Suez Canal Blocked: A “Worst Case Scenario for Global Trade”
By The Ice Age Farmer The Suez Canal’s blockage by a ship run aground is emblematic of the cascading failures in the global economy: a…
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Will Coronavirus Crater Hopes Of A Global Recovery As World Trade Tumbles?
By Tyler Durden The global economy is faced with a synchronized slowdown as central bank ammunition to fight the next global recession is limited. Monetary…
Yes, China Is a Currency Manipulator — And the U.S. Banking System Is a Metals Manipulator
By Stefan Gleason The U.S. Treasury Department announced Monday that China is no longer on a list of countries deemed to be “currency manipulators.” The…
New Research: “Approximately 100 Percent” of Tariffs on Chinese Goods Fall on Americans
By Mac Slavo According to a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper, “approximately 100 percent” of the costs associated with the tariffs on Chinese…
The Masses Are Being Conditioned To Ignore The Economic Bubble
By Brandon Smith In the second week of October, after the “partial” U.S.-China trade deal was announced to much fanfare, I made this prediction: US…
Independent Study Confirms: Americans Are Paying For The Trade War, NOT The Chinese
By Mac Slavo Yet another independent study has confirmed what we warned about from the beginning: Americans are paying for the trade war, not the…
Geopolitical Signals Of Global Economic Crisis Abound
By Brandon Smith As I write this, news feeds are buzzing with questions and confusion over the October US/China trade talks. In September there was…
China Takes A Comprehensive Trade Deal Off The Table, And That Is Disastrous News For The U.S. Economy
By Michael Snyder The Chinese never intended to make a deal, and now they are publicly admitting it. For months, I have been warning readers…
ICE BUCKET POURED: Trump Kicks CHINA OUT!
This is a critical update from one of the best financial commentators I know, a good friend of ours, Mr. Lior Gantz of WealthResearchGroup.com and…
Trade War Has Killed 300,000 Jobs And Cost Americans Over $1.6 Billion
By Mac Slavo The trade war has so far killed off about 300,000 jobs and cost Americans about $1.6 billion in tariffs. The taxes are…
Bank of America Warning: The “Big Top Is Coming Down”
By Mac Slavo A Bank of America strategist is warning that we should enjoy 2019 right now, while we still can. A note led by…
The Ugly Truth About The Trade War
By Brandon Smith This past week was an interesting exercise in false expectations and assumptions. Once again, trade war theatrics were used to stall a…
TRUMP’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED: Gold Primed – HERE WE GO!
This is a critical update from one of the best financial commentators I know, a good friend of ours, Mr. Lior Gantz of WealthResearchGroup.com and…
We Are Being Warned That The Last Week Of August “Could Be Highly Volatile” For Global Financial Markets
By Michael Snyder Are things about to break loose in a major way? At the end of last week, the trade war between the United…