Here Are 15 Numbers That Show How The Global Economy Is Performing, And All Of Them Are Bad
By Michael Snyder Global economic activity has already been slowing down dramatically, and the U.S. trade war with China is just going to make things…
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Total Catastrophe For U.S. Corn Production: Only 30% Of U.S. Corn Fields Have Been Planted – 5 Year Average Is 66%
By Michael Snyder 2019 is turning out to be a nightmare that never ends for the agriculture industry. Thanks to endless rain and unprecedented flooding,…
China Says That There Will NEVER Be A Trade Deal Until The U.S. Agrees To Their Demands
By Michael Snyder Unless someone backs down in a major way, this trade war is going to last for a very long time, and the…
How The Trade War Is Going To Affect You And Your Family
By Michael Snyder As expected, trade negotiations with China concluded on Friday with no trade deal in sight. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the negotiations…
I Dare You To Tell Me The Economy Is “Booming” After Reading This List Of 19 Facts About Our Current Economic Performance
By Michael Snyder After taking an honest look at the facts, I don’t know how anyone can possibly claim that the U.S. economy is “booming”. …
Nearly 102 Million Americans Do Not Have A Job Right Now — Worse Than At Any Point During The Last Recession
By Michael Snyder Wouldn’t it be horrible if the number of Americans without a job was higher today than it was during the Great Recession…
$220,000 For Every Man, Woman And Child – America Is Now 72 Trillion Dollars In Debt
By Michael Snyder Are you ready to cough up $220,000 to pay your share? One of the reasons why a day of reckoning for the…
Do You Remember The Oil Crisis And “Stagflation” Of The 1970s? In Many Ways, 2019 Is Starting To Look A Lot Like 1973…
By Michael Snyder The price of gasoline is rapidly rising, economic activity is slowing down, the Middle East appears to be on the brink of…
It’s Only April, And U.S. Retailers Have Already Closed More Stores Than They Did ALL Of Last Year
By Michael Snyder If the U.S. economy is in good shape, why have retailers already shuttered more stores than they did in all of 2018? …
We Have Seen This Happen Before The Last 3 Recessions – And Now It Is The Worst It Has Ever Been
By Michael Snyder Since the last financial crisis, we have witnessed the greatest corporate debt binge in U.S. history. Corporate debt has more than doubled…
The Number Of Job Openings In The U.S. Dropped By More Than Half A Million In Just One Month
By Michael Snyder According to the Labor Department, the number of job openings in the United States just plunged by the largest amount we have…
ANOTHER “Bomb Cyclone” Will Bring More Flooding To Parts Of The Midwest That Were Hit By A “1,000 Year Flood” Last Month
By Michael Snyder Less than a month after a “bomb cyclone” caused a “1,000 year flood” in the middle portion of the country, another “bomb…
Here Are 14 Very Alarming Numbers That Reveal The Current State Of The Economy
By Michael Snyder The economic numbers just continue to get worse and worse, and at this point it has become exceedingly clear that an economic…
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…