The Coming Economic Collapse – Part 2

Part 1 – The Coming Economic Collapse

China, Russia buying gold because ‘they can read the writing on the wall’

BATTLE FOR WORLD / YAHOO | September 12, 2019: (BattleForWorld: The corporate media continues to suppress warnings about the looming recession and the pending collapse of the economy.  And it is the opinion of some that recession signs will be postponed for a short while until the 2020 presidential election in the United States is completed.) 

It is no secret that China and Russia have been stockpiling gold at their central banks vaults, and this move has increased the precious metal price to high levels in more than six years.

“They can read the writing on the wall,” said Euro Pacific Capital CEO Peter Schiff to FOX Business, and also added that the two countries are “preparing for the world where the dollar is no longer the reserve currency.”

(BattleForWorld: Russia will make a surprising move in 2020 regarding the dollar.)

China’s gold reserves has increased to 1,950 tons (September 2019 assessment), according to Bloomberg. And Russia’s stock of gold has soared to more than 2,200 tons, and has claimed the place as the fifth-largest stockpile by country.

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Booming US economy is fake news

BATTLE FOR WORLD / RT AMERICA | June 6, 2019: The video highlights that the Federal Reserve intends to lower interest rates, risking superficial commercial “growth” without sustainable economic development. Dave Janda, host of “Operation Freedom,” argues that the US recovery from the recession was merely a “credit expansion.”

(BattleForWorld: The US economy fakery is part of the farewell dance to exit the power of the US dollar.)

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U.S. may have to stop borrowing later this year: Treasury

BATTLE FOR WORLD / REUTERS | May 2, 2019: The article highlights that the U.S. government will have to stop borrowing money between July and December (2019) if Washington [DC] doesn’t agree to raise a legal restriction on public debt, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday (May 1).

Because hitting the so-called “debt ceiling” could trigger the U.S. defaulting on its debt and an immediate recession, a risk, according to the Treasury, has become a regular facet of U.S. politics over the last decade.

The current debt limit the U.S. is in now was set in March (2019) to enable the Treasury to continue borrowing from investors by using accounting measures such as limiting government payments to public sector retirement funds.

The U.S. “Treasury [Department] expects that the extraordinary measures will be exhausted sometime in the second half of 2019,” said Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian Smith in a statement spotlighting the department’s quarterly debt issuance plans.

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U.S. record suicides prove economic decline

BATTLE FOR WORLD / RT AMERICA | March 22, 2019: The video highlights Chris Hedges, author and host of RT America’s “On Contact” joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the skyrocketing problem of suicide in the U.S. and self-destructive behavior and why we should only expect it to get worse.

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What will crash the US economy?

BATTLE FOR WORLD / RT | March 16, 2019: The video highlights that the private corporate debt in the US stands at $9 trillion dollars. In this segment economist and co-founder of “Democracy at Work” Prof. Richard Wolff joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the dangers of such an astronomical sum to the US debt in the event of a deep recession. 

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New York City edging toward financial disaster, experts warn

BATTLE FOR WORLD / NYPOST | March 11, 2019: The article highlights that New York City is careening closer to all-out financial bankruptcy for the first time since Mayor Abraham Beame ran the city more than 40 years ago, experts say.

The long-term debt is now more than $81,100 per household, and Mayor Bill de Blasio is moving ahead to spend as much as $3 billion more in the new budget than the now current $89.2 billion.

“The city is running a deficit and could be in a real difficult spot if we had a recession, or a further flight of individuals because of tax reform,” warns Milton Ezrati, chief economist of Vested.

Economist Peter C. Earle at the American Institute for Economic Research warns that “New York City could go bankrupt, absolutely.”

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Global financial system is critically broken, and the Ruling Elites are very aware!

BATTLE FOR WORLD / GREG HUNTER | March 10, 2019: The video highlights Macroeconomic analyst Rob Kirby being interviewed by Greg Hunter.

According to Kirby, the “Global financial system is critically broken.” And that massive amounts of secret and not so secret money are already created… He said: We are headed for a very, very serious round of inflation and probably a hyperinflation coming to the West. We will live to experience it, and this is baked into the cake. …

The people in control of the U.S. dollar are very aware that this is coming too.

Greg Hunter: …Your sources around the world, would you say they are freaking out right now? Are they signaling the same things you are…that things are going to shakeout soon?

Rob Kirby: They don’t freak-out about anything. They just develop a more steely resolve. The people that I work with, the people that I know, they are very aware of what is going on, on the ground and they have been forecasting and believing – the program that I have just outlined, they are liked minded. They’ve been of the belief, for a very long time, that this is an eventuality and would come to fruition. It’s just that it has taken a lot longer then other people believed it could ever take…for the pieces to snap into place, for it to actually occur.

And believe me, the revelation of Dr Mark Skidmore, and Catherine Fitts regarding the missing 21 trillion, this is going to be a big major piece of the puzzle that has been clicked into place, that will allow and will precipitate much of what’s coming in the near future.

And you know what? The people in control of the U.S. dollar hegemon, they’re very aware that this is coming. Which is why they are muscling up and talking more about gun control and putting in place more pieces to basically implement a Police State in America. Because they are very aware of what’s coming also. Because they know what they have done. …

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Recession looms as subprime borrowers default loans

BATTLE FOR WORLD / RT AMERICA | February 14, 2019: The video highlights that a record 7 million Americans have stopped making car loan payments. RT’s Rick Sanchez reports on the continuing plight of American working people, who have by and large been left behind by Wall Street’s recovery from the brutal 2007-2008 financial crisis.

And economists are warning that the next recession to impact the U.S. may be even more disastrous. What will happen to these people if the next one hits many are asking? Economist and co-founder of Democracy at Work Prof. Richard Wolff gives his opinions. He discusses the “very, very painful” circumstances of those facing unemployment, dwindling savings, and the deteriorating quality of life for American workers.

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Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up’

BATTLE FOR WORLD / DAILY BEAST – December 14, 2018: The article highlights that President Donald Trump thinks the balancing of the nation’s books is going to, ultimately, be a future president’s problem.

And sources close to the president say he has repeatedly shrugged it off, implying that he doesn’t have to worry about the money owed to America’s creditors—currently about $21 trillion—because he won’t be around to shoulder the blame when it becomes even more untenable.

(BattleForWorld: Reader, if you have not read the posting The Fall Of America Will Happen, please do. It was written in early 2017 and hints at some of the economic problems to come for America, and in a later posting: the Future Forecast For America, where a chronicle of events were given.

I think what Trump said is essentially correct, but currently the way things are going, elements of the ruling elites are trying to paint a picture that the Trump administration will inherit the economic collapse of America.)

Trump continues: “Yeah, but I won’t be here,” the president bluntly said, according to a source who was in the room when Trump made this comment during discussions on the US exploding debt. However, a Former Senior White House official said: “I never once heard him talk about the debt.”

“But there’s no doubt this administration and this Congress need to address spending because we have out-of-control entitlement programs,” said Marc Short, who until recently worked for Trump as his legislative affairs director; adding, “it’s fair to say that… the president would be skeptical of anyone who claims that they would know exactly when a [debt] crisis really comes home to roost.”

The article continues, noted that one current senior Trump administration official vented that Trump “doesn’t really care” about actually attacking the debt “crisis,” and prefers simply “jobs and growth, whatever that means.”

(BattleForWorld: The comment by one of Trump’s current senior official is revealing. To tackle the debt problem means massive austerity on the American people and deep cuts in entitlement programs… And Trump has decided to increase the US military budget … which further adds to the US national debt.)

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IMF: Storm clouds gathering for next financial crisis

BATTLE FOR WORLD / THE GUARDIAN – December 11, 2018: The article warns about storm clouds gathering over the next global financial crisis and that the world financial system is unprepared for another downturn, the deputy head of the International Monetary Fund David Lipton has warned, further stating that “As we have put it, ‘fix the roof while the sun shines’. But, like many of you, I see storm clouds building and fear the work on crisis prevention is incomplete.”

Lipton also warned that sustained trade conflict between the US and China would be likely to trigger “far-reaching and long-lasting consequences” for the global economy, with a risk that Trump’s rhetoric could encourage China to shift its economy away from the rest of the world.

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YELLEN: ‘Gigantic holes in system’

BATTLE FOR WORLD / CNBC – December 11, 2018: The article highlights that former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told a New York audience she fears there could be another financial crisis because banking regulators have seen reductions in their authority to address panics and because of the current push to deregulate.

“I think things have improved, but then I think there are gigantic holes in the system,” Yellen said Monday night in a discussion moderated by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman at CUNY. “The tools that are available to deal with emerging problems are not great in the United States.”

And in the next recession, Europe could infect the United States.

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Foreign investors spurn US Treasuries

BATTLE FOR WORLD / REUTERS – December 11, 2018: The article highlights  a worrying sign of inversion in the U.S. Treasury bond curve is dulling the appeal of the developed world’s highest-yielding bond market for foreign investors.

Overseas investors are reviewing their investments or shunning Treasuries as rates at the short end rise above those at the longer end and make it unprofitable for holders of these bonds to hedge their currency risks.

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IMF departing chief economist warns on U.S. growth

BATTLE FOR WORLD / MARKETWATCH – December 10, 2018: The article highlights that Maurice Obstfeld, the retiring chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is on his way out and has warned that global growth is slowing and that the U.S. will likely feel the drag as well.

“For the rest of the world there seems to be some air coming out of the balloon and that, I think, will come back and also affect the U.S.,” he said.

He said he foresees the U.S. economy enjoying relatively strong growth next year (2019), “but on a slowing path into 2020.”

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Volatile stock market spooking some older workers, retirees

AP / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 19, 2018: The article highlights that the recent turbulence in the U.S. stock markets is spooking some older workers and retirees, a reminder that this group was hit particularly hard during the most recent financial crisis.

And there’s no indication that the recent volatility has brought about large-scale overhauls in retirement planning. To make matter worse “There’s a lot of fear that if you have another event like 2008 and you retire the year before or the year after, you’re screwed. I’m not taking that risk,” says Mark Patterson, a recently retired patent attorney from Nashville, Tennessee. And “There’s a huge fear of folks my age that they’re going to run out of money and they’re going to need to rely on the government for help.”

Indeed, haunting memories of another recession continues to take a financial and psychological toll on many of those who were affected.

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Ron Paul warns of stock market meltdown; What’s behind his prediction?

BATTLE FOR WORLD / RT AMERICA – December 22, 2018: The video highlights that the economy is in a state of meltdown. And the stock market rollercoaster behavior is signaling a major economic downturn that will be unveiled to the public in a panic fashion. And this is going to affect the US military industrial complex, etc.

In the video Larry and former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discuss Paul’s warning of an impending market meltdown, and his take on removing U.S. troops from Syria. Then, Larry and the political panel take on Facebook’s privacy policies.

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Goldman Sachs believes the US economy will slow to a crawl next year (2019)

CNBC / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 19, 2018: The article highlights that Goldman predicts 2.5 percent and 2.2 percent growth in the first two quarters of 2019, respectively, but then just 1.8 percent and 1.6 percent real GDP growth in the final two quarters. And that “We expect tighter financial conditions and a fading fiscal stimulus to be the key drivers of the deceleration,” wrote the bank’s chief economist, Jan Hatzius.  But Goldman believes the U.S. will skirt a recession next year.

>But Goldman believes the U.S. will skirt
(BattleForWorld: Goldman is not being totally honest and I think it is to avoid panic. When 2020 arrives and ending, many financial analysts are going to dodge the press.)

Goldman Sachs continues, it believes that the U.S. economy will slow significantly in the second half of next year as the Federal Reserve pushes ahead to raise interest rates and the effects of the tax cut fade. It sees the Fed raising rates this December and then four more times in 2019. And that it will do so because inflation will reach 2.25 percent by the end of next year because of tariffs and increasing wages, the bank predicted, noting there was also a chance of an “inflation overshoot.”

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Reclusive Millionaire Warns: “Get Out of Cash Now”

INVESTING OUTLOOK / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 20, 2018: The article highlights that something strange is going on in the financial system.

And according to The Financial Times, it’s about to send a massive flood of cash into the pockets of the most prepared Americans.

According to former hedge fund manager, Dr. Steve Sjuggerud — one of the most widely-followed financial analysts in the world. Today, he shuns the spotlight and lives on a remote island off the Florida coast where he has built a new life… and a substantial fortune… by sharing a series of eerie predictions. Many of which have proven correct.

But his latest prediction has caught many Americans completely off-guard. Where he said, over the next year (2019) or two (2020), there’s going to be a panic — but not the kind of panic most people expect. In fact, it’s already begun.

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Hedge-fund boss who predicted ‘87 crash says get ready for some ‘really scary moments’

MARKET WATCH / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 20, 2018: The article highlights that ‘From a markets perspective, it’s going to be interesting. There probably will be some really scary moments in corporate credit,’ said Paul Tudor Jones, a hedge-fund luminary.

He’s stress-testing his portfolio of corporate debt because he expects a tumultuous road ahead on the back of the Federal Reserve’s apparent commitment to normalizing interest rates and buttressed by corporate tax cuts from the Trump administration.

Speaking at an economic forum in Greenwich, Conn., a stronghold for hedge funds, Jones commented that the Fed faces real challenges amid “the end of a 10-year run” of economic growth that many anticipate will soon come to a screeching, cyclical end.

And he’s not alone, as the biggest threat to financial stability comes from the elevated level of the stock market and the sensitivity of bond prices to interest rates, says the conclusion of the Treasury Department’s Office of Financial Research, which on Thursday (November 15) published its annual report to Congress. It called the overall threat to financial stability as “medium.”

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Chances of US Recession Increase Amid Mounting Risks

SPUTNIK NEWS / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 20, 2018: The article highlights that economic experts from major international financials, academic circles, and government agencies say the US is facing mounting risks of a recession due to elevated uncertainty in international trade, a possible slowdown in domestic investment, and rising costs of doing business.

And James Knightley of the Dutch bank ING said: “The economy is facing a growing number of headwinds, including the lagged effects of previous interest rate rises and dollar strength, the uncertainty of trade protectionism at a time when external demand is slowing, and a sense that the support from the fiscal stimulus will gradually fade.”

Meanwhile, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who served under President Bill Clinton, believes there is a 50-per cent chance of a recession by the year 2020. And said: “I think the risks if we have a recession are very, very serious so they need to bend over backwards to avoid that.”

“We don’t expect another recession until 2021, at the earliest,” said Byron Wien of Blackstone Group’s Private Wealth Solutions Group, and added that “The Fed is doing the right thing.”

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US debt payments will soon exceed military spending

YAHOO / BATTLE FOR WORLD – November 14, 2018: The article highlights that the U.S.’ debt is skyrocketing and soon the country will spend more on servicing its debt than it will on national defense – and shortly after will spend more on its debt than on all nondefense discretionary programs combined.

And that while America’s debt has skyrocketed, low inflation and international demand for Treasury bonds has held down interest costs, but with the U.S. Federal Reserve hiking interest rates that is expected to change. As the Fed is hiking interest rates as inflation has percolated higher – higher interest rates will translate into higher debt payments.

The Wall Street Journal reported citing data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), that the U.S. will spend more on interest than it spends on Medicaid in 2020, and in 2023 interest spending will exceed national defense spending, and by 2025 it will spend more on interest than on all nondefense discretionary programs combined. Wow!

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