    LifeStraw Personal Water Filter - $19.95 Retail Price: $29.95 You Save: $10.00 from: Eartheasy.com   | therealasset.co.uk / By Jan Skoyles / May 10, 2013 One must wonder how Vietnam, a country where gold investing between 2011-2012 accounted for over 3% of GDP, has handled the global dash for gold in recent weeks. The country’s central bank and citizens hold more gold per capita than India and China, [...] gainspainscapital.com / By Graham Summers / May 10, 2013 Japan should serve as a lesson to central planners around the world. Japan’s stock market/ real estate bubble burst in the early ‘90s. Since that time Japan has launched NINE QE efforts equal to roughly 25% of its GDP. And GDP growth has worsened despite these [...] charleshughsmith.blogspot.com / By Charles Hugh Smith / WEDNESDAY, MAY 08, 2013 Degrowth embraces the ongoing devolution of paid work and wealth that cannot be reversed. The anti-consumerism Degrowth movement is gaining visibility and adherents in Europe. Degrowth (French: décroissance, Spanish: decrecimiento, Italian: decrescita) recognizes that the mindless expansion of mindless consumption fueled by credit and [...] zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / May 9, 2013, 06:31 -0400 Kenya, Australia, Poland and now South Korea. The country, whose net exports represent nearly 60% of GDP, and which have been deeply impacted by the recent collapse in the Yen, finally threw in the towel overnight and cut the benchmark seven-day repurchase rate from [...] globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com / By Mike “Mish” Shedlock / Wednesday, May 08, 2013, 2:22 AM Spain’s underground economy is reportedly 19% of GDP. Is it? Who knows? Whatever it is, Visa has its eyes on transaction fees while holding a carrot in front of the Spanish government regarding more taxable income. Via Mish-modified translation from Libre Mercado, [...] marctomarket.com / By Marc Chandler / May 7, 2013 Investors should be aware of three Japanese developments today. First, the government unexpected revised Oct-Dec 2012 GDP figures due to an error in calculation. Nominal growth was revised to -0.1% from -0.3%. This revision was a function of considerably less imports and exports and less [...] acting-man.com / By Pater Tenebrarum / May 7, 2013 Deficit Spending is Just Fine It was clear that once enough time passes without further market pressure, politicians would seize the opportunity to return to their bad habits in full force. In the forefront of the EU’s ‘anti austerity’ movement we find – [...] marctomarket.com / By Marc Chandler / TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2013 The end of Golden Week, May Day, and bank holiday has not meant fresh movement for the dollar, which has been confined to narrow ranges against most of the major currencies. The main exception has been the Australian dollar which has been sold to fresh [...] gainspainscapital.com / By Graham Summers / May 6, 2013 The media is jumping for joy over last week’s US jobs numbers. But beneath the veneer of headline numbers lies a truly horrible economic reality. Let’s have a look at the two key economies for the world: China and the US. For starters, China’s recent [...] zerohedge.com / By Charles Gave / May 6, 2013, 09:03 -0400 Authored by Charles Gave of GK Research, A Gavekal Company, Last month we laid out the reasons why France was On The Brink Of A Secondary Depression—in short, due to a deadly collision of French politics with Frankensteinian monetary union. Unfortunately, subsequent data confirms [...] caseyresearch.com / By Chuck Butler / May 6, 2013, 1:25pm Good day. And a Marvelous Monday to you! Another wet, soggy, and colder than normal weekend here in the Midwest. UGH! The only thing that brightened it up was the 4-game sweep of the Brewers by my beloved Cardinals! The Jobs Jamboree on Friday was [...] zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / 05/05/2013 12:07 While GBP jumped and the world celebrated the UK’s recent avoidance (for now) of a triple-dip recession (defined on GDP as opposed to reality), the situation in the island nation appears to be going from bad to worse. As Carney takes over the reigns of this once [...] thedailybell.com / By Staff Report / May 3, 2013 If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated? … What if there was a program that would cost nothing, improve the lives of millions of people from poorer nations, and double world GDP? At least one economist says that increased mobility of people is [...] The bank failed to deliver the expected measures to alleviate a serious credit crunch for small firms across Southern Europe telegraph.co.uk / By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / May 2, 2013 The European Central Bank cut interest rates a quarter point to a record low of 0.5pc and threatened to punish banks for hoarding funds, [...] investmentwatchblog.com / May 2nd, 2013 Economic Indicators: Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) PMI is a very important sentiment reading, not only for manufacturing, but also the economy as a whole. Although U.S. manufacturing is not the huge component of total gross domestic product (GDP) that it once was, this industry is still where [...] marctomarket.com / Marc Chandler / May 1, 2013 With most financial centers closed for the May Day celebration, the UK had the stage to largely itself in Europe and opportunity was not wasted. CIPS manufacturing PMI was stronger than expected, rising to 49.8 from an upwardly revised 48.6 in March (initially 48.3). Even though it [...] goldsilverworlds.com / By Gold Silver Worlds / May 1, 2013 In his latest video commentary, entitled GDP propaganda exposed, Peter Schiff comments on the latest disappointing US GDP figures. The first quarter of this year was expected to see a 3% increase, but the GDP grew only 2.5% (source: Reuters). Schiff discusses the increase of [...] zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / May 1, 2013, 07:46 -0400 The highlights from Bill Gross’ monthly outlook letter: “The past decade has proved that houses were merely homes and not ATM machines. They were not “good as money.” Likewise, the Fed’s modern day liquid wealth creations such as bonds and stocks may suffer a [...] zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / April 30, 2013, 11:26 -0400 As was announced earlier today, the Cypriot parliament was set to vote on the country’s deposit confiscatory bail in, a vote that was largely expected to pass. Moments ago it did. CYPRUS LAWMAKERS APPROVE BAILOUT IN PARLIAMENTARY VOTE WITH 29 VOTES IN FAVOR, 27 [...] caseyresearch.com / By Chuck Butler / April 30, 2013, 2:06pm Good day. And a Tom Terrific Tuesday to you! The sun actually appeared in the sky yesterday, YAHOO I said! I know they’ve done studies on the sun’s affect on our moods, but if they ever wanted to do a new one, I volunteer to [...] zerohedge.com / By Tyler Durden / April 30, 2013, 06:59 -0400 The weakness in economic data (not to be confused with the centrally-planned anachronism known as the “markets”) started overnight when despite a surge in Japanese consumer spending (up 5.2% on expectations of 1.6%, the most in nine years) by those with access to the [...] market-ticker.org / By Karl Denninger / April 29, 2013, 13:20 It is one thing to honestly put forward a question for scholarly debate. It’s another to intentionally mislead with a slanted agenda. The latter is what’s going on here. What if there was a program that would cost nothing, improve the lives [...] thedailybell.com / By Staff Report / April 29, 2013 In 2012, America had the most energy efficient economy in US history. The EIA released new energy data this week showing that the U.S. had the most energy-efficient economy in history last year, based on the amount of energy consumed to produce each real dollar [...] marctomarket.com / By Marc Chandler / SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013 The weekend has produced five talking points. The leaked French Socialist draft document that was critical of Germany (and the UK) and the Bundesbank’s letter to the German Constitutional Court objecting to the ECB’s Outright Market Transactions do not really reveal anything new and we [...] blog.milesfranklin.com / By Bill Holter / April 29, 2013 It’s going to happen… because it already is happening and mathematically it had to and has to. “It” being a complete breakdown of the financial system. Look around the Western world and you will see sovereign nation after sovereign nation with debt to GDP ratios bloated [...] caseyresearch.com / By Chuck Butler / April 29, 2013, 1:22pm Good day. And a Marvelous Monday to you! Well, I told you on Friday, that the rain was coming our way, and we had a rain soaked weekend, but, I didn’t know it was going to be so darn cold, and raw. We’re almost to [...] goldmoney.com / By Alasdair Macleod / April 28, 2013 There is a new campaign to end austerity. First, the IMF lets it be known it has second thoughts about it; then we are told the threshold of 90% government debt to GDP which must not be crossed, set by Professors Reinhart & Rogoff, is [...] marctomarket.com / By Dr.Win Thin / April 26, 2013 Despite the weaker economic data in China, the PBOC continues to guide USD/CNY lower. Earlier today, it was fixed at another cycle low of 6.2208. At this point, we do not think that China has embarked on another significant appreciation cycle for the yuan, as we [...] dollarcollapse.com / by John Rubino / April 26, 2013 First-quarter GDP came in at an annualized rate of 2.5% this morning, which is not terrible as growth goes these days (Japan and most of the eurozone countries would love to be doing that well). But dig a little deeper and the picture gets darker. [...] |
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