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“Everyone’s Praying But No One’s Believing” – The ‘Fed Put’ Is Dead
“Everyone’s Praying But No One’s Believing” – The ‘Fed Put’ Is Dead Chalk Outline Yellen’s detailed speech initially triggered an out-sized market reaction. Unfortunately, it was mainly due to shallow market depth and weak-hand positions. The ‘risk-on’ trades that ensued seem driven by positional unwinds from short-term traders. These markets will likely reverse back to lower prices […]
“Everyone Preparing for the Wrong Outcome”: Schiff Says QE4 is Coming, Not a Rate Hike!
“Everyone Preparing for the Wrong Outcome”: Schiff Says QE4 is Coming, Not a Rate Hike! The printing presses are firing up all over again… err, at least the digital ledgers are, anyway. Financial expert and infamous goldbug Peter Schiff was interviewed by Fox Business from the floor of the U.S. Stock Exchange. Schiff warned viewers […]
The US Economy Continues Its Collapse
The US Economy Continues Its Collapse Do you remember when real reporters existed? Those were the days before the Clinton regime concentrated the media into a few hands and turned the media into a Ministry of Propaganda, a tool of Big Brother. The false reality in which Americans live extends into economic life. Last Friday’s […]
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis
What U.S. Fed chair Janet Yellen doesn’t know: Don Pittis Continued risks to a U.S. and Canadian economic recovery keep us guessing about interest rates If everyone is so confident interest rates are going to go up in the autumn, why doesn’t U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen just say they are going to go up in […]
A Recession Within A Recession
A Recession Within A Recession On Friday, the federal government announced that the U.S. economy contracted at a 0.7 percent annual rate during the first quarter of 2015. This unexpected shrinking of the economy is being primarily blamed on “harsh” weather during the first three months of this year and on the strengthening of the […]
The Rich Get Richer: Titanic Stock Bubble Fueled by Buyback Blitz
The Rich Get Richer: Titanic Stock Bubble Fueled by Buyback Blitz Why are stocks still flying-high when the smart money has fled overseas and the US economy has ground to a halt? According to Marketwatch: “For the eighth week in a row, long-term mutual funds saw more money flowing out of U.S. stocks and into international stocks, according […]
Why the Fed Will Crash the Economy If It Hikes Rates: In Three Charts
Why the Fed Will Crash the Economy If It Hikes Rates: In Three Charts If you’ve been scratching your head since the middle of last year as consumer confidence surveys depicted an optimistic, eager to spend consumer while other hard economic data was showing a sputtering economy, we’re here to put your mind to rest. […]
The Dwindling US Economy
The Dwindling US Economy The announcement today (April 29) of a barely positive GDP first quarter 2015 growth rate of 0.2 percent (two-tenths of one percent) is an intentional exaggeration. Today’s GDP report is the “advance estimate.” There will be two revisions, with the first occurring in one month on May 29. Although the “consensus […]
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes – Part 4
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes – Part 4 In the first three installments of this series, we examined the realities behind supply and demand, unemployment and personal debt, and national debt. As has been proven in each consecutive article with ample evidence, mainstream establishment numbers are, for the most part, […]
The Fed Has Failed the Nation, in One Chart
The Fed Has Failed the Nation, in One Chart There is only one way to end the financial tyranny of the Federal Reserve–abolish it, and put an end to the predatory pathologies of its policies. The Federal Reserve has failed not just the nation and the U.S. economy, but more importantly, the American people that […]
The American Dream – Moonshine and Scam
The American Dream – Moonshine and Scam Infection When we left you yesterday, we were trying to connect the bloated, cankerous ankles of the US economy to the sugar rush of its post-1971 credit-based money system. Today, we look at the face of our government. It is older… with more worry lines and wrinkles. But […]
US Economy Heads Toward Zero Growth in Q1
US Economy Heads Toward Zero Growth in Q1 GDPNow: Wall Street’s promise of Escape Velocity is a joke. The consistency with which nearly every report on the US economy has deteriorated over the last few months is astonishing. Only the jobs report has been spared that sharp downdraft. So we blame the weather, which in […]
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes – Part 2
One Last Look At The Real Economy Before It Implodes – Part 2 Consumer spending in the U.S. accounts for approximately 70 percent of gross domestic product, though it is important to note that the manner in which “official” GDP is calculated is highly inaccurate. For example, all government money used within the Medicare coverage […]
The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession
The Great Immoderation: How The Fed Is Sowing The Next Recession In February 2004 Ben Bernanke famously declared the business cycle had been tamed and took a bow in behalf of enlightened monetary management, claiming it was the principal source of this beneficent development. Exactly 55 months later, of course, he terrorized the Congressional leadership and a clueless President […]
