ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 365.53 points or 1.33 % to 27,883.78 Shanghai decreased 5.32 points or -0.16% to 3,240.06 Hang Seng increased 407.75 points or 2.06% to 20,192.40 ASX 200 increased 16.20 points or 0.23% to 7,050.30 Kospi increased 8.98 points or 0.37% to […]

  ASIA:   Japan’s economy narrowly averted a recession in the final months of 2022, barely growing on frail consumption after shrinking in the third quarter, revised data showed, underscoring the challenge for policymakers trying to shore up a wobbly recovery. Record high inflation and slowing global growth amid sweeping monetary tightening across many countries […]

ASIA:   China’s central bank kept interest rates unchanged while increasing liquidity injections for a fourth consecutive month, with the aim of supplying the market with enough long-term funds. The move also indicates policymakers’ comfort with the country’s modest economic growth target for this year, set at around 5%, which is at the lower end […]

QUESTION: Marty there are a lot of people who seem to be trying to create a panic. Some are claiming the stock market will plunge by 50%. Others are saying nothing will survive other than gold. It seems like none of these people have any sense of what is really unfolding. They were saying the […]

ASIA:   Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session in which he tightened his control of the world’s second-largest economy as it emerges from a COVID slump and diplomatic challenges mount. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously […]

Watch the video above or click here for the latest interview with USAWatchdog. Commentary from Greg Hunter: Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong said at the end of last year the U.S. is being set up for a “nightmare fall.” Train derailments and political problems are spinning out of control, but the biggest […]

  QUESTION: Marty; Why would Biden allow the billions he is sending to fill the pensions of government workers in Ukraine? YD ANSWER: This video has been going viral. However, this was from the beginning – of April 28th, 2022. The pensions are all the Ukrainian politicians – not the people. This is the kickback […]

QUESTION: Marty, Ever since the debacle in London with the long-term debt, there have been whispers in NYC about how the demand for long-term is drying up. When this becomes critical, is that when the whole thing comes crashing down? KW ANSWER: That was the real gist of Yellen’s speech back in October of 2022. […]

ASIA:   The idea of lifting the cryptocurrency ban has started floating in China as a former central bank official has called the country to review its stringent crypto restrictions. Huang Yiping, a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), believes that the Chinese government should think again […]

The European Central Bank has just announced its monetary policy statement that they “will stay the course in raising interest rates significantly at a steady pace and in keeping them at levels that are sufficiently restrictive to ensure a timely return of inflation to its 2% medium-term target.” Besides inflation, the other problem that governments […]