Inflation

The Looming Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Tsunami
On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the country and its bankruptcy was the second largest in U.S. history, following Washington Mutual in 2008. Despite its size, SVB was not a “systemically important financial institution” (SIFI) as defined in the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires insolvent SIFIs to [...]
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Economist warns the US economy will be hit by a ‘perfect storm’ this year 🎞
Atlas Capital chief economist Nouriel Roubini breaks down how recession, a debt crisis, and out-of-control inflation makes the 'perfect storm' on 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.' US now chopped liver after Biden’s handling of Middle East: KT McFarland Saudi-U.S. Ties In Flux?| Nuclear Race Intensifies | Oscar Win For India| Vantage With Palki Sharma [...]
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Tulsi Gabbard Testifies on the Weaponization of Federal Government
Tulsi Gabbard testifies on the Weaponization of the Federal Government during the House Subcommittee meeting. At the hearing, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke about her reaction to being accused of “treasonous lies” in a tweet by Utah Sen. Mitt Romney last year, over claims she made about Ukraine. Gabbard, who was invited by Republicans to testify, focused her remarks on cancel c [...]
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Get ready! The BIGGEST news predictions of 2023 REVEALED
Gerald Celente has been accurately predicting major news events year in and year out and he's back with his 2023 Trends Journal. In this interview, Clayton Morris runs down the top five news events for 2023. [...]
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Global recession to begin in Europe? | UK inflation could hit 50-year high
Europe stares at recession: Euro hits 20-year low. Global recession fears: India emerges as the bright spot. China power crisis: Shanghai skyline goes dark. America’s student debt crisis: $1.6 trillion. Why are young people dying of heart attacks? [...]
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Austria sounds alarm over economy
The Austrian economy could encounter its worst crisis in almost eight decades, the Finance Ministry says. Magnus Brunner pointed to EU sanctions against Russia as the primary cause of the downturn and said predicting an end to the crisis is impossible, as the current situation could recur in the coming years. [...]
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US dollar is ‘a huge black hole,’ expert says
The greenback threatens to swallow the wealth of both countries and individuals, according to Wang Zaibang. The United States has violated the major principles of the capitalist market economy and is poised to break the global political and economic order, Wang Zaibang, a senior researcher at China’s Taihe Institute, told Russia’s RIA news agency on Thursday. According to the expert, Saudi [...]
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Private equity and public ignorance – how US society is obediently destroying itself and enriching those at the top in the process
As the US runs out of concrete resources to sell, bankers have had to get clever - whether this means repackaging assets already sold six times over or inventing new ways to cash in on items once considered intangible. By the time Americans realized that the promised ‘trickle-down’ theory of neoliberal economics was in fact more of a speedy trickle-up, the government had all but destroyed [...]
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How Record Global Cuts Brokered by Russia, Saudi Arabia, & US Will Affect Oil Market
After days of intense negotiations and video conferences OPEC+ and G20 have sealed a deal aimed at tackling the oil market imbalance. Economic analysts have explained how the newly introduced cuts will affect the market in the short- and medium-term. On Sunday, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the US struck a deal with the world's petroleum producers for major oil output cuts in response to a d [...]
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US Economy in Free Fall, Could Lose Up to 24% of GDP and Face Ocean of Unemployment Due to COVID-19
Most major global economies have already been affected by the outbreak, which has forced many workers to stay in their homes and almost entirely dried up the restaurant and hospitality industries. The US economy is facing the prospect of sustaining a heavier blow from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak than it suffered from the financial crisis between 2008 and 2009, according to the estimates of e [...]
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IMF warns of new ‘Great Depression’, Russia ahead of the curve due to increased cash & gold reserves
Last week, the IMF issued a stark warning about the global economy. While most large Western states are vulnerable to a new crisis, Russia has prepared its defenses. Kristalina Georgieva isn’t any sort of conspiracy theorist; she’s the head of the International Monetary Fund. And when she warns that the global economy risks another “Great Depression,” you would think everyone would listen. [...]
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Last week’s repo meltdown points to 2008 financial crisis & may lead to new bank crashes – Keiser Report
Forecasting the imminent demise of European banks, an expert talks RT’s Keiser Report through last week’s repo market meltdown and what it may indicate. “The treasuries that settled last week didn’t go well on the funding market – the Fed had to step in and do a $75 billion repo facility on an overnight basis for these treasury securities,” [...]
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Gold hits 6-month high as Apple wreaks havoc in global markets
Gold has reached a more than six-month peak rising above $1,300 as investors rushed to seek refuge in the metals after iPhone maker downgraded its revenue forecast and amid fears of a global economic slowdown. The precious metal futures climbed in a second straight session on Thursday after US stocks saw the worst start of the year in more than a decade. [...]
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US debt soars nearly $1.4 trillion from last Christmas, rising $44,000 per second
The year-on-year surge in US sovereign debt has totaled $1.37 trillion, the latest data released by the US Treasury Department shows. The national debt reportedly rose to $21,863,635,176,724.12 as of December 20 of the current year compared to $20,492,874,492,282.58 on December 25, 2017. [...]
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Chances of US Recession Increase Amid Mounting Risks – Reports
Economic experts from major international financials, academic circles, and government agencies say the US is facing mounting risks of a recession due to elevated uncertainty in international trade, a possible slowdown in domestic investment, and rising costs of doing business. [...]
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America… Its Own Worst Enemy
It is an epic paradox that President Donald Trump, like previous US presidents, boasts of America’s military supremacy and its vital role as defender of the nation. The Trump administration in its first year in office boosted the annual military budget to $700 billion, up from an already gargantuan average figure of some $600 billion a year. [...]
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Inequality American Style: Airline Workers Sell Blood, Need Food Stamps to Eat
Those colorfully-dressed workers making sure your US short-haul domestic flight is properly packed, safely inspected and flight-ready are not paid enough, frequently requiring social services to live. Although employer American Airlines posted a shareholder-pleasing $1.9 billion profit in 2017, many of its workers are scrambling at the poverty line, selling their blood and receiving food stamps [...]
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Liberty lost? Americans increasingly unhappy with levels of freedom, survey says
America is often referred to as the "Land of the Free," but as citizens prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, their satisfaction with the country's freedom is significantly lower than it was a decade ago, according to a newly released Gallup poll. The survey found that although 91 percent of Americans were satisfied with the freedom in their lives in 2006, only 75 percent feel the same way t [...]
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Can the average American live off Social Security?
The answer is crystal clear. For years, Social Security has served as a key source of income for millions of retired Americans. In fact, these days, an estimated 61% of retirees rely on their benefits to provide at least half of their income. The problem, however, is that Social Security was never designed to cover seniors' living costs in their entirety. So when we ask whether the average America [...]
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