Economy: White Swan Collapse Underway

White Swan Collapse Underway: Ed Dowd Warns 50% Stock Crash, Gold Reset & What’s Hidden in Fort Knox

Ed Dowd discusses the following:
– Housing collapse already underway
– Recession and volatility by fall 2025
– Fed data manipulation and BLS fallout
– Gold to hit $10K by 2030- conservative estimate
– CBDCs and stablecoins: financial surveillance ahead?

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Economy: Depression Cycle Arrives in 2025 and 2026

Charles Nenner notes that a depression is expected to start by the end of 2025. A stock market decline should start by the end of 2025 and continue through 2026. Based on history, the last quarter of 2025 would be a logical starting point for this decline.

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Stock charts courtesy of StockCharts.com.

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Economy: Gold is Coming to America

Greg Hunter:  “So, why are all these reports coming out in the last few months about gold coming to America from Europe?”
Armstrong says, “Last week, I was on the phone, and I can’t tell you how much, but when you are about to go into war, capital moves. Right now, I am concerned from about May 15th on. Our computer (Socrates) says Europe is going into war, and I put it into this report, Europe will lose. This is why the gold is coming to America.”

Full interview: EU Falling & Needs War with Russia – Martin Armstrong  

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Economy/Interest Rates: Trade Wars = Recession

U.S. and Canada Trade Wars = Recession | Steve Hanke and Jimmy Connor

Steve Hanke, Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University discusses the recent decision by the Fed to cut rates, for the third time, the impact of a Trade War between the U.S. and Canada.

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Economy: Jim Rickards 2025 Recession

Jim Rickards: Weakness, Recession in 6-9 Months, But a Very Strong Economy in 2-4 Years

00:00 Introduction and welcome back Jim Rickards
01:18 2024 election review
05:07 Economic implications of election results
07:24 Trade policies and auto industry tariffs
09:29 The “American System” explanation
16:32 Analysis of Trump victory/Harris loss
21:45 Inflation discussion and public impact
24:24 Economic outlook: recession in the near-term vs. long-term growth
29:00 Jerome Powell and Fed leadership discussion
31:32 Labor market analysis and job revisions
36:45 “MoneyGPT” book and AI in daily life
41:56 AI’s impact on market crashes
45:23 AI, nuclear warfare, and empathy limitations
47:36 Historical nuclear war prevention examples
49:32 AI limitations in crisis management
51:01 MoneyGPT book release details and closing

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Economy: August 2007 Press Conference

On August 9, 2007 George Bush gave a press conference on the economy. He provided the following key points that sound similar to recent economic related comments from the White House.

“Fundamentals of our economy are strong..”
“..job creation is strong..”
“..real after tax wages are on the rise..”
“..inflation is low..”
“..the global economy is strong..”
“..there is enough liquidity in the system..”

Clip from Bush’s Press Conference on 8-9-07

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Economy: Professor Steve Hanke

Professor Steve Hanke Discusses the Economy

Professor Steve Hanke discusses the most misunderstood economic events affecting global markets.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 Economic Events
6:07 Impact of Money Supply on Economy
10:08 Rising Rates and Their Impact
12:23 Gold Market Outlook
14:05 Two Big Wars and Their Economic Impact
18:48 Market Overvaluation
21:18 Investment Strategy Advice
23:12 Book Preview: Capital, Interest, and Waiting
27:27 The Concept of Waiting in Economics
39:45 Conclusion

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Economy: Big Short 2.0

The following describes a prelude to The Big Short 2.0. Video quality is problematic, but the audio is good. Fraud and corruption are expected to appear this summer.

Are $Trillions Of New Loans About To Be Pumped Into The Housing Market? | Melody Wright

0:00 – Less Home Equity Than Estimated
4:33 – Role of The GSEs
9:23 – Government Holds 85% Of Mortgages Now
13:16 – Does The Market Need More Home Equity Loans?
19:35 – What Are The Biggest Risks Here?
24:12 – Is This A Bad Idea?
34:48 – Is This Setting Up The Big Short 2.0?
41:09 – Melody’s Latest Housing Market Update

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