Tag: Economy

if we allow the free market to operate it will gravitate towards the thing that is cheapest. And right now the price of oil is going down to just let the market operate on its own without some form of major public sector intervention, there's no chance whatsoever that we're going to achieve climate stabilization.

The oil industry, with its history of booms and busts, appears to be in the early stages of its latest downturn.

Today’s governments together with the mainstream media seems to have taken Goebbels’ comment to heart.

As the Fed winds down its economic stimulus, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers says the country’s next economic booster could be exporting its fossil fuels around the globe, a move that could make America the next Saudi Arabia.

World countries are performing well in managing inflation but it is dispersed in a dozen of countries across the world and countries among Eurozone is hotspot

China’s economy slowed in November as factory shutdowns exacerbated weaker demand, raising pressure on the central bank to add further stimulus.

Australian employers added the most jobs in more than two years last month as the central bank’s plan to spur growth with record-low interest rates bears fruit.

Gold is re-emerging as the centerpiece of some initiatives in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Switzerland considered forcing its central bank to buy gold in a bid to stabilize its currency.

Gold Forward Offered (GOFO) rates have turned negative. This means that investors are paying to borrow gold, an unusual circumstance because, according to Deutsche Bank, gold is traditionally used as a source of collateral for cash financing.

Why Germany Halted Gold Repatriation from US Central Banks, Gold, and the Death of the Dollar Gold vs. Federal Reserve Balance Sheet Silver: A Medical Revolution? Real Assets at Record Highs The Instability Express

The world’s central banks and derivatives traders have been having fun with gold and silver lately, dumping huge volumes of futures contracts into thin markets to produce massive declines.....

In India people are discouraged, through government imposed tariffs and restrictions, from buying gold.

On November 30, a federal referendum is being put to the Swiss electorate that could have significant ramifications for the Swiss currency and the global gold market.

On November 30, Switzerland is holding a referendum on gold that could transform the outlook for gold prices.

While the mainstream media touts that equities are fairly priced and that the bull market has much further to go, Gordon T. Long shows that the markets are at extremes and close to a tipping point.

This week's BullionBuzz includes: China's Long-Term Gold Plans Rigged Gold Price Divergence Between Debt and Gold US Dollar: The Last Hurrah A State of Keynesian Bliss Ponzi Economy Read Now

US mortgage applications are at a 14-year low because home prices are still so unaffordable that the merest uptick in interest rates is enough to stall both purchasers and those looking to refinance.

A powerful upward force is preventing gold from making a low below $1,181.40, where charts show that the momentum indicator crossed and turned bullish.

While gold and silver may correct a little more, the broader picture of a precious metals sector quietly bottoming is compelling.

In this week's buzz: Russia Prefers Gold, Shuns Dollar & Euro Black Swans on Final Approach Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere Fighting the Fed = Great for Your Wealth Japan’s Home...

Gold and silver have outperformed stocks so far this year, and have a lot further to go as equities go up against deteriorating geopolitics and weakening economies this autumn.

Predicting short-term price movements in the precious metals sector is difficult; forecasting medium- and long-term price movements is quite a bit easier.

The Epic List of Fed Interventions… And What They Mean for Gold Graham Summers Since the financial crisis of 2007, the Fed has engaged in dozens of interventions/ bailouts to try and prop up the financial system.

Meltdown is a four-part investigation into a world of greed and recklessness that brought down the financial world.

Increasingly, the wealth of the modern world has come to be represented by financial assets rather than real assets, and this to me is a very unhealthy situation, because financial assets are inherently unstable.

The financial stress index has now been below zero for 130 consecutive weeks, the longest period since 2008.

In this week's Bullionbuzz: Three Gold Market Situations to Monitor Gold and the Fed’s Balance Sheet Paper Silver Market 250x the Physical Silver Market How the Fed Ignores...

Sometimes the best advice is from those that have already gone down the road we plan to travel on.  When it comes to our...

Sell economic ignorance; buy gold," as Tim Price once said, is the premise behind Incrementum's 94-page extravaganza as they explain how we are on a journey to the outer reaches of the monetary universe.

James Turk and John Rubino are well known in the gold industry, and they’ve just published a book, The Money Bubble, in which they argue that the price of gold is going to soar to $10-12,000 an ounce.

The Gold Forward Offered Rate (GOFO) is the rate that is used for gold/U.S. dollar swap transactions.

There’s a nice correlation between (TCMDO) total credit market debt and the S&P in this next graph, a pretty eerie way of showing how we keep our economies looking good: by throwing more debt after what we already owe.

An online casino is just like any other business that requires a well laid out investment and management plan in order to succeed. In establishing one, the proprietor must consider all the aspects they would have considered while starting an offline or a land casino.

Before your small concern starts growing in all directions, consult with a small business attorney.

In The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap, Matt Taibbi takes readers on a galvanizing journey through both sides of our new system of justice—the fun-house-mirror worlds of the untouchably wealthy and the criminalized poor. He uncovers the startling looting that preceded the financial collapse; a wild conspiracy of billionaire hedge fund managers to destroy a company through dirty tricks; and the story of a whistleblower who gets in the way of the largest banks in America, only to find herself in the crosshairs.

Join famous thinker and author Gladwell as he reviews the the new book FREAKONOMICS: THINK LIKE A FREAK written by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.

What are the grand dynamics that drive the accumulation and distribution of capital? Questions about the long-term evolution of inequality, the concentration of wealth, and the prospects for economic growth lie at the heart of political economy. But satisfactory answers have been hard to find for lack of adequate data and clear guiding theories.

Dear Reader, all is not what it seems. A most interesting and shocking reality was made apparent to me while I was attending an Economic Symposium in Paris

This week's BullionBuzz includes: Gold and Silver Are Money Gold, Debt and Gold Reserves Where Is the Safe Haven in Crimean Storm? Russia, China and India Bypass Petrodollar IPO Madness Inflation Is Coming

Economist John Williams of ShadowStats.com once told a story about an interview he did for a television show. His fellow guest was a Wall Street banker.

The economy of the country is responsible for getting maximum exports or imports.

Dear Reader, My report from the World Economic Summit in Davos will, I suspect, leave you both shaken and stirred [and smiling].