
Beyond the horrific deaths, injuries, and panic from seven coordinated terror attacks in Paris, the consequences of France’s 9-11 will likely be a serious deflationary recession and right-wing nationalism spreading across Europe.
by Chriss W. Street14 Nov 2015, 3:12 PM PST0

Lombard Street Research (LSR) has reported that China’s “real” (after-inflation) GDP actually fell -0.2% for the quarter ending March 2015. Despite the official government claim of +1.3 percent growth for the quarter and +7 percent annualized growth. China’s quarterly performance
by Chriss W. Street16 Apr 2015, 7:42 PM PST0

Farmland prices that had been enjoying a 28-year bull market finally turned down in 2014. Despite real estate, stocks, bonds and commodities crashes over the period, farmland had never had a down year since 1986. However, the Wall Street Journal has reported that farmland suffered a loss of 3 percent last year, “reflecting a cooling in the market driven by two years of bumper crops and sharply lower grain prices, according to Federal Reserve.”
by Chriss W. Street25 Feb 2015, 5:23 AM PST0

Federal Reserve data published late on February 18 reveals China dumped about $75 billion in US bonds in the last six months of 2014. The action explains why interest rates on US Treasury bonds jumped by 23 percent since January, and economic indicators show the US economy growth is slowing and worldwide deflation is accelerating.
by Chriss W. Street19 Feb 2015, 10:59 AM PST0

(Reuters) Deflation is close – but don’t worry. That was the message from Bank of England governor Mark Carney, as he explained why UK inflation is at its lowest level in nearly 15 years. Follow Breitbart London on Twitter @BreitbartLondon
by Breitbart London13 Feb 2015, 7:21 AM PST0

Diana Choyleva of Lombard Street Research, who produces an “unmassaged” calculation of China’s true economic growth, just reported that China’s fourth quarter GDP growth plummeted to 1.7 percent, versus the official 7.4 percent rate.
by Chriss W. Street11 Feb 2015, 7:21 PM PST0

Perhaps Greece’s new far-left government will rethink its plans to shake Europe down for cash to fund its wild spending binges, now that the German economy has officially entered a deflationary cycle, as reported by Business Insider
by John Hayward30 Jan 2015, 7:06 AM PST0

Something is brewing in Europe now that has the Swiss National Bank worried. If you haven’t been paying attention in the last 24 hours, the currency and equity markets have been rocked by a surprise move to delink the existing currency peg
by Jason Scheurer16 Jan 2015, 4:54 PM PST0

China’s Producer Price Index (PPI) that measures the price changes for the goods and services produced by the nation has fallen for 32 straight months. As the factory to the world, China has been exporting deflation. The economic impact has been increasing the real burden of debt, driving down worldwide wages and discouraging consumption.
by Chriss W. Street11 Jan 2015, 5:36 PM PST0

There is already a historic, growing war going on in the Mideast and south Asia, with jihadist Muslims killing thousands of other Muslims every month. This is a growing war, and it’s both ethnic (pitting tribe against tribe) and sectarian (pitting Sunnis against Shias).
by John J. Xenakis8 Jan 2015, 6:34 AM PST0