On a number of occasions this month we’ve drawn attention to the divergent fates of the 80% of American workers whose wages are declining and whose general outlook is concomitantly deteriorating, and the other 20%, whose pay is increasing and who generally feel good about their economic future. We also pointed out that with the correlation between wages and consumer spending now nearly perfect[...]
Tag: Economic Crisis
10 Charts Which Show We Are Much Worse Off Than Just Before The Last Economic Crisis
If you believe that ignorance is bliss, you might not want to read this article. I am going to dispel the notion that there has been any sort of “economic recovery”, and I am going to show that we are much worse off than we were just prior to the last economic crisis. If you go back to 2007, people were feeling really good about things. Houses were being flipped like crazy, the stock market [...]
The Market Collapse Investors Won’t Expect – Jim Rickards with Video
Ed. Note: Jim Rickards has just released a brand-new book, “The Big Drop: How to Grow Your Wealth During the Coming Collapse.” You won’t find it in bookstores — it’s available exclusively for readers of his monthly investment letter, Strategic Intelligence. But this message is so important, we’re offering Daily Reckoning readers a chance to get a copy — free of charge. If you’re[...]
Housing Starts Collapse Most In 8 Years To 18 Month Lows
Housing Recovery? Yellen, we have a problem. Housing Starts for February collapsed 17% - this is the biggest MoM percentage drop since February 2011, and at -184K units down, this was the single biggest monthly decline in absolute terms since January 2007! At 897k SAAR, this is the first sub-900k print since September 2013 and biggest miss since Feb 2007. Multi-family starts are the lowest since[...]
Central Bankers Move To Protect Themselves Ahead Of Historic Global Crash! – Richard Russell
As people continue to digest breaking news out of Greece and Ukraine, today the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year-old Richard Russell, warned central bankers are now moving to protect themselves ahead of a historic global crash. Richard Russell: "Everybody and his brother are talking about when the Fed may raise rates, but few are talking about why the Fed may raise rates. But Richard[...]
Investors Still Aren’t Fully Awake to this Dollar Nightmare Yet – MarketWatch
By Shawn Langlois We are back on “patient” watch this week, with the Fed’s potential market-rattling precursor to a rate hike due midweek. Our call of the day predicts that, for now, “patient” will remain in the script and the Fed won’t be rocking the boat on interest rates (more on that below). Market behavior says: “I’m not so sure.” Volatility has been on the rise, and[...]
7 Signs That A Stock Market Peak Is Happening Right Now
Is this the end of the last great run for the U.S. stock market? Are we witnessing classic “peaking behavior” that is similar to what occurred just before other major stock market crashes? Throughout 2014 and for the early stages of 2015, stocks have been on quite a tear. Even though the overall U.S. economy continues to be deeply troubled, we have seen the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq [...]
The Last, Great Run For The U.S. Dollar, The Death Of The Euro And 74 Trillion In Currency Derivatives At Risk
By Michael Snyder Are we on the verge of an unprecedented global currency crisis? On Tuesday, the euro briefly fell below $1.07 for the first time in almost a dozen years. And the U.S. dollar continues to surge against almost every other major global currency. The U.S. dollar index has now risen an astounding 23 percent in just the last eight months. That is the fastest pace that the U.S. dollar [...]
Prepare Now for Capital Controls Coming to the U.S.
By: Peter Krauth When central banks start realizing they're not actually in control, it's time to get especially vigilant. As currency volatility gyrates like a sine wave, central planners are becoming increasingly desperate. We've already seen the advent of negative interest rates in a number of nations. Yet growing talk of possible capital controls is not only emerging, but gaining[...]
Top Asset Manager Warns Of Risks In Banking System: “It’s The Biggest Reason To Own Precious Metals”
Mac Slavo March 10th, 2015 SHTFplan.com Top alternative asset manager Eric Sprott, whose company has $10 billion in assets under management, sounds the alarm about the day everyone in America finally realizes that the real economy has collapsed. In a highly informative interview from one of the most respected financial analysts in the world, Sprott explains why he believes gold, silver and[...]