The rise of the national debt and the gold price are intertwined and the gold price has fallen behind. A huge catch-up may be on the horizon given issues over the debt limit and [with] the Fed and the President potentially on a collision course.
Read More »Stockman: “After March 15th Everything Will Grind to a Halt”
People are missing the significance of March 15, 2017. That’s the day the debt ceiling holiday that Obama and Boehner put together expires. By summer, the government will be out of cash, and there will be the mother of all debt-ceiling crises. Everything will grind to a halt; there may be a government shutdown.
Read More »Bubble Markets Will Continue Until?
The continuing support for these bubble markets is shocking to a thinking person, but it reveals that MOST leaders/administrators/traders/investors do not think. What is happening today could be reported as dire/ominous to a person of discernment and understanding…but to financial administrators and political leaders who need pumped-up markets to prevent chaos this mindset is unlikely to change.
Read More »The Real U.S. Economy: A Full-Fledged Credit Crisis Is Inevitable
Mainstream economic indicators aren’t telling the whole story. We looked beyond the headlines to understand how the economy’s really doing and we found something disturbing in our research that almost no one is talking about.
Read More »Bank for International Settlements Warns of Looming Debt Bubble (+2K Views)
Global debt-to-GDP is now at a record high and the Bank for International Settlements hasbubbles noted that over the last 16 years, debts of governments, households and corporations has gone up everywhere.
Read More »History Strongly Suggests Tax Cuts Would Revive GDP & Fuel Market Gains
...According to Bloomberg ("White House: Cohn-Led Tax Plan is Real and it's Phenomenal," February 10, 2017), Trump's tax plan, to be released in two or three weeks, will be "the most comprehensive business and individual tax overhaul since 1986." That's saying something, since the landmark 1986 tax bill cut many deductions and reduced the top rate to 28% for the rich, 15% for the middle class, and 0% for the poor.
Read More »Raising the Roof – On a Higher Debt Ceiling That Is!
Many novice observers may wonder why we have a debt ceiling at all when our government has never shown the slightest inclination to respect its prior self-imposed limits [and, as such, why all the] seeming urgency to Congressional negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. [Let me explain in no uncertain terms.] Words: 1073
Read More »How Much Consumer Debt Is Too Much?
How much consumer debt is too much? Today’s infographic uses extensive data from Equifax to try and answer this question.
Read More »Trump’s Policies Could Explode Debt & Ramp Up Inflation – Here’s Why (+3K Views)
In our view massive infrastructure spending may boost the economy temporarily but more spending means more debt and potentially more inflation and interest rate exposure.
Read More »Citizens’ Love For Gold Has Created Serious Economic Issues For India
India has, in effect, a dual currency system where people choose to save mostly in gold rather than rupees. This is unlike any other major economy and begs the question: how do you wean a population off a precious metal?
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