Chart of the Day – Only Two G20 Members Run a Budget Surplus
The G20 is an international forum for the 20 largest industrialized countries in the world, who together represent over 85% of global economic activity (GDP) and two thirds of the […]
Image of the Day – Queequeg in His Coffin
A beautiful Rockwell Kent woodcut via the Plattsburgh State Art Museum: From Moby Dick or The Whale By Herman Melville Illustrated by Rockwell Kent Volume III, Chapter CX, Queequeg In […]
The Excess Reserve Overhang – More Important Than Ever
If the Fed stops paying banks 10s of billion of dollars, the effect would be a replay of the QE programs only even more powerful and inflationary
The Federal Reserve’s Impact on Main Street, Retirees, and Savings – Congressional Hearing
House Financial Services Committee recently held a hearing about how Federal Reserve policies since the 2008 financial crisis have affected the US economy and the American people. The hearing was […]
‘The Paint May Be Drying, But The Wall Is About To Crumble’ – What the Fed is Missing
Via our Top News Stories Column – From Zerohedge.com: “The Paint May Be Drying, But The Wall Is About To Crumble”: BofA Explains What The Market Is Missing The Fed’s […]
Chart of the Day: Meet Your Future Mega-Cities
Submitted by Taps Coogan on the 28th of June 2017 to The Sounding Line. The Global Cities Institute, recently released projections for the growth of the world’s urban areas over […]
Wolf Ritcher – Brick and Mortar Retail in Full Fledged Meltdown
Wolf Ritcher of the popular economics and finance website Wolfstreet.com recently spoke with the X22 Report to discuss what Mr. Ritcher describes as the ‘brick and mortar retail meltdown.’ With […]
Image of the Day – The White Whale
A beautiful woodcut via the Plattsburgh State Art Museum: From Moby Dick or The Whale By Herman Melville Illustrated by Rockwell Kent Volume I, Chapter XXIV, The Advocate, p. 156 […]
Why The Next Recession Will Morph into a Decades Long Depression
Via our Top News Stories Column – From Chris Hamilton at Econimica: Why the Next Recession Will Morph into a Decades Long Depression Econimica is a great read. Perhaps the […]
ETF Purchases Hit an All Time High in the First Quarter
ETFs purchased the largest quantity of financial assets ever in Q1 2017