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TOP NEWS Are We Already In A Recession?
Join Mike Maloney as he explores the question of whether or not the United States has already entered recession territory.
Charles Hugh Smith on Why You're Not Paying Attention to the Right Things Yet
"Profound Inequality and Lack of Fairness," says Charles Hugh Smith. But Socialism won't pay for itself. Delve deeper into the argument between Keynes and Mises here, with an eye toward the human cost of rational economics.
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Gold Traders' Report - February 15, 2019
Gold remained firm, and some late short covering took the market to a fresh high at $1322.60. It was $1,321 bid at 4PM with a gain of $9.
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Macro Tourist: Gold Isn't Just Going up Because the Dollar Has Been Falling
"Gold is not going up because of US dollar weakness - it’s going up in real terms. The question is why?"
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Mises: "The Problem With Cutting Taxes Without Reducing Spending"
"It is not possible to have effective tax cuts without a cut in government outlays. A so-called tax cut, while government spending continues to increase, is just an illusion."
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The Economist: "When Trouble Strikes, Where Should You Hide? The Case for Gold"
"The Grand Central theory of markets: Most situations throw up a clue, a “focal point”, around which to coordinate, even if it takes imagination as much as logic to find it."
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Italian Government to Sell Gold Reserves to Shore up Finances? "Not a Gram"
"The Italian government has no intention of selling the Bank of Italy’s gold reserves to plug budget holes, a prominent lawmaker of the ruling League party said on Wednesday."
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Bloomberg: "China’s Latest Gold Rush Has Transformed a Fifth-Tier City"
Gold is the magical barbarous relic cure-all for all your flagrant fiat misdeeds. Beggar, peasant, king, municipality alike.
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Brooks Macdonald Asset Management: Parabolic Debt Market Downturn in the Offing
"This week, fresh warnings from Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Morgan Stanley resonated as a growing pack of investors fretted the staying power of the party in balance-sheet risk."
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Feds Collect Record Individual Income Taxes $1,665,484,000,000
For 2018--as Debt Climbed $1,481,349,159,596.80
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Nomi Prins: Get Used to the “Powell Put”
Powell had previously talked about the need to raise rates to give the Fed “enough ammunition to fight the next crisis...
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Jeff Clark Interview: Will Gold Shine In 2019?
Several experts, who are not in the gold business, recently suggested gold will be a good investment in 2019. What does it mean for gold? Dennis Miller interviews someone who IS in the gold business, GoldSilver.com's own Jeff Clark to get down to brass tacks.
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Five Problems with a $22 Trillion National Debt
America broke another record this week -- when the nation's debt crossed the $22 trillion mark. At about 80 percent of the country's GDP, it's the highest level of debt since World War II.
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Why Paul Tudor Jones Fears a ‘Revolution’
The billionaire hedge fund founder and Nobel Prize winner Robert Shiller pointed to concerns about growing wealth disparity and rising populism during a conference this week.
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Trump Announces National Emergency to Obtain Billions for Border Wall
The White House said Trump intends to redirect money from the military and the Treasury to fund his wall — a plan likely to meet with swift legal challenge.
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Illinois Governor Seeks to Sell State Buildings
As well as other Assets to Pay Pensions. Governor Prtizker released details of his plan to save Illinois.
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Reuters: Chance of a U.S. recession up, number of Fed rate hikes down
There is a one-in-four chance of a U.S. recession in the next 12 months, a scenario that should keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates next month...
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J.P. Morgan Cuts Forecast for U.S. Rate Hikes
JPMorgan Chase & Co on Thursday cut its estimates of where the U.S. Federal Reserve will leave interest rates over the next two years, with just one hike this year and another in 2020.
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Headlines Say No Inflation, but Look at What's Getting More Expensive
Most basic consumption including rent, food and medical care are all getting more expensive.
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Goldman Says Stock Market Is Over, Buy Gold Instead
When you can't beat the vampire squid trading stocks, and nobody can. join it in buying gold.
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No Dollars for Donuts: 7 Million Americans 3 Months Delinquent or More on Car Payment
"There are even more Americans behind on their auto payments today than during the financial crisis era."
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