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Guess Who China Is Blaming For The Riots In Hong Kong?
Guess Who China Is Blaming For The Riots In Hong Kong? This is not going to end well. As a result of our ongoing trade war, U.S. relations with China were already rapidly deteriorating, but now the chaos in Hong Kong threatens to completely wreck them. Violence between political protesters and riot police is making […]
Economic Storm Trump Will be Blamed For Because of Bad Advisers
Economic Storm Trump Will be Blamed For Because of Bad Advisers There is a very Dark Cloud hovering over the world economy and at the center of this cloud lies not just Europe, but Germany – the strongest economy holding up all of Europe. The German manufacturing sector is in freefall. Trump will be blamed […]
U.S. Customs Continues To “Modernize” Its System To Include Biometrics For All Passengers
U.S. Customs Continues To “Modernize” Its System To Include Biometrics For All Passengers One aspect often lost in the immigration debate is the rollout of government solutions that are set to restrict the freedom of the perfectly innocent. A key component of this is the increased collection of passenger biometrics. As I’ve discussed before, U.S. Customs […]
U.S. Currency Wars With China—Past And Present In a purely political move, the Trump administration (read: the U.S. Treasury) has branded China as a currency manipulator. This is an act of war. After President Trump announced that even more tariffs would be imposed on China, the markets took the value of the Chinese yuan down […]
This Is The Same Pattern The Fed Followed Before The Great Depression
This Is The Same Pattern The Fed Followed Before The Great Depression There is immense confusion surrounding July’s Federal Reserve meeting and the rather insane aftermath that has been spurred on in the trade war. The Fed’s latest rate decision of a mere .25 bps cut was seen as “disappointing”, this was then followed by […]
“Smoke Will Rise From Tel Aviv”: Iran Warns Israel Against Joining US Maritime Coalition
“Smoke Will Rise From Tel Aviv”: Iran Warns Israel Against Joining US Maritime Coalition The same day that Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a formal statement warning that any Israeli involvement in the proposed US-led joint maritime coalition in the Gulf is a “clear threat” to Iran’s national security, a separate statement from a senior government official has threatened […]
Powell Rate Cut Unleashes Volatility Tsunami
Powell Rate Cut Unleashes Volatility Tsunami It wasn’t supposed to work this way. In the rate cut playbook envisioned by Trump, Powell’s July 31st rate cut was supposed to send stocks higher while crushing the dollar. However, when the FOMC announce a “mid-cycle”, 25bps cut, the outcome was not only a surge in the dollar […]
Civil War Cycle Heating up in America – Charles Nenner (#2)
Civil War Cycle Heating up in America – Charles Nenner (#2) Renowned geopolitical and financial cycle expert Charles Nenner thinks the probability for war and civil unrest is coming around in an intense cycle not seen for decades. Nenner says, “Years ago when we talked about my war cycles, I said I am more worried […]
Forget Iran, Maximum Pressure Has Shifted to China
Forget Iran, Maximum Pressure Has Shifted to China In the past week the pressure on China by the U.S. has escalated daily. Since the trade delegation came back from China with lunch barely digested the Trump Administration has gone into over drive on demonizing China here at home. From finally declaring China a currency manipulator after years of threats […]
Our Veggie Gardens Won’t Feed us in a Real Crisis
Our Veggie Gardens Won’t Feed us in a Real Crisis Massive flooding and heavier than normal precipitation across the US Midwest this year delayed or entirely prevented the planting of many crops. The situation was sufficiently widespread that it was visible from space. The trouble isn’t over yet: Hotter-than-normal temperatures predicted to follow could adversely affect corn […]
$1,400,000,000,000 Gone In Less Than A Week – Stock Market In Turmoil As The Trade War Dramatically Escalates
$1,400,000,000,000 Gone In Less Than A Week – Stock Market In Turmoil As The Trade War Dramatically Escalates Our trade war with China has begun to spiral out of control, and as a result global financial markets have been thrown into a state of turmoil. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 767 points, […]
Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy
Global Warming and U.S. National Security Diplomacy Old power station, West Linn, Oregon. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Control of oil has long been a key aim of U.S. foreign policy. The Paris climate agreements and any other Green programs to reduce the pace of global warming are viewed as threatening the aim of dominating world […]
The Reality of Trade Between USA & China
The Reality of Trade Between USA & China We are clearly cascading toward the Monetary Crisis Cycle as the USA wrong accuses China of manipulating its currency for trade advantages. All one needs do is look at the trend of the dollar against other major world currencies and you will quickly see that the trend […]
