Jack reviews the state of the US and global economy, focusing on US interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve and its consequence for the…
Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve raised the interbank borrowing rate today by one quarter of one percent or 25 basis points. Readers are asking, “what does that…
The selloff in junk bonds has rattled the markets and is raising questions about just who it is that is providing liquidity to the junk…
This week shapes up as one which could go down in the history books! Markets last week were tumultuous from weak equities, illiquid credit markets,…
Are we about to witness widespread panic in the global financial marketplace? This week is shaping up to be an absolutely critical week for global…
Jack takes a look at the key economic developments of the past week, and then provides the first of a several part analysis this month…
Over the past few years the dollar has staged an impressive comeback. Not because there’s anything fundamentally good about this currency’s future prospects, but because…
The announcement by the global mining giant Anglo American that it will sack 85,000 workers world-wide, put 60 percent of its assets up for sale,…
Digital currency is destined to change almost everything about our money systems and management. The traditional gatekeepers of credit, and the types of credit issued,…
Jack Rasmus looks at yesterday’s decision by the European Central Bank to make token changes to its QE policies, Japan’s central bank rumors of more…
As European central banks employ negative interest rates (you pay the bank to keep your money) as well as all-digital currencies that give bankers virtually…
Global master forecaster Gerald Celente rips into the gutless, mindless leaders who - over and over - take us to war. The signs are everywhere…