Copyright October 22, 2012 Martin Armstrong All Rights Reserved Has Greece Bottomed? We have witnessed extraordinary events coming out of Greece. There is little doubt that its bonds are now rated as junk. However, there is a lesson to be learned from the 1931 Sovereign Debt Crisis. After each nation defaulted and was relieved of […]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget The President’s 2013 Budget is out and it should be stated that there is no forecasting ability incorporated in this report. The projections are based on the assumption that what is in motion stays in motion. So the increase in interest expenditures that they freely show here will exceed all nondefense spending in the […]

 The Iranian Rial The Iranian Rial has come under tremendous pressure. Internally, the currency is depreciating in purchasing power at an astonishing rate. Internationally (illustrated here), the Rial has fallen generally to the 123.50 level from the 79 to the dollar level back in 2003. Internally, the Rial has just suffered one of the most […]

Asia – The Coming New Financial Capital of the World   One of the most significant advantages of gathering historical information on the rise and fall of nations throughout history, has been the discovery of the true nature of the world economy and its interactions with mankind. Nothing lasts forever. There are four seasons to […]

  The European World Economic Conference Berlin, Germany December 1st & 2nd, 2012 STEIGENBERGER HOTEL BERLIN Los-Angeles-Platz 1, 10789 Berlin, Deutschland Telefon +49 30 2127-0  Telefax +49 30 2127-117 E-Mail berlin@steigenberger.de How to Survive the Sovereign Debt Crisis, Droughts & Global Warming, and Global Correlation of Worldwide Investments One Day Sunday only $750 Two Days $1,500 […]

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Greetings From Hong Kong. The Sovereign Debt Crisis continues to unfold and governments everywhere are still trying to use short-term measures to solve a systemic problem that requires major restructuring of the world economy. Spain revealed yet another plan to cut 40 billion Euro from spending and it will take 3.1 billion from state employee […]

There are so called “Goldbugs” who hate my guts because I disagree with their reasoning why gold will rise and they cannot stand anyone who is a real analyst and ever forecasts that there will be a pause in the trend, I remain deeply concerned that many of these people who hate me so much […]

Eurozone GDP shrinks .2% The gross domestic product of the 17 countries using the euro fell 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter.  They also revised the year-on-year fall to 0.5 percent from a previously reported 0.4 percent.  Stronger than expected exports limited the Eurozone’s contraction but was unable to keep the Swiss economy from a negative number of […]

HARRIS v. McRAE, 448 U.S. 297 (1980) 448 U.S. 297 HARRIS, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. McRAE ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. No. 79-1268. Argued April 21, 1980. Decided June 30, 1980. Title XIX of the Social Security Act established the Medicaid […]