Category: Economy
Economic Growth Comes from Consumer Saving, Not Sp...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jul 30, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US | 0 |
Are You Prepared for a Recession?
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jul 22, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US | 3 |
The Diminishing American Economy
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 25, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US | 1 |
The State of the Economy
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 7, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US | 0 |
Is Neoliberalism Killing Russia?
Posted by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 8, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, US, Viewpoints | 3 |
Remarks on the US-China “Trade Deal”
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 18, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Economy, US, Viewpoints
It’s not a trade deal but a means for Trump to back off his tariffs after realizing they harm US consumers instead of China.
Neoliberal Economics Destroyed the Economy and the Middle Class
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 18, 2019 | Economy, US, Viewpoints
Perhaps economists will also come to the realization that they owe us accurate GDP accounting and not fanciful accounts that serve elite wealth in the financialized economy.
US Tariff Wars Penalize Chinese Development and African Futures
by Dan Steinbock | Aug 30, 2019 | Africa, Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
In the coming months, some of the worst collateral damage of US tariff wars will occur in sub-Saharan Africa. The adverse impact is likely to be aggravated by US protectionism, which shuns economic integration in Africa.
What Globalism Did Was to Transfer the US Economy to China
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 23, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, US, Viewpoints
The Fed can pump out more money to drive up financial asset prices, but it doesn’t drive up production because the jobs have been sent abroad.
Is the Federal Reserve Losing Control of the Gold Price?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 8, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
With central banks moving their reserves from dollars to gold, the demand for US government debt is not keeping up with supply.
Tariff Damage Spreading in US, China within Target in H2 2019
by Dan Steinbock | Aug 6, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
In the second half of 2019, US economic prospects will soften, despite the Fed rate cut, whereas Chinese growth target is likely to prevail. It’s time to prepare for diminished global economic prospects in 2019-20.
More Fake Happy News About Jobs
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 5, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
The claim of a falling rate of unemployment over the past decade is inconsistent with the falling labor force participation rate.
Economic Growth Comes from Consumer Saving, Not Spending
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jul 30, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
The Federal Reserve’s inflationary monetary policy perversely incentivizes consumer spending when what the economy needs for real growth is consumer saving.
Are You Prepared for a Recession?
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Jul 22, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
Contrary to what you might read in the New York Times and other establishment media, the US economy is not doing fine. Another Fed-caused bust is coming.
Huge Gap between US Markets and International Trade
by Dan Steinbock | Jul 10, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
The current gap between US market highs and international economic realities is precipitating a global recession by 2020, given the current trends.
The Diminishing American Economy
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 25, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
The Federal Reserve conducts monetary policy for the purpose of protecting the balance sheets of banks and other favored financial institutions.
The Longer the US Sino-Tariff Wars Go On, the Harder It Will Be to Undo the Damage
by Dan Steinbock | Jun 21, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
Compared to pre-2008 crisis levels, world economic growth has plummeted by half and is at risk of a long-term, hard-to-reverse stagnation.
The State of the Economy
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jun 7, 2019 | Economy, News & Analysis, US
The Federal Reserve and plunge protection team will rig the markets for the mega-rich until the US dollar loses its role as world reserve currency.
Oman Sets the Example for Governing Resource-Rich Economies in the Digital Age
by John Glassey | May 24, 2019 | Economy, Middle East, Viewpoints
Should government leaders from other resource-rich economies want to adapt to the fourth industrial revolution, they would do well to follow Oman’s lead.
Trump’s Futile Quest for a Renminbi Plaza Accord
by Dan Steinbock | May 24, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
China’s monetary policy is not as US media reports claim, and the negative consequences of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit American consumers.
The Tariff Issue
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 17, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, US, Viewpoints
The tariffs will not bring back jobs, but will reduce the profits of American overseas production exported to the US and raise prices to US consumers.
apres moi le deluge
by Paul Craig Roberts | May 9, 2019 | Economy, US, Viewpoints
History is repeating itself: Let them eat cake. After me the deluge. The French Revolution followed.
Toward Japan’s Economic End-Game
by Dan Steinbock | May 3, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis
Japan’s economy is coping with half a decade of Abenomics, monetary injections, huge debt, and a proposed sales tax that could make things a lot worse.
From US-Sino Talks to New Trade Wars, Weakening Global Prospects
by Dan Steinbock | Apr 16, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Economy, News & Analysis, US
As US-Sino trade talks will give way to next trade wars, new tariff wars will not resolve US deficits but will further impair global economic prospects.
The Looming UK Brexit Mess
by Dan Steinbock | Mar 8, 2019 | Economy, Europe, News & Analysis
Since 2008, the UK growth rate suggests business as usual, yet the British pound has fallen more than by a third in the same period.