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Global Business Confidence Collapses To Post-Lehman Lows
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Tyler Durden
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 6:34 AM EDT
Optimism falling sharply in October, dropping to the lowest seen since the survey began five years ago. Hiring and investment plans were also at or near post-crisis lows, while price expectations deteriorated further.
Why Crony Capitalism Will Be Hard To Uproot: Interview Of David Stockman
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David Stockman
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 5:48 AM EDT
The problem today is that we have reached ‘peak debt.’
Monetary Policy When The Spyglass Is Smudged: A Look At Gauging Economic Slack
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Global Economic Intersection
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 4:51 AM EDT
An accurate measure of economic slack is key to properly calibrating monetary policy. Two traditional gauges of slack have become harder to interpret since the Great Recession...
Nothing Has Changed-And That's The Problem
Article By:
Charles Hugh Smith
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014 3:42 AM EDT
Playing monetary games has done nothing to eliminate moral hazard.
Deutsche Bank's Modest Proposal To Central Banks: "Purchase The Gold Held By Private Households"
Article By:
Tyler Durden
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Monday, November 24, 2014 7:57 PM EDT
From the bank that a few days ago informed us that "People Are Talking About Helicopter Money And Debt Cancellation Being The End Game," comes the logical next step.
Another Keynesian Debt Boondoggle: How Brussels Plans To Turn $26 Billion Into $390 Billion
Article By:
David Stockman
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Monday, November 24, 2014 5:33 PM EDT
The desperation and fraud of the Keynesian policy apparatus gets more stunning by the day. Apparently, the pettifoggers in Brussels will soon be announcing a new $400 billion bazooka to blast the euro-economy out of its lethargy.
November 2014 Texas Manufacturing Survey Rate Of Growth Slows
Article By:
Steven Hansen
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Monday, November 24, 2014 4:28 PM EDT
Of the four Federal Reserve districts which have released their November manufacturing surveys, all are forecasting growth.
Week In Review: The Path Matters More Than The Destination
Article By:
Michael Gayed
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Monday, November 24, 2014 4:16 PM EDT
Whenever I see headlines that read “stocks hit new highs,” I tend to cringe. Stocks are not hitting new highs. A particular index, the S&P 500, is.
The Clock Is Ticking In Switzerland
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Peter Schiff
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:47 PM EDT
For most of my career in international investing, I had always placed a great deal of faith in Switzerland's financial markets.
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Gasoline Volume Sales, Demographics And Our Changing Culture
Article By:
Doug Short
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:19 PM EDT
The latest 12-month MA is 8.9% below the all-time high set in August 2005, fractionally off (by 0.03%) the interim low set the previous month.
Holiday Fever Takes Hold Of Stock Investors, But A Pullback Is Needed
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Sabrient Systems
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Monday, November 24, 2014 3:15 PM EDT
Nothing goes up in a straight line, not even during the holidays, so a near-term market pullback would be a healthy way to prevent a steeper correction in January.
Russia Moves Toward Increasing Economic Freedom
Article By:
Acting-Man
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Monday, November 24, 2014 2:41 PM EDT
Well, isn’t that a shocker. With Russia’s economy under serious threat from Western economic sanctions and falling oil prices, a major Kremlin faction has quite unexpectedly gotten some wind behind its sails.
Rickards: Fed Won’t Raise Rates In 2015
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Peter Schiff
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Monday, November 24, 2014 2:10 PM EDT
Since Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve has put an end to quantitative easing, the financial media generally believes the United States economy is improving. Video length: 3:32.
Gold & EUR Drop After ECB's Coeure Counters Weidmann's Warnings
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Tyler Durden
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Monday, November 24, 2014 1:17 PM EDT
EUR faded the Weidmann gains and Gold and silver are sliding as USD strengthens.
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Why Gold Is Headed Much Higher
Article By:
Michael Pento
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Monday, November 24, 2014 11:27 AM EDT
What really drives the price of gold? Some say it's a fear gauge. Others prefer to look at the demand coming from the Indian wedding season. But the silliest of all conclusions to reach is that the dollar price of gold should be determined solely by its value vis-à-vis another fiat currency.
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Chicago Fed: US Economic Growth Slowed In October
Article By:
James Picerno
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Monday, November 24, 2014 10:54 AM EDT
The pace of US growth slowed more than expected in October, according to this morning’s update of the Chicago Fed National Activity Index.