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ZERO HEDGE: ECONOMICS
"A
6% fall in US demand would require a US recession. In the absence of
a base effect, such a decline has only occurred in four periods since 1960
during which time PCE contracted. To achieve the 5.9% decline requires PCE to
contract 6%, in other words, a recession."
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Interest rates are again being allowed to move
per market forces--at least in the US—and as rates volatility suppression
became the calling card of the QE era, interest rates as the ‘vol trigger’
mechanism within modern market structure / asset management is slowly being
reset.
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With Tuesday's somnolent market action and
virtually unchanged close, the streak of less than 1% intraday moves has
extended to 36 consecutive sessions - the longest such streak in history.
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THE QUESTION IS - WHAT HAPPENS NEXT TO THE
USD...
See all graphics at: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-07/dow-reaches-record-high-despite-debt-ceiling-doubts-dollar-pumpndump
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More on our fake-neoliberal supremacist economics
While US consumers may have stepped back from a
credit-card funded splurge in the last month of 2016, the far more troubling
trend in student and auto loans remains, and as the following chart shows, as
of Q4, both car and student debt hit all time highs of $1.407 trillion and
$1.11 trillion, respectively.
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Something
to keep in mind as "reflation", "recovery",
"stimulus", and whatever else we can put between quotation marks
comes up all over again...
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No tweet this time but White House spokesperson Sean Spicer just
stated: "Trump
is in favor of negotiating pharma prices"... and the reaction was quick...
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McDonalds replacing
minimum-wage workers with "Big Mac ATMs"; Coffee stores replacing
low-paid barristas with robots, and now Bank of
America opening branches with no workers at all.
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POLITICS
To take land-water from natives and to crack down their pacific
demonstration with the army.. Is or not a sign of fascism? Could be.. depends on your definition of
fascism
The US Army Corps said in a court filing it has
notified Congress that it has granted the final easement needed to finish the
controversial Dakota Access pipeline. The easement was needed for Energy
Transfer Partners to complete work on the last portion located under Lake Oahe
on the 1,172-mile long pipeline.
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Are we really supposed to believe that this time is any different? Are we really supposed to believe
that the US government can continue to indefinitely lose $1 trillion dollars
per year without consequence?
When nations go broke, there are
consequences. Simple.
This isn’t some earth-shattering concept. It’s common sense.
And once again,
history is generous with examples, from the nationwide bank account freeze
in Cyprus in 2013, to Iceland’s capital controls following the 2008 crisis, to
the wage and price controls of [today Emperors
] like the ones in ancient Rome.
In each of those
instances there were probably countless people who either chose to be willfully
ignorant or simply hoped that their politicians would fix everything.
Rational people don’t choose to
be ignorant, especially when the government itself puts this data in black and
white.
Nor do rational people bet
everything on hope.
They have a Plan B.
Do
you have a Plan B?
…
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-07/us-governments-2016-net-loss-more-doubled-1-trillion
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When it comes to mindless excess in the war on
terror, it is difficult to compete
with the 70+ fusion centers bankrolled by the Department of Homeland Security.
Though the fusion centers are a dud on the anti-terrorist front, perhaps they are a big success in making
Americans wary of speaking out against government abuses.
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Various mainstream media outlets would like for you to believe there is
discord in the White House between President Trump and Steve Bannon. The question is whether any of it
is true or if this is just more "fake news" from a mainstream media
intent upon doing anything possible to sow the White House discord they so
desperately seek?
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Meet the three federal appeals judges who will
step into the spotlight this afternoon in a highly anticipated oral argument
over whether to reinstate President Donald Trump’s executive order on
immigration and refugees.
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The expert in words
Nassim Taleb said there is not sign of fascism. Looking at his mirror said: "... a “mathematician
thinks in numbers, a lawyer in laws, and an idiot thinks in words.”
"...
a mathematician thinks in numbers, a lawyer in laws, and an idiot thinks in
words. These words don’t amount to anything. I think you have
to draw the conclusion that there is a global riot against pseudo-experts... It has nothing to do with fascism. It has to do with
the faux-experts problem and a world with too many experts."
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What is going to happen to
society when robots are able to do just about everything better, faster and cheaper than human workers can?
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WORLD ISSUES and ME
The world economy is collapsing
too
Just day after President Trump
suggests Germany is a currency manipulator, and as Merkel looks set to lose her
Chancellorship, Europe's powerhouse economy just collapsed in December. Industrial production plunged 3.0% MoM in December - the
biggest drop since Jan 2009 and over 8 standard deviations below expectations.
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Any US news on China.. take it
with caution
After rising non-stop during Golden Week, offshore Yuan is tumbling (down almost 500 pips)
since the Chinese came back from vacation (and Bitcoin is soaring). Tonight's
drop was predicated on a notable weakening by the PBOC, pushing the fix to its
lowest since Jan 17th.
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The only thing that grows up is the US-NATO militarism
As part of continued a NATO build-up and US
efforts to counter an alleged Russian threat, US military hardware, including
M1A2 Abrams battle tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles have arrived in
the northern Estonian town of Tapa, shortly after similar deployments were made
to other Eastern European nations including Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and
Germany.
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DEMOCRACY NOW
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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President
Al-Assad to Belgian Media: Cooperation between the US and Russia Is Going to Be
Positive for the Rest of the World, including Syria By Bashar al Assad Light at the end of the tunnel!
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Trump’s
Gifts to Wall Street and the Pentagon: New US President Intensifies War Drive
and the Supremacy of Finance Capital By Abayomi Azikiwe,
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
Moral Supremacy and Mr. Putin By Patrick J. Buchanan
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COUNTER PUNCH
Richard Falk The
Dismal Cartography of the Pre-Fascist State
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Michael J. Sainato Corrupt Establishment Lies and Resistance in
the Time of Trump
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Pepe Escobar Age of Anger
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Fred Nagel Class War Yet?
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Boris Kagarlitsky The
Choices for the Left in the Age of Trump
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
Although dangers of Syria conflict for ww3 already
passed, is important to know truth
Broadcasting Board of Governors CEO: US, Russia Not in State of Information War https://sputniknews.com/politics/201702081050450238-usa-russia-information-war/
Related 1
'Close Calls' Between Russian, US Jets Part of Obama's 'Information War' https://sputniknews.com/world/201701121049514636-russia-us-syria-aircrafr-corcoran-statement/
Related 2
'From US for Mutual Defense': What Obama Administration Hopes to Secure in Syria https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201612291049108344-us-syria-rebels-arms/
Related 3
US-Backed Syrian Militia with Anti-Aircraft Missiles https://sputniknews.com/military/201612281049053245-syria-militia-anti-air-weapons/
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UK's RT Clampdown Could Echo US 'Information War' Against Russia https://sputniknews.com/world/201610181046445533-russia-britain-rt-bank-accounts/
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Trump: Democratic Party Obstructing Formation of New US Government https://sputniknews.com/us/201702081050451043-trump-democrats-obstruct-government/
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DOJ, Anti-Travel Ban Lawyers Clash With Federal Judges Over Trump’s Order https://sputniknews.com/us/201702081050449573-doj-ban-lawyers-clash-judges/
Related
Trump: Litigation on Executive Order Travel Ban May Reach US Supreme Court https://sputniknews.com/us/201702071050438978-us-trump-travel-ban/
Quien
agarrre el toro por la cola corre el riesgo de ser arrastrado y tirado fuera de
la arena
Trump:
re-set plan: El terrorismo viene 1ro de arriba
y no se frena con xenofobia
anti-migratoria.
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Maidan was the assault of neofascists in Kiev: they put
down elected Gvt. McCain-Soros behind
Romanian Maidan: What Prompted Half a Million People to Take to the Streets https://sputniknews.com/europe/201702071050419770-romania-protests-government-decree/
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RT SHOWS
On contact The
power of political cartoons with Mr. Fish
Chris Hedges discusses the influence of
editorial cartoons
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WASHINGTON BLOG
Smith se tragó la brújula: too much neocon oil from BBC
Posted on February 7, 2017 by Charles
Hugh Smith
Yesterday I noted that not all
assets will make it through the inevitable financial re-set. (
Which Assets Are Most Likely to Survive the Inevitable “System Re-Set”?)
Those that are easy to expropriate will be expropriated, and
those assets vulnerable to soaring taxes, inflation and currency devaluation
will also be hollowed out.
There are two real-time examples
of these dynamics we can profitably study: “capitalist” Greece and
“socialist” Venezuela. Both nations have impoverished their citizenry to
preserve an oligarchy and its cronies.
I hope it won’t be too great a
shock that crony-capitalism and crony-socialism function in much
the same fashion and generate the same result: the wealth of the nation is funneled (or
expropriated) into the ruling Elites, impoverishing the non-elites.
The mechanisms differ in
appearance but they produce the same results: expropriation and impoverishment. In Greece, two Ruling Elites stripmined the nation:
the big European banks and the domestic oligarchs and their functionaries in
the state.
Having flooded Greece with
“cheap” credit denominated in euros, the EU’s big banks demanded “austerity” so
the Greek government could continue servicing its massive debt. The Greek oligarchs dodged “austerity” in the usual
way: by buying political influence.
Very little of the so-called “bail-outs” actually reached
the Greek citizenry, and much of what did enter the Greek economy flowed into
the hands of the oligarchy.
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
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Violencia cultural La ablación como tabú social: Falsos mitos de
mutilación genital femenina
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Por qué leer un libro sobre el
estalinismo hoy? Xenia
Reloba
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Keiser
report 1029 De canibalismo intelectual y
patentes
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PRESS TV
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Israel’s
land grab law sparks global controversy
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He represent anybody .. his voice doesn’t count
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NATO
deploys German battalion to Lithuania
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Berlin The
leap into freedom History
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