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Please consider Double Standards: Europeans Are Right to Be Angry with Merkel Chancellor Angela Merkel has tenaciously insisted that austerity is the only way out of the crisis for ailing EU countries. She doesn’t practice what she preaches in Germany, though, which makes growing anger toward her understandable. The question is not about whether Krugman is right when he almost obsessively labels Merkel "dim-witted" and writes that "senior German officials are living in Wolkenkuckucksheim — cloud-cuckoo land." No, it is not the know-it-alls from abroad who spark doubts
Jet Fuel Usage Q1 2013 Fuel Oil Usage Q1 2013 Residual Fuel Oil Usage Q1 2013 Tim Wallace writes … Hello Mish Here are separate charts for Total Distillates, Gasoline, Kerosene Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil (diesel, etc.) and Residual Oils.
Originally posted here: Demographics in Pictures: Peak Earning (and Peak Spending Years)
What alternatives to “FDIC insured deposits†are out there so we can protect our money? I’m a daily huge fan and thanks for all your wonderful work. Sam P In the US, I do believe deposit insurance will be honored, but it shouldn’t be, at least on interest bearing accounts. And the only way deposit insurance could realistically work on non-interest bearing accounts was if there were regulations that banks could not lend deposits available on demand (checking accounts)
Link if video does not play Faber: Gold Isn’t Down as Much as Apple . Marc Faber on Bloomberg TV on the Fall in Gold Prices "I love the markets
Even diehard supporter of the eurozone now see it cannot work. For example, please see Eurointelligence Founder Wolfgang Münchau, Once a Staunch Euro Supporter, Now Welcomes the Anti-Euro Party "Alternative for Germany"
See the article here: Eurointelligence Founder Wolfgang Münchau, Once a Staunch Euro Supporter, Now Welcomes the Anti-Euro Party "Alternative for…
In another interview from the Wine Country Conference, Chris Martenson says S&P 500 May Fall More Than 40% By Fall . Even though the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are hovering at all-time highs, Chris Martenson, author of PeakProsperity.com and the “Crash Course” Series, is forecasting a major market correction
Whether out of complete stupidity or pressure from the IMF or Brussels (I suspect all three) Cyprus to sell around 400 mln euros worth of gold to partially fund its bailout. Cyprus has agreed to sell excess gold reserves to raise around 400 million euros and help finance its part of its bailout, an assessment of Cypriot financing needs prepared by the European Commission showed.