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The U.S. Deficit Is Beyond Control: Markets Don’t Like Long-Term Government Insolvency
The U.S. Deficit Is Beyond Control: Markets Don’t Like Long-Term Government Insolvency Economist John Williams sat down with USA Watchdog‘s Greg Hunter to discuss the dire state of the dollar and United States economy. The monetary path the US is on is out of control, and the unwillingness of government officials to reduce the deficit and […]
Global Debt Crisis II Cometh
Global Debt Crisis II Cometh – Global debt ‘area of weakness’ and could ‘induce financial panic’ – King warns – Global debt to GDP now 40 per cent higher than it was a decade ago – BIS warn – Global non-financial corporate debt grew by 15% to 96% of GDP in the past six years […]
Household Debt Rises By $572 Billion, Ends 2017 At All Time High
Household Debt Rises By $572 Billion, Ends 2017 At All Time High After we first reported last week that US credit card, student and auto debt all hit record highs in December of 2017… … it should not come as a surprise that according to the just released latest quarterly household debt and credit report […]
Rising Debt + Rising Rates
Rising Debt + Rising Rates Have they all lost their collective minds? Look I get that some people are leaning Democrat versus Republican and vice versa and that’s fine, but what exactly are voters getting? If, on the one hand, you think Democrats tax and spend too much you get Republicans on the other hand […]
What Just Changed?
What Just Changed? The illusion that risk can be limited delivered three asset bubbles in less than 20 years. Has anything actually changed in the past two weeks? The conventional bullish answer is no, nothing’s changed; the global economy is growing virtually everywhere, inflation is near-zero, credit is abundant, commodities will remain cheap for the […]
Party On, Dudes
Party On, Dudes As of this week, the shale oil miracle launched US oil production above the 1970 previous-all-time record at just over ten million barrels a day. Techno-rapturists are celebrating what seems to be a blindingly bright new golden age of energy greatness. Independent oil analyst Art Berman, who made the podcast rounds the […]
How Easy Money Is Rotting America from the Inside-Out
How Easy Money Is Rotting America from the Inside-Out How much of our gleaming new infrastructure will fall into disrepair? The Federal Reserve has been the main cause of business cycles in America since 1913. For several decades, it has tried to hide the consequences of its policies by enabling easy credit during each recession. […]
Moody’s Pegs Venezuela in “Deeper Phase” Of Financial Insolvency
Moody’s Pegs Venezuela in “Deeper Phase” Of Financial Insolvency Venezuela is now in a “deeper phase of economic stress,” Moody’s Investor Service said on Wednesday, according to The Oil and Gas Journal. Falling oil production and tough economic sanctions have increased pressures on the nation’s financial capacity. Mismanagement and underinvestment in the country’s oil and […]
Is Washington Nuts? Increasing Spending AND Cutting Taxes Will EXPLODE The Size Of The National Debt
Is Washington Nuts? Increasing Spending AND Cutting Taxes Will EXPLODE The Size Of The National Debt Our national debt is rapidly approaching 21 trillion dollars, and yet Congress wants to follow up a large tax cut bill with a massive increase in federal spending. This is absolute madness, and it is going to make our […]
The State of the American Debt Slaves
The State of the American Debt Slaves It was one gigantic party. But wait… Total consumer credit rose 5.4% in the fourth quarter, year over year, to a record $3.84 trillion not seasonally adjusted, according to the Federal Reserve. This includes credit-card debt, auto loans, and student loans, but not mortgage-related debt. December had been […]
Weekly Commentary: The Grand Crowded Trade of Financial Speculation
Weekly Commentary: The Grand Crowded Trade of Financial Speculation Even well into 2017, variations of the “secular stagnation” thesis remained popular within the economics community. Accelerating synchronized global growth notwithstanding, there’s been this enduring notion that economies are burdened by “insufficient aggregate demand.” The “natural rate” (R-Star) has sunk to a historical low. Conviction in […]
DANGER AHEAD FOR U.S. GOVT: Unable To Service Debt As Interest Rates Surge
DANGER AHEAD FOR U.S. GOVT: Unable To Service Debt As Interest Rates Surge The U.S. Government is in serious trouble when interest rates rise. As interest rates rise, so will the amount of money the U.S. Government will have to pay out to service its rapidly rising debt. Unfortunately, interest rates don’t have to increase […]
The Looming Debt Crisis Nobody Seems to Look At
The Looming Debt Crisis Nobody Seems to Look At Around the globe, we are approaching a monumental awakening as municipal governments see their borrowing costs rise dramatically with rising interest rates. This is unfolding in Europe, the USA, Canada, South America, Middle East, and Asia. In fact, S&P is predicting the first-ever default by a Chinese local […]
