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The US Government Debt Crisis
The US Government Debt Crisis This article explains why the US Government is ensnared in a debt trap from which there is no escape. Its finances are spiralling out of control. In the context of a rapidly slowing global economy, the budget deficit can only be financed by QE and bank credit expansion. Do not […]
Distressed Nation: Each American Would Owe $700,000 To Eliminate Worsening Debt Situation
Distressed Nation: Each American Would Owe $700,000 To Eliminate Worsening Debt Situation Truth In Accounting (TIA), a 501(c)(3) – focused on government financial information, published a new report that suggests the federal government’s overall financial conditions worsened by $4.5 trillion in 2018. The report also calculates the actual national debt on a per taxpayer basis. With assets […]
China’s “JPMorgan” Hit By Sudden Debt Crisis As Cross-Default Chain Reaction Triggered
China’s “JPMorgan” Hit By Sudden Debt Crisis As Cross-Default Chain Reaction Triggered Ever since Beijing allowed private Chinese companies (even certain state-owned enterprises) to officially fail for the first time in 2016, and file for bankruptcy to restructure their unsustainable debt loads, it’s been a one-way street of corporate bankruptcies, one which we profiled last […]
The Next Financial Crisis Won’t Be Caused by Fraud: This Time Will Be Different
The Next Financial Crisis Won’t Be Caused by Fraud: This Time Will Be Different Extreme levels of debt and overvaluation characterize the entire global economy, and are not limited to any one nation or sector. Financial crises come in two flavors: fraud and credit-valuation over-reach. Fraud-based financial crises may differ in particulars, but they share […]
China & Buying Gold – Why?
China & Buying Gold – Why? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; I believe you said at the WEC in 2017 that central banks will diversify and increase their gold reserves going into the currency crisis coming in 2021. China has continued to increase its gold reserves. You would please update on that development. Thank you PK ANSWER: Central banks […]
Turkey & the Real Risk of a Debt Crisis
Turkey & the Real Risk of a Debt Crisis The Treasury and Finance Ministry of Turkey announced that the country’s net external debt stock totaled $286.2 billion going into the end of the 3rd quarter of 2018. The country’s net external debt stock to its gross domestic product (GDP) ratio was 34.4% at the end of […]
Imminent Recession Risk “Doubled” – 3 Signals Sounding the Alarm
Imminent Recession Risk “Doubled” – 3 Signals Sounding the Alarm It’s been more than 10 years since the last economic recession. Since the U.S. economy generally operates in cycles, it looks like the time is drawing near for another. In fact, late last year the Dow Jones took a dive, but that was likely just an appetizer […]
China’s Debt Bomb Is Back: Beijing Injects Most Ever Credit For Month Of March
China’s Debt Bomb Is Back: Beijing Injects Most Ever Credit For Month Of March One month ago, we asked if that was it for China’s “Shanghai Accord 2.0”? Turns out the answer was a resounding “no.“ As we noted at the time, one month after the PBOC injected a gargantuan 4.64 trillion yuan ($685 billion) into the economy […]
Utopian Vision
Utopian Vision There is nothing that a human mind can’t conceive. It can shoot for the stars or dive in the ocean which twinkles in the shadows of stars and ascend back with sparkling mind bearing uncanny ambition only to float contended. Today, we live in fear of losing wealth, we worry what economic […]
The Ultimate Pivot: Saudi Betrayal of the Petrodollar
The Ultimate Pivot: Saudi Betrayal of the Petrodollar Saudi Arabia has gone nuclear, threatening the petrodollar. Or has it? The report from Zerohedge via Reuters that Saudi Arabia is angry with the U.S. for considering a bill exposing OPEC to U.S. antitrust law is a trial balloon. The chances of the U.S. bill known as NOPEC coming […]
As the Madness Turns
As the Madness Turns A Growing Gap The first quarter of 2019 is over and done. But before we say good riddance. Some reflection is in order. To this we offer two discrete metrics. Gross domestic product and government debt. US nominal GDP vs total federal debt (in millions of USD) – government debt has […]
New Canadian Bonds Are Backed By Junk Rated Retailers And Consumer Loans Charging 40% Interest
New Canadian Bonds Are Backed By Junk Rated Retailers And Consumer Loans Charging 40% Interest In a unique twist on the excesses of the last credit bubble, Canada’s bond market is now issuing bonds backed by increasingly riskier assets, but that hasn’t stopped investors from jumping at the chance to buy them – because why would […]
Preppers save for a rainy day: Why financial planning is crucial for surviving an economic downturn
Preppers save for a rainy day: Why financial planning is crucial for surviving an economic downturn (Natural News) As a prepper, one of the first things that you need to learn is the importance of financial preparedness. Don’t wait until an economic collapse before you start settling your debts or saving money. (h/t to TimGamble.com) The basics […]
Debt & the Point of No Return
Debt & the Point of No Return QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; First I want to thank you for coming to Europe this year. It has been some time since your Berlin Conference. My question is simple. How can the ECB tell countries to reduce their debt when as you say nobody ever pays off the debt? Is […]
