FEB 28 17 SIT EC y POL
ZERO HEDGE. ECONOMICS
Population
growth, economic growth, and resultant energy consumption are inexorably
slowing. The Federal Reserve knows it can not stop this and is
simply slowing the inevitable with interest rate
cuts to incent greater consumption via skyrocketing credit/debt...
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Continuing the trend of 'soft'
survey data strong performance and expectation beats, The Conference Board's
Consumer Confidence surged above the highest
analyst's expectation to 114.8. We
have one question for these euphoric American consumers - do you not care about wages?
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It's
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Something's starting to snap...
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The 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield is testing the "ultra low-rate" bounds
again.
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On the heels of a disappointing revised Q4 GDP print, the US trade
balance for January printed a $69.2 billion deficit.
This is the second largest deficit
since August 2008 (slightly smaller than the March 2015 plunge) as the
dollar surge has not helped.
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The Fed is really doing its best to convince
the market that a March rate hike is coming, and it seems to be working.
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SEE ALL GRAPHS AT:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-02-28/dow-win-streak-over-stocks-bonds-bullion-vix-all-feb
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YouTube viewers world-wide are now watching
more than 1 billion hours of videos a day, set to eclipse the 1.25 billion
hours of television Americans watch daily. This stunning number represents a
10-fold growth since 2012, when YouTube users clocked in 100 million hours per
day.
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"Trading on the back of U.S. stimulus could be a dead theme by Friday..."
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"Moody's-rated
US retailers rated Caa or Ca today
make up just over 13% of our total rated retail portfolio, which is the highest level since the Great Recession. As
they struggle to survive, distressed retailers can take more desperate
measures, including highly promotional pricing that can border on
irrational. This leaves stronger firms with
the choice of either competing in a race to the bottom, or giving up sales in
order to preserve margin."
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"No
matter what the economic leaders say, these actions prove to me and many others
that their mental models of the world have failed. They’re able to
hide behind authority and academic vocabulary which if
put in plain terms for the lay person could be described as theft, ponzi,
tyrannical and moronic."
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POLITICS
"From now on, America will be empowered by
our aspirations, not burdened by our fears –- inspired by the future, not bound
by the failures of the past –- and guided by our vision, not blinded by our
doubts. I am asking all citizens to embrace this Renewal of the American
Spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and
bold and daring things for our country."
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"My economic team is
developing historic tax reform that will reduce the tax rate on our companies
so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the
middle class."
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In his much anticipated address to Congress
that was widely described as "presidential" avoiding attacks on the
media and Democrat opponents, even if once again thin on detail, President
Donald Trump reaffirmed his pledge on infrastructure, defense spending and tax
overhaul, in broad brush strokes. Here
is what a selection of Wall Street analysts thought about Trump's speech.
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"This
is a quiet crisis, but it’s very real. There are currently
200 other plans on track for insolvency - that’s
going to affect anywhere from 1.5 to 2 million people. The
prognosis is bleak minus some new legislative help. Municipal
and state plans are the next to go down - that’s a pension tsunami that’s
coming."
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THE
GREAT DECEIT AGAIN?..
"...in 2016, the earth
shifted beneath our feet. The rebellion started as a quiet protest by families who just wanted a fair shot
for their children... the chorus became an earthquake – and the
people turned out by the tens of millions, united by one very simple, but
crucial demand, that America must put its own
citizens first ... because only then, can we truly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN."
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With Janet Yellen seemingly set on
its course of hiking rates - no matter what - we thought a reminder of what The Fed really is
and what The Fed really does was worthwhile...
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"The best-case scenario has
come about, which is to say the end of a world facing the specter of a mushroom
cloud. With Hillary Clinton's defeat, we avoided a
nuclear denouement stemming from a direct clash with Russia in Syria
and an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine. Unfortunately
the good news ends here."
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WORLD ISSUES and ME
Once again Tulsi Gabbard has demonstrated her
willingness to stand up to America’s
unelected government, aka the Deep State...
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Is it possible that the push to move ISIS out of Mosul is actually an attempt to drive
ISIS back into Syria so they can put
added pressure on the Syrian regime?
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Subject to change...
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"Their blind quest for uniformity will never eradicate
conflict. Globalism will only
replace wars between nations with wars within former nations. It takes battles that formerly took place on borders
and spreads them from street to street. Rather than global harmony, endless and
irrevocable conflict is globalism’s true end game."
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DEMOCRACY NOW
As
Trump Pushes for Historic $54B Military Spending Hike, Which Programs Will He
Cut to Pay for War?
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GLOBAL RESEARCH
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INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
Trump’s Proposed U.S. "Defense"
Spending Would Be 80 Percent of Russia’s Entire Military Budget
By Alex Emmons
By Alex Emmons
U.S. spends more
money than the next seven biggest spenders combined, including China and Russia
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The Resurrection of Armageddon By Paul Craig Roberts As the Nazis said, all it takes is
fear, and the people collapse.
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SPUTNIK and RT SHOWS
Kremlin 'Not Surprised' at Trump's Silence on Russia in First Speech to Congress https://sputniknews.com/politics/201703011051144802-russia-us-trump/
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Gas Prices Rising in EU Due to 'Situation in Oil Market,' not on Russia's "Whim" https://sputniknews.com/world/201703011051145629-russia-gazprom-europe-gas-prices/
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Creating Joint Syrian Opposition Delegation in Geneva Impossible – Politician https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201703011051148233-joint-syrian-opposition-delegation/
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'Smart Borders': EU Parliament Unveils Electronic Cards to Deter Terror Threat https://sputniknews.com/europe/201703011051141355-smart-borders-system-eu-terrorists/
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RT SHOWS
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NOTICIAS IN SPANISH
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El problema de la macroeconomía Paul Romer
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Veinte tesis heréticas Iñaki Gil
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PRESS TV
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