US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (R) speaks on the CBS program “60 Minutes” on May 17, 2020. The US is facing a severe economic downturn amid the global pandemic,…
Jesse Hamilton and Rich MillerBloomberg (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve issued a stark warning Friday that stock and other asset prices could suffer significant declines should the coronavirus pandemic deepen,…
The Federal Reserve bought a record amount of mortgage-backed securities last week despite nearly crashing the housing market in March.W. E. Messamore The Fed bought a record amount of mortgage-backed…
AFP JCPenney will close some stores in phases as part of its restructuring (AFP Photo/JUSTIN SULLIVAN) New York (AFP) – US department store JCPenney, which has not turned a profit…
Michael Snyder Many have been warning for years that our economic bubble would eventually burst and that a collapse was inevitably coming, but the ferocity of this new economic crisis…
by Michael Snyder I was going to write about something completely different today, but I felt that I needed to issue this warning instead. Even before COVID-19 came along, crazy global…
Get short URL FILE PHOTO © Getty Images / Colin Anderson Productions Follow RT on The coronavirus pandemic could chop nearly 10 percent off global gross domestic product (GDP), the…
by Michael Snyder Many have been warning for years that our economic bubble would eventually burst and that a collapse was inevitably coming, but the ferocity of this new economic crisis…
Germany in recession with economy in worst plunge since global financial crisis Germany’s economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the first quarter compared to the final three months of 2019, preliminary…
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research First published on April 16, 2020 There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. But there is another important dimension which has to…
unemployment line, people out of work looking for a job…
Oil and gas production posted its largest-ever decline in the Federal Reserve’s April industrial production survey. (AFP photo) American industrial production dropped a record 11.2 percent in April, the first…
US Oil and Gas Industry Should Brace for More Bankruptcies, Analysts Warn The coronavirus pandemic is dragging on despite some countries easing lockdown restrictions, and oil procuders are still under immense…
by Michael Snyder Most U.S. states are seeing tax revenues completely and utterly collapse during this COVID-19 pandemic, and some are already begging the federal government for bailout money. Because if…
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The core problem is the U.S. economy has been fully financialized, and so costs are unaffordable. To understand the long-term consequences of…
A cargo ship prepares to berth at a port in Qingdao in China’s eastern Shandong province on May 8, 2019. – China’s exports fell more than expected in April while…
How Is COVID-19 Affecting the Global Economic Order? Scenarios for the Global Monetary System Supply chains collapse, companies are facing bankruptcy, and mass unemployment ensues. Covid-19 has triggered a global financial crisis…
Everyone wants to know what is in front of us? One thing is certain, you should buckle up because we are in for one hell of a ride. “In short,…
Ben Winck A second wave of coronavirus cases would quash hopes for a swift recovery and push the US into a depression, Mark Zandi, the chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told…
479 Leuthold Group warns of a deeper selloff ahead. iStockphoto The coronavirus death toll continues to rise across the U.S., as do the number of job losses, with an increasing number…
Thomas Franck@TOMWFRANCK POINTS The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices U.S. consumers paid for groceries jumped 2.6% in April, the largest one-month pop since February 1974.The price of the meats,…
On the heels of the Dow tumbling over 500 points, this is how bad things really are in the economy. Trouble For Restaurants (King World News) – Gerald Celente: Restaurant Supplier’s Performance…
British economy posts worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis & that’s before full impact of coronavirus is known British economy posts worst quarter since 2008 financial crisis & that’s before full…
There is no question we are in a global economic depression, plus why another $500 surge in the price of gold will surprise investors. The Second Great Depression (King World…