Retailers Scramble For Promotions To Combat Shorter Holiday Selling Season
Not unlike how the Fed runs monetary policy, retailers this holiday season are trying to “move the goalposts”…
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The Recession In The Auto Industry Is Tanking The Global Economy
The global economy continues to grind to a halt, and the culprit has never been clearer: the auto industry…
Continue readingATTN CHRISTINE: Destroying Savings Does Not Create Jobs
Christine Lagarde just said something totally outrageous about jobs & savings, and she has it completely backwards…
Continue readingIs Trump Or Xi Getting Played In The Trade Deal?
If we put ourselves in the shoes of the Chinese negotiators, we realize there’s no need to sign a deal at all…
Continue readingCommerce Secretary Ross Meets With Top Chinese Official As Mid-Level Trade Talks Spark “Optimism”
Ross also said licenses would be coming “very shortly” for US firms to sell components to Huawei,..
Continue readingChina Now Says There Will Be No Trade Agreement With Trump?
The odds of a trade agreement were already low, but two things that happened this week definitely do not help…
Continue readingTrump And The WTO: It’s Time To Dump Global “Free” Trade Bureaucrats
Let the WTO and all its agreements go already! We cannot salvage something that was built broken, and it’s time to…
Continue readingUnions And Protectionism, Not Free Trade, Doomed U.S. Manufacturing In The Rust Belt
Productivity lagged precisely because manufacturers, and their workers, didn’t have to become more productive. Workers didn’t have to…
Continue readingUS Imposes A Record $7.5 Billion In Tariffs On European Goods; Europe Vows Retaliation
“We, Europeans, will take similar sanctions in a few months, maybe even harsher ones — within the framework of the WTO…”
Continue readingCaught In Trade War Crosshairs? 2 Americans In English-Teaching Business In China Arrested On “Bogus” Charges
The arrests come on what appears to be a broader crackdown on foreign teachers working in China…
Continue readingNo (Trade) Deal! China Wants Tariffs Removed Before Signing $50 Billion “Phase 1” Farm Package
Apparently, China will buy some US agricultural products, but not the amount President Trump wants. Here are the details…
Continue readingDeal Or No Deal: A ‘Trade Deal Lite’ May Have Just Been Agreed Upon Between US & China
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There may or may not have been some sort of mini-trade deal agreed upon by the US & China, but is the US really winning the trade war?
Continue readingCHINA’S TARIFFS AGAINST AMERICAN FARMERS ARE LIKELY PERMANENT
The tariffs the Chinese slapped on American soybeans and corn are likely to do permanent and everlasting damage to the economy…
Continue readingUnintended Costs Of A Trade War Are Far More Significant Than Most Realize
In 2020, the brunt of this trade war will be felt by those living in or close to poverty, American farmers, and anyone whose job depends on…
Continue readingU.S. Manufacturing Is Plunging…What Are The Implications For The Broader Economy & Gold?
We haven’t seen an ISM Manufacturing reading this bad in quite a while. Can it take the broader economy with it, and what about gold?
Continue readingPlant Closures, Falling Stock Prices & Layoffs: America’s Steel Industry Is Going Belly-Up
The trade war and the nasty tariffs that have come along with it are causing the American steel industry to go belly up…
Continue readingU.S. IS LOSING THE TRADE WAR! IT HAS KILLED 300,000 JOBS & COST OVER $1.6 BILLION
There will be no winner in this trade war, and already, the United States looks a lot like the loser. Here’s why…
Continue readingA RECESSION IS ALREADY HAPPENING IN PARTS OF THE U.S.
Many sectors and geographical areas within the United States are already experiencing a recession…
Continue readingFARMERS UNION VP: “WE LOST PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR MARKETS SINCE TRUMP TOOK OVER”
Farmers, who were the backbone of President Donald Trump’s election in 2016, are increasing and becoming angry…
Continue readingThe Ugly Truth About The Trade War
The trade war is the perfect cover for the collapse of the US dollar that the globalists desire…
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