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Recession Looms: Cass Freight Index Negative for 7th Month
According to Cass, "Freight shipments signal economic contraction".
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Huge Aussie Gold Coin to Mark NYSE Debut
Australian chunk of change weighs a metric ton and is worth about $45 million...
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New Multi-year Gold Rally Has Emerged - Jim Rickards
Why gold’s breakout is here to stay... The dollar price of gold has been on a roller-coaster ride for the past six years.
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Steve Keen - From Central Bankers to MMT
This installment covers my views on MMT (Modern Monetary Theory), QE (Quantitative Easing), and the need for a Modern Debt Jubilee.
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What is Up With the Silver Market? Who Is the Whale?
What is up with the silver market? Join Mike Maloney as he dives into two immensely powerful data sets that suggest that something big is happening behind the scenes.
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Central Bankers Are Sick of Rescuing the World Economy
Monetary policy around the world near the limits of its power...
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IMF: World Economy Needs to Avoid 'Self-Inflicted Wounds
Concerns over global trade tensions have caused to be once again focused on how central banks might stimulate the economy.
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Stress Test a Sham, European Court of Auditors Warns
Just when European banks need to inspire confidence more than ever.
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Indonesia Central Bank Seen Starting to Cut Rates Before Fed Moves
Indonesia’s central bank is likely to begin an easing cycle with a rate cut on Thursday, ahead of an anticipated Federal Reserve reduction of U.S. rates at the end of July
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Visualizing Americans' Debt Problem
U.S. consumer debt is continuing to increase with the main causes being auto loans, credit card debt, student loans, and mortgages.
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WH Projects $1 Trillion Deficit for 2019
The White House projects that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this year, the only time in the nation's history the deficit has exceeded that level, excluding the four-year period following the Great Recession.
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Australian Dollar Gold – Beyond A$2000/oz
For Australian precious metals investors 21 June was a momentous day, with the price of gold topping A$2000 per ounce for the first time ever.
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Europe Looks like the Biggest Threat to the Global Economy - Bloomberg
For all the palpitations that the trade war between the U.S. and China will knock out their economies, it is Europe that increasingly looks like the biggest threat to global growth.
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Donald Trump's Bitcoin Takedown Signals Global Currency War
HSBC and ING both told clients last week that the US could be gearing up for broader intervention in global currency markets.
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What the U.S.-China Trade War Is Really About - Bloomberg
The tariffs get all the attention, but the dispute is mainly over national security and geopolitical power.
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U.S. Foes Are Weaponizing Cryptocurrency Says a New Report
Russia, China and Iran are working on national digital coins. But that’s not the only way they use cryptocurrency as a response to U.S. economic dominance.
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Venezuela Defies SanctionsSell $40 Million in Gold Reserves
Venezuela sold about $40-million worth of gold last week, defying numerous US sanctions that threaten to cut off Nicolas Maduro’s autocratic regime, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Gold Traders’ Report - July 15, 2019
Gold traded either side of unchanged last night, retaining its choppy tone in a range of $1410 - $1418. It weakened to its low during Asian hours against a modest early firming in the US dollar (DX 96.83 – 96.90),...
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Marching to a Federal Debt Crisis - Cato
So while debt projections already look scary, we’ll probably be hit by surprises that make the outlook even worse, such as recessions, wars, higher interest rates or a new president in 2021 who wants spending on a Green New Deal or Medicare for All.
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Much More Than Rate Cuts On (Dis)Inflation
It was the lack of inflation which first flip flopped the FOMC from hawk to pause, it is the threat of renewed disinflation which is pushing officials from pause to cuts.
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