What a week! Another exciting mix of the absurd, the ominous, and the sublimely ridiculous. Most likely, the Fed will publicly announce another rate increase this week…and continue with its inflation agenda, without mentioning it.
By Bill Bonner,
The middle class is getting attacked on both flanks. Its wealth falls along with house prices. And its real income falls as consumer prices rise. Adjusted for inflation, wages have fallen for 23 months in a row; for nearly two years, ordinary households have gotten poorer.
By Bill Bonner,
The second largest…and third largest…bank failures in US history continue to dominate the financial headlines. From CNN Business: ‘Dow falls 500 points as banking fears spread’.
By Bill Bonner,
Will Credit Suisse be next? Will it push investors and the Fed into a panic? Will the Fed publicly reverse course and begin cutting rates?
By Bill Bonner,
Quick summary: It’s been a tough couple of weeks for financial markets. It started with the Chinese government’s lowered 5% growth target and renewed concerns of a property market crisis…but the icing on the cake is the SVB banking collapse in the US. As a resource investor though, China remains the central theme to the commodity outlook. So, are economic predictions of a major China slowdown REAL? We’ll try to uncover the real story today. Read on to find out more…
By Bill Bonner,
Having created a dangerous and debilitating debt bubble, the Fed’s now determined to take the air out of it…as long as higher interest rates don’t cause too much trouble.
By Bill Bonner,
My colleague Tom Dyson just asked dear readers what they thought of our service. Many remarked that your editor was ‘too negative’.
By Bill Bonner,
‘You need to think like an Argentine. You see everything in black or white…legal or illegal; that doesn’t work down here. Everything here is a shade of gray.’
By Bill Bonner,
Citizens of an honest republic can decide for themselves when to go out of doors. But the subjects of an empire ask permission. They get bread; they must join in the circuses too.
By Bill Bonner,
Let’s continue scanning the horizon, searching for the dust of an approaching ‘cluster’. Like Apaches on the warpath, trouble may be headed our way. Today, we look at the warpath itself.
By Bill Bonner,
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