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By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   (Revised) The Democrats think they won the debt ceiling debate, but they did not–at least not in the long run.  Nobody won when you consider the fact the U.S. needed to borrow or print more money just

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Economist John Williams says the U.S. budget and debt ceiling circus is not the real problem.  Williams contends, “The issue here, very simply, is the long term solvency of the United States of America. . . This

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Money manager Peter Schiff thinks the nomination of Janet Yellen as Fed Chairman is “very bullish for gold.”  Yellen has admitted she did not see the 2008 financial meltdown coming which was caused by an enormous housing bubble. 

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Deal or no deal.  The battle to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling is progressing.  At least the two sides are talking, but I still feel like we are being forced to watch a sadistic

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  You can forget about any default in the debt ceiling crisis.  Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “The debt ceiling will be raised.  No government wants to lose its power or lose its ability

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   (Early Sunday Release) Financial analyst Dr. Jim Willie says forget about the government shutdown and the debt ceiling. It is the Treasury market that is the big problem.  Dr. Willie says, “What’s going on with the Treasury

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Government shutdown became a reality this week.  It’s the fault of both parties–end of story.  At its core, the fight is over the Affordable Care Act (or Obama Care).  The Democrats have one thing right:  Obama Care,

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Precious metals expert David Morgan says, “You cannot print yourself out of this mess that we are in.  We have a massive debt problem, and the only solution they can come up with is ‘add to the

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  (Early Sunday Release) Trader/analyst Gregory Mannarino says the financial crash of 2008 was “the party over moment.”  Mannarino goes on to say, “The financial system, as it had been run from its inception, literally ended at that moment

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  It was a big week of fighting in Congress over Obama Care.  Some Republicans want to stop it, like Senator Ted Cruz filibustered for 21 hours to argue his point against it.  Truth be known, many Democrats

Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Trends researcher Gerald Celente says President Obama’s handling of the Syrian conflict deeply damaged his credibility.  Celente says, “It was the presidential amateur hour and reality show all rolled into one.  I have never seen such poor performance

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com   Money manager Eric Sprott was not surprised by the Fed announcement to keep printing $85 billion a month.  Don’t expect the money printing to end anytime soon because Sprott predicts, “If my forecast for the U.S. economy

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  To taper or not to taper–that is the question, and we have an answer.  The Fed is going to keep on printing $85 billion each and every month.  All the speculation the Federal Reserve was going to

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Former World Bank Senior Counsel Karen Hudes says, “It’s pretty clear where we’re headed, and that is something called permanent gold backwardation.  That’s a fancy word for people losing confidence in paper currency.  That means the value

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com  Former Goldman Sachs banker Nomi Prins says the financial system is more risky than before the 2008 meltdown.  Prins, who wrote the best-seller “It Takes a Pillage,” says, “We have greater concentration of . . . financial