Retail Layoffs Are 92 Percent Higher In 2019 – And Now Even Walmart Is “Quietly Closing Stores”
By Michael Snyder Just like we witnessed during the last recession, major retailers are laying off tens of thousands of workers, and it looks like…
Economic Collapse
According To Satellite Data, “At Least 1 Million Acres Of U.S. Farmland” Have Been Devastated By Floods
By Michael Snyder We have never seen anything like this before. According to satellite data that was just released by Reuters, “at least 1 million…
“As Many As A Million Calves Lost In Nebraska” – Beef Prices In The U.S. To Escalate Dramatically In The Coming Months
By Michael Snyder According to Agriculture Secretary Sunny Purdue, there “may be as many as a million calves lost in Nebraska” due to the catastrophic…
The Federal Reserve’s Controlled Demolition Of The Economy Is Almost Complete
By Brandon Smith The Federal Reserve is an often misunderstood entity, not only in the mainstream, but also in alternative economic circles. There is this…
Just Before The Great Recession, Mountains Of Unsold Goods Piled Up In U.S. Warehouses – And Now It Is Happening Again
By Michael Snyder When economic conditions initially begin to slow down, businesses continue to order goods like they normally would but those goods don’t sell…
Wall Street Red Flag: A Bond Market Indicator That Has Predicted Every Recession In The Last 50 Years Just Got Triggered
By Michael Snyder If the bond market is correct, the U.S. economy is definitely heading into a recession. Over the past 50 years, there have…
Which Nations Will Crumble and Which Few Will Prosper in the Next 25 Years?
By Charles Hugh Smith Adaptability and flexibility will be the core survival traits going forward. What will separate the many nations that will crumble in…
Government Warns Of Historic, Widespread Flooding “Through May” – Food Prices To Skyrocket As 1000s Of Farms Are Destroyed
By Michael Snyder We have never seen catastrophic flooding like this, and the NOAA is now telling us that there will be more major flooding…
The Real Cost: Student Loan Debt Is Impacting The Entire Economy
By Mac Slavo Student loan debt has reached record level highs and its impacts are being felt throughout the entire economy. This crisis will be…
Pity the Nation: War Spending Is Bankrupting America
By John W. Whitehead “Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages…
Blackout Chaos in Venezuela: Looting, Rotting Food, Scarcity of News, and Death
Op-Ed by J.G. Martinez D. I am devastated because of the news of these last few days. The reality is, the reason for the power…
37 Million Credit Card Accounts In The U.S. Are “Seriously Delinquent” Right Now
By Michael Snyder Is the consumer debt bubble finally starting to burst? If the latest numbers on delinquent credit card accounts are any indication, that…
Practical Prepping for Financial SHTF Scenarios
By Stefan Gleason Preppers – the sort of people who build bunkers, stockpile supplies, and bear arms – aim to survive “SHTF” scenarios. When war…
The OTHER Debt Bubbles: How Private Sector Debt Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis
By Stefan Gleason The $22 trillion official national debt is a much discussed problem, even as politicians exhibit zero motivation to do anything about it….