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2-income families nearly doubled from 1976 to 2014
2-income families nearly doubled from 1976 to 2014 As Canadian families change, number of stay-at-home parents plunges, but more of them are dads Families with both parents working are a substantial majority in Canada, with 69 per cent of couples with a child under 16 years of age having two incomes, according to Statistics Canada. […]
Starvation Is The Price Greeks Will Pay For Remaining In The EU
Starvation Is The Price Greeks Will Pay For Remaining In The EU Syriza, the new Greek government that intended to rescue Greece from austerity, has come a cropper. The government relied on the good will of its EU “partners,” only to find that its “partners” had no good will. The Greek government did not understand […]
A PhD in Monetary Catastrophe
A PhD in Monetary Catastrophe Editor’s Note: As you know, Bill believes the U.S. is about to experience a violent monetary shock. So today, we’re sharing with you a classic from the archives. It’s Bill’s firsthand account of Argentina’s monetary crisis. But as an American, you may eventually experience a very similar situation … Cash […]
Bond Markets Herald an End to Cheap Government Debt
Bond Markets Herald an End to Cheap Government Debt Bond markets got choppy at the end of April, when institutional investors began lining up to bet against the market. Since then the situation has gotten worse for bond holders, as spiking yields in Germany, and even US Treasuries, have created a rush for the exit […]
ZIRP——The Monetary Trick Which Killed Wages
ZIRP——The Monetary Trick Which Killed Wages Stupid Fed Trick Number 1 The Fed thinks that keeping interest rates low spurs inflation. It was probably happy to see the purported uptick in wage inflation in the just released May jobs report. It wants to see wages start rising to create a bit of inflationary pressure. That […]
The Central Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets
The Central Banks Are Losing Control Of The Financial Markets Every great con game eventually comes to an end. For years, global central banks have been manipulating the financial marketplace with their monetary voodoo. Somehow, they have convinced investors around the world to invest tens of trillions of dollars into bonds that provide a return that […]
Something Smells Fishy
SOMETHING SMELLS FISHY It’s always interesting to see a long term chart that reflects your real life experiences. I bought my first home in 1990. It was a small townhouse and I paid $100k, put 10% down, and obtained a 9.875% mortgage. I was thrilled to get under 10%. Those were different times, when you […]
Inaccurate statistics and the threat to bonds
Inaccurate statistics and the threat to bonds Statistics have become very misleading: in particular we are being badly misled into believing that the US is teetering on the edge of price deflation, because the US official rate of inflation is barely positive, a level that US bonds and therefore all other financial markets have priced […]
An Insane Financial World
An Insane Financial World We know that most western governments are deficit spending, borrowing heavily, in debt beyond the point of no return and must increase taxes and appropriations from their citizens. We know that politicians will take the politically expedient path instead of addressing financial problems. We know they will “extend and pretend,” delay, […]
“It’s A Coup D’Etat,” David Stockman Warns “Central Banks Are Out Of Control”
“It’s A Coup D’Etat,” David Stockman Warns “Central Banks Are Out Of Control” We’re all about to be taken to the woodshed, warns David Stockman in this excellent interview. The huge wealth disparity is “not because of some flaw in capitalism, or Reagan tax cuts, or even the greed of Wall Street; the problem is central […]
Today’s CPI Lesson: The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target Is Completely Stupid
Today’s CPI Lesson: The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target Is Completely Stupid The madness of the Fed’s pending 81 month run of zero interest rates comes down to an inflation subterfuge that has no logical or empirical grounding in real world economics. Essentially, the Keynesians who currently inhabit the Eccles Building have turned all of central banking’s anti-inflation history on its head, saying, […]
The Government Fraudulently Reported April Inflation Numbers
The Government Fraudulently Reported April Inflation Numbers There’s no B.S. like the BLS – Dave Kranzler, Investment Research Dynamics The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the Consumer Price Index for April this morning. This Ministry of “Truth” published an inflation report that asserts that consumer inflation rose .1% month over month for April. But a further dissection […]
David Stockman Interview——-Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game
David Stockman Interview——-Kick-The-Can Economics Is Entering The End Game Today David Stockman, the man President Ronald Reagan called upon along with Dr. Paul Craig Roberts to help save the United States from disaster in 1981, warned King World News that we are now entering the “terminal phase” of the global financial system that will end in total collapse. Eric […]
Leading German Keynesian Economist Calls For Cash Ban
Leading German Keynesian Economist Calls For Cash Ban It’s official: the world has gone central-planner crazy. Monetary policy, whether in the form of “conventional” methods such as the micromanagement of policy rates or so-called “unconventional” measures such as QE, has proven utterly ineffective when it comes to both “smoothing out” the business cycle and reigniting […]
Stephen Poloz may let inflation creep higher: Don Pittis
Stephen Poloz may let inflation creep higher: Don Pittis Bank of Canada governor may prefer an inflation bump to the damaging impact of higher interest rates Which would you prefer, higher interest rates or higher inflation? If you are someone who actually watches what the Bank of Canada does month to month, its two per […]
