by Mac Slavo | Sep 18, 2019 | Emergency Preparedness, Experts, Forecasting, Headline News
Chief financial officers in the United States have started to prepare themselves and their finances for a recession. For the first time in several years, economic uncertainty is now their lead concern, replacing worries about the difficulty of hiring and retaining...
by Contributing Author | Sep 17, 2019 | Emergency Preparedness, Experts, Forecasting
This article was contributed by Tom Beck of Portfolio Wealth Global. Imagine that you were hibernating for 11 years – that in September 2008, you fell asleep and only awoke today. You haven’t been caught up in all the hype, the recession talk, Bitcoin, Brexit,...
by Mac Slavo | Sep 17, 2019 | Commodities, Experts, Forecasting
According to a new Bank of America survey, recession fears have jumped to all-time highs. A Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) survey of United States credit investors found that the perceived probability of a recession in the next year spiked to 25%, its highest...
by Contributing Author | Sep 17, 2019 | Commodities, Experts, Forecasting, Headline News
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. When the price of oil rises dramatically, that tends to be really bad for the U.S. economy. Because we are so spread out and goods are transported over such vast distances, our...
by Contributing Author | Sep 16, 2019 | Conspiracy Fact and Theory, Forecasting, Headline News
This article was originally published by Tyler Durden at ZeroHedge. Just as the price of oil was settling down from its record surge, it spiked once again, following a tweet by President Trump which has made war with Iran virtually inevitable. Just before 7 pm, Trump...
by Mac Slavo | Sep 16, 2019 | Emergency Preparedness, Experts, Forecasting, Headline News
Even though the signs of problems are visible in the economy, consumer spending surged in the month of August. Americans upped their spending by 0.4% by buying cars and making purchases online. According to Breitbart News, this uptick was more than economists had...