Economy

The output gap is a critical concept in economics that measures the real economy today relative to trend potential....and the biggest question in the economy today is how long will it take to close the gap.

The Fed has "gone Zimbabwe" but you can protect yourself by converting your Dollars to Gold and Silver! It's that simple - really.

The IMF has drawn up plans to force a cashless society upon all the people within IMF member nations. In their “The Macroeconomics of De-Cashing” it gives the following advice to governments who want to abolish cash against the will of their citizenry:

You have been warned! The financial world is descending into the trap of exponentially increasing debt that leads, slowly or rapidly, toward an abyss of monetary madness that can only mean much higher gold and silver prices in the future.

A look (not a prediction) at a series of not improbable events that could develop [and which] would change our economic world overnight.

No matter how boring it sounds, all investors must make it a point to track economic indicators to understand the direction in which the nation is headed...[and, in the process,] sharpen [their] investment decisions. Here are the key indicators that you should be tracking:

Recent trading patterns suggest that if King Dollar doesn’t reverse higher soon, it may be an indication that investors are losing faith in it.

It’s time to leave the cult of fiat currency behind, and add some real money to your life. Your future standard of living will thank you.

With less countries and organizations using the dollar to settle international transactions, it slowly chips away at its hegemony of the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency. China is at the epicenter of this transition and is making continued progress in cutting deals outside of the U.S. dollar framework. Deals shown in the infographic are currency flows between countries that have abandoned the dollar in bilateral trade, as well as countries that are considering such measures.

Technically the U.S. left the gold standard in 1971 but, in reality, we abandoned it in 1913 with the creation of the Fed...setting the stage for the collapse of the dollar. [Given that this is] the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve, it seems only fitting that we should present a brief history of the U.S. dollar debasement since then. Words: 1144