It’s the economy, stupid
By Peter J. Wallison.
The Democratic convention in July was impressive, but primarily because it was a clever distraction from what should be the real issues in the current campaign – ironically summed up as, “It’s the [...]
Is The Fed Delaying The Day Of Reckoning?
By Chris Vermeulen.
The FED and the Corporate World understand that there is NO economic recovery. They need to keep feeding this ‘bull market’ with plenty of accommodative easing or this ‘bull’ will die. The FED [...]
How Iran’s new petroleum contracts are producing more than oil
By Reza Yeganehshakib.
After Iran and the six world powers signed the nuclear deal last summer, the Iranian Cabinet on Sept. 30 approved the general terms for new upstream oil and gas contracts, known as the Iran Petroleum Contract. [...]
Boom in the Iran Crude Tanker Business
By Reza Yeganehshakib.
Oil-tankers docking in Rotterdam, Holland.
The oil industry has experienced numerous fluctuations in crude prices during its history. Falling prices in 2014 developed into a historic downturn by 2016, reaching [...]
GE capital and the coyote’s leg
By Peter J. Wallison.
The Financial Stability Oversight Council’s decision to release GE Capital from its designation as a systemically important financial institution (SIFI) was praised by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew for showing [...]
Applied Materials Still Tops NASDAQ
By Steve Hach.
ValuEngine tracks more than 7000 US equities, ADRs, and foreign stock which trade on US exchanges as well as @1000 Canadian equities. When EPS estimates are available for a given equity, our model calculates [...]
Beveridge curves
By David Andolfatto.
The Beveridge Curve refers to relationship between job vacancies and unemployment or, more generally, between business sector recruiting activity and household sector job search activity.
Theoretically, the Beveridge [...]
NAS Report Assesses Immigration Trends And Economic Impact Past 20 Years
The Daily Journalist.
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine provides a comprehensive assessment of economic and demographic trends of U.S. immigration over the past 20 years, its impact on the [...]
As Predicted, Deutsche Bank Is Failing, ATMs Go Dark on Jubilee End Day
By Jeff Berwick.
On Friday, Deutsche Bank’s stock (DB:NYSE) rose 14% on rumors that it had negotiated a settlement with the US Department of Justice’s demand for $15 billion (which is the entire market capitalization [...]
BlackStone Group Says The Market Is The Most Treacherous They Have Seen
By Jeff Berwick.
There has rarely ever been another time like this.
Not since 1999 and not since 1929 before that, have so many billionaires, central banksters, financial elites and fund managers, warned that we are on the verge of [...]
Warren Buffett Is the Latest Billionaire To Jump Ship From The Markets
By Jeff Berwick.
Right now the market is perceived to be so dangerous that it’s even chased the most fearless value investors to the sidelines.
Just this evening, in the Presidential debate, Trump warned that the stock market was [...]
Enhance Prosperity and Improve Health: Slash Regulations, Please
By Steve Hanke.
Productivity and economic growth continue to surprise on the downside in most countries. While there is a great deal of handwringing over the so-called productivity puzzle, little attention is given to the real elixir: [...]
Where Is That Wasteful Government Spending?
By Lawrence S. Wittner.
In early September 2016, Donald Trump announced his plan for a vast expansion of the U.S. military, including 90,000 new soldiers for the Army, nearly 75 new ships for the Navy, and dozens of new fighter aircraft [...]
Trade Deficits in Paraguay and Uruguay
By: Donna Welles
Last week the South American media reported that Uruguayan politicians are being investigated for criminal activity. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile have experienced similar litigation in the past weeks and months. The nature [...]
Jackson Hole and Fed Communication
By Dave Andolfatto.
Fed chair Janet Yellen gave what I considered to be a good speech at this year’s Jackson Hole conference (see here). Not everyone seems impressed, however. The Fed has no credibility, it seems. For example, [...]
15 Most Famous Cases Of Insurance Fraud
Insurance fraud seems like it might be an easy thing to do. Insurance companies are often so huge, one wonders how they might not even notice a few mistakes in your favor. But the fact is that insurance companieshave people who make [...]
It’s still not “Morning Again in America”
By Leon Hadar.
IT has become one of the classic political television commercials of all time, known for its opening line, “Morning Again in America”.
The commercial was part of the 1984 re-election campaign of [...]
The Cash Will Prove Itself
By David Merkel.
Photo Credit: Renegade98 || What was it that Buffett said ’bout swimmin’ naked?
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It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked.
— Warren [...]
On the Oil-Gold Ratio: Why Oil’s Going Higher
By Steve Hanke.
A big story to come out of the last G-20 summit was that the Russians and Saudis were talking oil (read: an oil cooperation agreement). With that, everyone asked, again, where are oil prices headed? To answer that question, [...]
An Overview of the Brazilian Economy
By Donna Welles.
South America has natural resources and they are experiencing rapid growth in internet connectivity rates. The prices paid for the natural resources are regulated by the International Monetary Fund. The mechanisms to [...]