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By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It is official. Ireland was bailed out yesterday by the European Union with a financial package totaling more than a $112 billion. This money bails out Irish banks but coincides with steep cuts in the Irish budget.
The article you are about to read is from Ellen Brown. She writes a good post here, but I disagree with one of her main points. She says Quantitative Easing (QE) will not cause inflation because of “$15 trillion in write-downs
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com When I Google the phrase “TSA outrage,” I find 2 million search results. I can only view this as a black eye for the Transportation Security Administration. I know these folks have a tough job trying to
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com General Motors started trading publicly last week in what is being called one of Wall Street’s most successful Initial Public Offerings (IPO) in years. The automaker took in $20 billion selling newly minted shares of this iconic American
Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair gave a speech to the securities industry in New York City this past Wednesday. In her opening remarks, she said, “Now, as a tentative economic recovery continues to build, and as the earnings of
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Last week’s decision by the Fed to start another round of Quantitative Easing was met with only one dissenting vote by the Federal Open Market Committee. That does not mean everybody in the rest of the world
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com One day after the Federal Reserve announced a $600-$900 billion second round of Quantitative Easing (QE2), gold and silver hit fresh all-time highs. Yesterday, the yellow metal surged more than $40 an ounce to well over $1,390
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com Now that the mid-term elections are over, it is time to get back to reality. Just because House Minority Leader John Boehner is taking over for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House doesn’t mean the economy
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com In the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008, the Federal Reserve announced it would buy mortgage-backed securities, or MBS. The January announcement by the Fed said it would buy MBS from failed mortgage giants Fannie Mae
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com When I was an investigative reporter at the networks, the first question we would ask when trying to decide if we wanted to do a story was: How many? How many people have been hurt by a
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (revised) Did you know that in the aftermath of the Savings and Loan (Thrifts) scandal there were more than a thousand felony convictions of financial elites? The cost of the wrongdoing associated with the rip-off and closure
In January of 2009, I wrote a post called “Default Option.” My outrageous plan was to simply let the banks fail. Some people told me that was an unthinkable way to handle the financial meltdown, but I still think otherwise. Yes,
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There are some big questions facing the real estate market after the foreclosure fraud story exploded in the last few weeks. The number one question for anyone who has a mortgage is “Who really owns your home?”
By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com It’s official. The economy is in trouble. The Fed seems to be hitting the panic button and is sending numerous clear signals that it will print more money to push up the economy. The Fed has already
What a week for real estate! The mortgage document fraud investigation kicked into high gear with all 50 state attorneys general opening investigations. There are calls for criminal investigations, and trial attorneys smell blood over allegations of fraud many say will
