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US Personal Consumption Expenditures Tap Record Highs, Stanford Economist Says Fed Should Increase Rates Above 9%

On July 29, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported on America’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index for the month of June, and the figure saw the largest 12-month…

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Renowned Investor Jim Rogers Warns ‘the Worst’ Bear Market in His Lifetime Is Incoming

Veteran investor Jim Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund with billionaire investor George Soros, has warned that more bear markets are coming and the next one will be “the worst”…

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Nigerian Currency Plunges to New All Time Low — Central Bank Blames Speculators

The Nigerian central bank has accused currency speculators of being behind the local currency’s recent plunge to a new all-time low of N710 against the greenback. The leader of a…

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IMF Predicts Latam to Grow 3% This Year, Despite Facing Economic Deceleration and Rising Inflation

The International Monetary Fund is predicting that Latin America (Latam) will keep growing this year, reaching a growth rate of 3% even with all of the difficulties that the region…

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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Predict Euro-Area Recession

Global investment banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan have predicted an imminent recession in the euro area. “The risks to our forecast are skewed toward a sharper recession in the event…

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Despite the White House Debate, Critics Insist US Officially in a Recession After 2 Consecutive Quarters of Negative GDP Growth

The U.S. economy has declined for the second-straight quarter as the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.9% in Q2. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’s summary of the U.S.…

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Fed Hikes Benchmark Bank Rate by 75 bps, Elizabeth Warren Says Central Bank Could ‘Trigger a Devastating Recession’

On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 75 basis points (bps) in order to tame inflation and stabilize the American economy. The recent rate hike…

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Economists Say Fed Could Shrink Balance Sheet in 2023, Critics Insist Central Bank Hasn’t Reduced QE at All

With inflation soaring in the U.S., economists from monetary policy analytics and forecasting firm LH Meyer say the U.S. Federal Reserve could stop shrinking its balance sheet earlier than expected.…

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Biden Administration Accused of Propaganda and ‘Redefining’ a Recession’s Technical Definition

After people have accused bureaucrats and government agencies of changing definitions during the last few years, Joe Biden’s administration now claims that a second consecutive quarter of negative gross domestic…

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Donald Trump Warns US Economy Is Facing ‘Much Bigger Problem Than Recession’ — ‘We’ll Have a Depression’

Former President Donald Trump has warned that the U.S. economy is facing “a much bigger problem than recession.” Noting that “We’ll have a depression,” he stressed: “We have to get…

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