By Tyler Durden Back in mid-March, there was a brief scare after the start of the Ukraine conflict, when Fed custody holdings plunged by a record $104.5 billion (if promptly bouncing back the following week), […]
By John Rubino This morning’s housing report was huge. As one representative headline put it: “Housing starts up sharply; permits highest since 2008″. Dig just a little deeper and it’s still huge, though in a […]
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com In his latest article, former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “The Fed is the great deceiver.” Why is he making this shocking accusation? The reason is tiny Belgium’s […]
By The Automatic Earth Arthur Siegel Farmhands drinking beer, Jackson, Michigan Fall 1941 It’s a fun day in finance so far today. Eurozone growth is not going anywhere, but there’s no lack of positive anticipations […]
The critical 40% income-to-food threshold by Chris Martenson As we observe the growing unrest in Ukraine, there is the usual rush to ascribe a cause. Was it meddling by the West? Russia? Was it corruption […]
By John Rubino Not so long ago, a reasonably-presentable American could live an hour outside of a city and commute in for a government or banking job, thus getting the best of both worlds: city-level […]
By John Pilger Why do we tolerate the threat of another world war in our name? Why do we allow lies that justify this risk? The scale of our indoctrination, wrote Harold Pinter, is a “brilliant, even […]
by Thierry Meyssan Entry of Republican Forces in the Old City of Homs. Events follow and contradict each other in Syria. While at the beginning of the year, a smiling Washington sponsored the organization of […]
By Michael Snyder This article has been contributed by Michael Snyder at End of the American Dream If there is one thing that you cannot live without, it is fresh water. Just try it some […]
By Mark O’Byrne Today’s AM fix was USD 1,300.25, EUR 948.33 and GBP 775.20 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,292.75, EUR 939.91 and GBP 766.67 per ounce. Gold fell $3.40 or 0.26% yesterday […]
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