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 Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon

20 Oct

“Say what you want about Donald J. Trump, but he is correct about one thing: the Federal Reserve has, with near certainty, been holding interest rates down for political purposes — namely, to aid Hillary Clinton in getting elected president of the United States.”

Source: The Federal Reserve Is Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon

 
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Posted in Banks, Economy, Federal Reserve, Hillary Clinton

 

Hillary in the pockets of Wall Street

20 Oct

“Wall Street is maneuvering to propose and implement a new retirement tax on Americans under a Hillary Clinton Administration. Leading the charge is billionaire financial oligarch Tony James, who is COO of private equity giant Blackstone. Mr. James is a generous contributor to Hillary Clinton’s Presidential run, and is listed as a “Hillblazer” by her campaign for having raised at least $100,000 toward her candidacy.”

Source: Billionaire Clinton “Hillblazer” Pushes New Tax That Funnels Middle Class Money To Wall Street

 
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Posted in Banks, Crony capitalism, Hillary Clinton, Stock market

 

The UK retaliates against RT. At the behest of the US?

17 Oct

Robert Wenzel points out the obvious:  governments do not like to be exposed for their nefarious deeds. 

 
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Posted in Banks, Corruption, Crony capitalism, Federal Government, Politicians, Warfare state

 

Stockman’s new book, Trumped, reviewed by Justin Raimondo

17 Oct

I have started reading David Stockman’s new book last week.  It is everything Raimondo says it is.  Read it.  

“I have to admit to being alternately puzzled and depressed that I seemed to be the only libertarian with a major public platform to take a nuanced view of Donald Trump. After all, many of his foreign policy positions echo the libertarian critique of our interventionist foreign policy – and his enemies are, in large …”

Source: Trumped! – Antiwar.com Original by — Antiwar.com

 

The importance of free-market interest rates

15 Oct

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.” Thomas Sowell

Source: Interest Rates and the Marshmallow Test | Mises Wire

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Economy, Federal Reserve, Free markets, Interest rates

 

The insiders are at it again…

15 Oct

“The Gold Manipulators Will Be Punished By Egon von Greyerz The selling of gold we saw last week was another desperate attack by the BIS and some central banks, together with the bullion banks, to…”

Source: The Gold Manipulators Will Be Punished | Matterhorn – GoldSwitzerland

 
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Posted in Banks, Central banks, Crony capitalism, Free markets, Gold, Interest rates, Money

 

Podesta, the Clintons and Russian money

14 Oct

Roger Stone lays out the corruption of possibly the next president of  the United States.

 
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Posted in Banks, Bill Clinton, Clinton Foundation, Corruption, Hillary Clinton, State Department

 

The three bubbles

13 Oct

“The chaos that will arise as trillions of dollars, yen, yuan and euros, etc. try to crowd through the fire exits as the asset bubbles pop will be monumental, and the spikes in small asset class prices as the hot money floods in will be equally monumental.”

Source: Where Will The Money Go When All Three Market Bubbles Pop?

 
 

The anti-people central bankers

13 Oct

“The media has again begun focusing on the fact that most Americans surveyed have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts.”

Source: Thanks to Central Banks, Saving Rates Are Declining Worldwide | Mises Wire

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Federal Reserve, Free markets, Interest rates

 

Out of the blue?  

08 Oct

“Here are nine ‘black swan’ events in recent memory that profoundly changed markets, ranging from the Asian financial crisis of 1997 to the more current Brexit.”

Source: Black Swans: 9 Recent Events That Changed Finance Forever

 

How big will the next one be?

08 Oct

Source: The Next Recession Looms Large | Euro Pacific Capital

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Economy, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Interest rates

 

Here we go again. 

08 Oct

The inevitable consequences of printing money and manipulating interest rates.  

“Hardly anyone will do this.”

Source: The Coming Recession: Blame the Federal Reserve, Not the President

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Economy, Inflation, Interest rates

 

An Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren on Gold Fraud

05 Oct

“The letter posted below is from Stewart Dougherty.   Elizabeth Warren on the surface purports to represent middle class interests by associating herself with the erection of the Consumer Financial …”

Source: An Open Letter to Elizabeth Warren on Gold Fraud

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Economy, Federal Reserve, Gold, Money

 

Are we at the tipping point?

01 Oct

“THE WORLD IS ON THE EDGE OF A DEFLATIONARY BLACK HOLE The world economy is now at its most dangerous point in history. In virtually every major country or region, there are problems of a magnitude …”

Source: The World is on the Edge of a Deflationary Black Hole | Matterhorn – GoldSwitzerland

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Federal Reserve, Government debt, Money, Precious metals

 

Deja vu, all over again?  

29 Sep

“Europe’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank has lost more than half of its value since January, posing a threat to the stability of other banks across the continent. Some analysts are worried it could invoke a large-scale crisis, bigger than in 2008.”

Source: Deutsche Bank woes stoking fears of 2008 financial crisis repeat — RT Business

 
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Posted in Banks, Business cycle, Central banks, Crony capitalism, European Union, Money