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Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com If you listen to the mainstream media, you would think that we are in a recovery and the future of the U.S. dollar’s reign as world reserve currency is not in jeopardy. But a look on alternative news
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Plenty of financial news was made last week which gave us lots of questions for Karl Denninger. It seems almost every week, there is a major story coming out of Wall Street, Washington D.C. or from the
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Yesterday, a short but ominous press release was issued at the Commodities Futures Trading Commission. It said, “At the request of CME Clearing Europe Limited (CMECEL), pursuant to Section 7 of the Commodity Exchange Act, the Commodity
Monday’s post closed with, “. . . The nonpartisan agency projected the government will run a deficit of $229 billion in February, the highest monthly figure ever.” (Click here for the complete report from the Washington Times.) That means the government
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Revised) The way the latest unemployment numbers were reported by the mainstream media (MSM), you would think the Great Recession was over and the United States was solidly on the road to recovery. The Associated Press reported
In my mind, ever since Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) allowed the banks to value things like mortgage-backed securities and real estate at whatever they think they will be worth in the future, the system was insolvent. The banking insolvency problem in America is
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There are more ways for the world economy to get much worse than there are ways for it to get better. One landmine waiting to be stepped on is the Greek sovereign debt. The IMF and the
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Revised) Subprime lending is back, and it is creating headlines like: “February auto sales rise to highest level in 4 years.” That comes from a story last week from Reuters. Reuters goes on to say, “U.S. auto sales
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Countries around the world have been actively seeking ways to not do business in dollars for the past few years. The U.S. dollar is the so-called world reserve currency, but the big question is for how long?
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com A good friend of mine, who has family living abroad, called me this weekend. One of the first things out of his mouth was about his sister in London and how she was dealing with “terrible inflation.” No
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com I keep asking myself, when is a deal not a deal? Every time I hear the words “Greek debt deal” or “Greek bailout” in the same sentence, I wonder if, this time, they really have a deal.
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It seems every chance the mainstream media (MSM) gets, it tells us things really aren’t that bad. For example, the headline from the Associated Press (AP) said, “Consumer prices on the rise, but inflation outlook is benign.”
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com In the simplest of terms, the U.S. dollar will take a beating in the end. That is going to be the result of all the bailouts and money printing to save an insolvent banking system. Today, I
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com New data just released revealed delinquency rates for mortgage holders is up in the last quarter of 2011. Now, the national mortgage delinquency rate is 6.01%, up from 5.88% in the third quarter of 2011 according to
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It is official. State and federal governments have condoned forgery, perjury and fraud in what’s been called the “robo-signing” foreclosure debacle. Last week, the five biggest banks in America signed on to a $26 billion deal that,
