but will […]
This time really is different
This time really is different The UK may have avoided a technical recession – two successive quarters of negative growth – in the first half of 2022, but a year from now this will be of little comfort. This is because – despite the protestations of the US Bidon administration – the downturn in economic […]
Coming Up For Air
COMING UP FOR AIR “A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have.” – Originally attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but the actual author is now in question. “That’s another (fine) mess you’ve gotten me into.” – Laurel & Hardy catchphrase. Even though I’ve written […]
Has Gasoline Price Shock Triggered Demand Destruction Yet? And Where Will Gasoline Prices Go from Here?
Has Gasoline Price Shock Triggered Demand Destruction Yet? And Where Will Gasoline Prices Go from Here? There’s some demand destruction. But oil bounced again, gasoline might be next. My guess is a long-drawn-out zigzag higher. Following the dizzying spike in gasoline prices, the question arises when demand destruction will set in, where people start driving […]
Resource limits and our strange game of musical chairs
Resource limits and our strange game of musical chairs With a wide range of commodities in limited supply, various regions of the world are now behaving as if they are engaged in simultaneous games of musical chairs when it comes to commodity shortages. The games differ by commodity and by region, but they all share […]
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity
Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices. The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to about 36 […]
