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Gallup: The Unemployment Rate is 10%
Jobs…jobs…jobs… I’m beginning to sound like a broken record but it’s true: This economy is going nowhere unless we start creating...
Raising the Debt Ceiling
The United States government seems to enjoy spending our money with the zeal of a rap star. They like it so much, in fact, that they’re going to need a little...
The Fed Blows a Cupcake Bubble
The number one cupcake play in America is going public. Crumbs Bake Shop operates 34 cupcake stores from New York to California, humorously billing itself as “creator...
Consumer’s Revolt, Shun the Chains of Debt
As I discussed in this article, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. That’s where the ultimate sticking point is for the Fed...
Doug Casey on the Tea Party Movement
Louis: So, Doug, about the Tea Party? Doug: Consider what seems to be brewing in the Tea Party movement. It’s just a straw in the wind, of no real significance...
Fed’s Evans: The U.S. Is in a Liquidity Trap
Filed under: Market Matters , Economic Data , Federal Reserve , Financial Crisis Here’s a shocker!. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans claims that the U.S....
You Heard it Here First: China’s Plan to Dethrone the Dollar Continues to Unfold
The U.S. dollar is on the way out as the world’s top reserve currency. And as Money Morning Chief Investment Strategist Keith Fitz-Gerald predicted more than...
Fed in a Quandary About How to Explain QE2
Filed under: Market Matters , Politics , Federal Reserve The U.S. Federal Reserve is in a quandary about how to explain its anticipated quantitative easing stimulus,...
Break Out!
What a way to end a month and end a quarter! Oil prices as calculated by Reuter’s News finished up 3 percent for the quarter and up 12% in September for the biggest...
Gold Rises to $1,300 per Ounce; U.S. Dollar Sinks
Filed under: Major Movement , International Markets , Market Matters , Commodities , Federal Reserve , Currency Spot gold in London hit $1,299.65. The December...
That Rumbling Sound Is the Dollar Giving Way
For nearly twenty years, we haven’t flinched from our prediction that the massive debt build-up of the last generation would precipitate out as a deflationary...
Household Wealth Falls by $1.5 Trillion in Q2
Filed under: Market Matters , Economic Data , Federal Reserve , Recession The Federal Reserve has posted some data that shows the extent of economic decline in...
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