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Michael Snyder: The economic crisis that is sweeping Europe (NYSEARCA:IEV) is starting to hit Britain really hard. Over the last couple of years economists have been warning that we can’t let the “contagion” spread from troubled nations such as Greece Read more…
Eric Dutram: The latter half of fiscal 2011 was a difficult time for developed as well as emerging markets. Socio-economic as well as political issues caught the limelight worldwide. Concerns over the euro zone continue to plague investors and the effects are not only limited Read more…
Tony Sagami: “Goin’ places that I’ve never been. Seein’ things that I may never see again And I can’t wait to get on the road again.” Read more…
Michael Snyder: Is the U.S. economy in a recession right now? Has the next recession in the United States already begun? Unfortunately, there are a lot of economic numbers Read more…
Michael Snyder: Is the petrodollar dead? Well, not yet, but the nails are being hammered into the coffin even as you read this. For decades, most of the nations of the world Read more…
Michael Snyder: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his annual address to Congress on Tuesday, and he did very little to give lawmakers much confidence about Read more…
Toby Connor: Is it a bear market, or is it a bull market, that is the question. Read more…
Michael Snyder: Well, we just had another bad jobs report. The U.S. economy created just 80,000 new jobs during the month of June. Normally, about 125,000 new jobs need to be created every month just to keep up with population growth. Read more…
Jeff Harding: The recent U.S. manufacturing report is at the top of a mountain of bad economic news coming out. Whether these data will lead to a “new” recession (as defined by the NBER) remains to be seen, but at the very least the U.S. economy is stagnating, Read more…
Jeff Nielson: Regular readers of my work know that I have been outlining (and warning people about) two potential economic scenarios; as the West’s terminally-ill economies lurch towards their final collapse. These hollowed-out, debt-saturated economies Read more…
Michael Snyder: What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. Read more…
EconMatters: Spain (NYSEARCA:EWP) formally became the fourth country to ask for bailout aid from the euro zone on Monday, June 25. Spain’s short-term Read more…
Michael Snyder: The American Dream is being systematically destroyed right in front of our eyes and most Americans don’t even realize what is happening. In the old days, if you were a hard worker and you played by the rules you could always find a good job. Read more…
Michael Snyder: What is the biggest economic problem that the United States is facing? Very simply, our biggest problem is that we have way too much debt. Over the past Read more…
Jeff Harding: Much of what we see in recent economic growth is caused by one thing: cheap money and credit. This is obvious as we look at two important economic drivers: autos and homes. Both are significant in that they represent the two biggest purchases Read more…
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