by Contributing Author | Nov 21, 2019 | Headline News
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The Economic Collapse Blog. We just witnessed one of the most monumental events of the entire decade, and yet most Americans still don’t understand what has happened. In recent months, the global economy and...
by Contributing Author | Nov 19, 2019 | Headline News
This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream. President Trump just announced yet another round of emergency bailouts for U.S. farmers. This emergency aid will be greatly welcomed by countless struggling farmers, but a few...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 18, 2019 | Headline News
Farm bankruptcies have been surging since 2011 and at the same time, the stock market is hitting new highs. Farmers are continuing to struggle under the weight of the policies kneecapping them and the heavy burden of the trade war. U.S. stocks closed at fresh record...
by Mac Slavo | Nov 5, 2019 | Experts, Forecasting, Headline News
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon told Bloomberg that he sees only a small risk of recession. Solomon claims that the United States consumer is spending enough money to continue to prop up the economy. While consumer spending continues to grow at a faster pace than...
by Mac Slavo | Oct 18, 2019 | Forecasting, Headline News
Sales of retail goods and food services dropped 0.3 percent last month as consumers tightened their belts. Lower rates of consumer spending will often precede an economic recession. It was bound to happen. After all, the consumer cannot prop up the economy forever....