
Themes: Feds stimulus, Unemployment, Depression London, England Friday, 3 July 2009 Big news yesterday: “Jobs report dashes hopes on recovery,” says the International Herald Tribune this morning. Oh? Yes, dear reader... once again, we’re right and they’re ...
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Themes: Depression, feds, Job loss predictions, Inflation This week began with shrieks of joy. First, a federal court came down on Bernie Madoff like a brick on a bald head. Madoff, convicted of lying to investors, drew a sentence that only a sea turtle ...
Themes: Bankruptcy, Depression, Mark Stanford Depressions take time. Bankruptcy rates don’t rise overnight. First, it takes businesses a while to realize their sales are falling. At first, they think it might be a fluke. Then, they talk to friends and read the ...
Themes: Bank bailouts, Feds, Bankruptcies
Paris, France Thursday, 2 July 2009 Everything is working out just like we thought it would. The stock market is performing as expected. The economy is on track. Even the politicians are doing what they thought ...
Themes: International economies, China, India , BRICS Let’s talk about the theory of ‘decoupling’. It suggests that emerging economies move independently of developed nations. And we’re now seeing it come into play. While business cycles in advanced economies ...
Illusions there are aplenty. In the popular mind, the slump of ’07-’09 is coming to an end by Christmas. Practically everyone says so – including Ben Bernanke himself. All the bailouts and stimuli are paying off, they think. Soon, it will be business as usual. ...
Themes: Gold Price, Sterling, Dollar, Inflation Hedge Despite a recent pullback, gold continues to give out a strong bullish message. Think about it in logical demand and supply terms. Total supply of gold doesn’t alter much. In fact, it only grows at about 1% ...
Themes: Government spending, consumer price levels London, England Monday, 29 June 2009 Not much action in the markets on Friday. The Dow was off 34 points. Oil slipped to $69. Bonds rose a bit. Gold and the dollar remained pretty much where they were. The ...
Themes: world economy, economists, public faith, The whole world economy is underwater and the same economists who failed the critical test are manning the pumps. What makes anyone think they know what they are doing? On the surface of it their plan is absurd. ...
London, England Tuesday, 23 June 2009 What will take the place of the dollar?From Pravda comes a news item that tells us that the US, Canada and Mexico have secretly planned to introduce a new North American currency, the Amero. Below is a 50 Amero bill.
Will ...
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