The annual survey American Community Survey by the Census Bureau collects much more detailed information than the decennial census, [and the data from the latest survey is depicted in maps, of which 5 are provided here on America's economic divide and] are relevant for thinking about communities most in need of investment.
Read More »Canadian Economy Still Strong But Setting Itself Up For a Very Hard Fall! Here’s Why (+2K Views)
[To repeat,] Canada's concentrated bet on real estate and construction, while creating jobs in the short term, is putting Canadian economy at greater risk in the future [and, with it unlikely that] Canadian households will significantly increase disposable income in the near future, any deleveraging could therefore prove to be quite painful.
Read More »Millionaires: Which Countries Have the Largest Number, the Highest Density, the Fastest Growth etc.? (+2K Views)
The rich are getting richer and that’s good news for everyone. I’ll tell you why in a minute. First, let’s look at where the millionaires are — and where their number are growing the fastest.
Read More »France is Eurozone’s Biggest Risk to Economic Recovery – Here’s Why
France continues to pose the biggest near-term risk to the euro area's economic recovery. Why France some may ask? [Here's why.]
Read More »Alaska’s Pebble Mine Project Provides MAJOR Economic & Employment Benefits
The Pebble Mine Project is a world-class copper, molybdenum and gold deposit in Alaska with the potential to employ over 16,000 in high-paying jobs across a wide range of industries for 30+ years boosting the state ecomomy and generating significant tax revenues in the process.
Read More »Deflationary Pressures In Economy Are Primary Concern of the Fed (+2K Views)
Despite the Fed’s recent communications that they are planning to “taper” the current monetary program by the end of this year – the index is suggesting that their interventions, in one form or another, are unlikely to end anytime soon. The threat of “deflation” remains the Fed’s primary concern.
Read More »Meltdown : The Men Who Crashed the World – A 4-part Video from DocZone (+2K Views)
The CBC’s Terence McKenna takes viewers behind the headlines and into the backrooms at the highest levels of world governments and banking institutions in a 4-part investigation that reveals the astonishing level of backstabbing and tension behind the scenes as the world came dangerously close to another Great Depression.
Read More »World Bank Whistleblower: The Federal Reserve Has Secretly Gamed the Global Financial System
A small group of entities — 147 financial institutions and central banks — exert a massive amount of influence over the international economy from behind the scenes. This “economic ‘super-entity’”controls the institutions of government and at the very center of this network is the Federal Reserve.
Read More »Japan: A Country On the Brink of Fiscal & Economic Disaster!
I wrote several years ago that Japan is a bug in search of a windshield and in January I wrote that 2013 is the Year of the Windshield. Japan is a country that is on the brink of fiscal and economic disaster
Read More »We’re Headed for Crippling Deflation First & Then Rampant Inflation – Here’s Why (+3K Views)
Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? I believe that we will see both. The next major financial panic will cause a substantial deflationary wave first, and after that we will see unprecedented inflation as the central bankers and our politicians respond to the financial crisis. [Let me explain why I think that will unfold.] Words: 1025 Charts: 3
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