All posts tagged: recession

US Inflation Shock as Americans Keep Paying More for Food with nothing but the Prospect of Unemployment to Look Forward to if the Federal Reserve Policies are Successful

Today, President Joe Biden issued a statement about the rising Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September. He painted disappointing data about the US economy in a surprisingly positive manner: “Today’s data show more progress in bringing global inflation down in the US economy.  Overall, prices have been essentially flat in our country these last two […]

At the Behest of the IMF, Pakistan’s Rulers Slow the Economy Down, Choking Business and Trade, To Conserve Dollars, Just to Pay Off Foreign Interest Based Debt!

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has raised interest rates by 1.5 % to 15 %. According to the SBP’s own press conference, the increase is to slow the economy down, whilst claiming that such demand contraction is a must, otherwise high growth is unstable, worsening inflation. Even after […]

News Headlines 21/08/2019

US Tests Missile Recession Dawns Global Economy Trump Wants to Buy Greenland US Tests Missile On Sunday 18th August, the Pentagon tested a conventionally-configured (i.e. non-nuclear) cruise missile. The missile flew over 500 km and officials described it as accurately impacting. A ground-launched cruise missile of that range would have been flat out illegal under […]