The Decline & Fall of the FBI?

by Martin Armstrong Eli Crane laser focused pic.twitter.com/i47qcPZIgN — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) May 27, 2023 When James Comey just spoke to Trump, he took notes. When he formally interrogated Hillary, he claimed he never took notes. Those who question …

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Gold’s Open Interest on Comex indicates that futures are not overbought, suggesting that when it is over this decline could support a decent upward move. Are we going higher or lower from here?

by BoatSurfer600 via kingworldnews: Here is a look at what is happening behind the scenes in the gold and silver markets. May 19 (King World News) – Alasdair Macleod:Gold and silver prices declined this week, as the shorts mounted an attack …

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DECLINE IS A CHOICE: Chicago’s new woke mayor is signed in and vows to tax the rich and big business to pay for progressive agenda – as major firms vow to PULL OUT of city.

  via dailymail.co.uk: Companies are already vowing to leave Chicago over additional taxes promised by its new mayor – a progressive tasked with addressing the city’s dwindling image under predecessor Lori Lightfoot. Sworn in early Monday, Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson beat …

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Case-Shiller January Home Prices Slow To 3.79% YoY As Fed Retreats (All 20 Metro Areas Decline MoM With Seattle And Las Vegas Declining The Fastest)

by confoundedinterest17 The Federal Reserve is in retreat and housing prices reflect the retreat. Case-Shiller’s national home price index slowed to 3.79% YoY in January as The Fed slows its money printing. All 20 cities were down MoM in January with Seatlle declining …

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A bank (First Citizens) that has been on a steady decline since October of 2022 buys the assets of a failed bank (Silicon Valley) and the stock price for the purchasing bank goes up $250 (43%). This story gets crazier by the minute.

by BuzzMonkey “It took Mr. Gruenberg’s agency roughly two weeks to find a buyer for parts of the bank, and FDIC agreed to give Raleigh, N.C.-based First Citizens a $16.5 billion discount on $72 billion in loans and a pledge …

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THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: When I Covered Climate Change for Reuters I Thought CO2 Was Certainly to Blame for Rising Temperatures. I Was Wrong.

via dailysceptic: The BBC and the mainstream media regularly frighten everyone with the latest climate disaster news with pictures of floods, fires and hurricanes, always followed by scary predictions that things will only get worse unless mankind mends its irresponsible ways. …

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US Mortgage Applications Decline 7.7% From Last Week As Fed Continues Their Counterattack On Inflation (Purchase Apps Down 43% From Last Year, Refi Apps Down 76%)

by confoundedinterest17 US inflation is causing The Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and mortgage applications are suffering. Mortgage applications decreased 7.7 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the …

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Americans With a College Degree Saw Wages Decline the Most in Two Decades — Median wages fell 7.4% in 2022 for those with undergrad degree — High school graduate wages increased most since 2001: NY Fed (Bloomberg)

  When it comes to wages, fortunes flipped last year for college and high-school graduates. In 2022, median annual pay was $52,000 for Americans with a bachelor’s degree, according to data released by the New York Federal Reserve Friday. That’s …

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US Pending Home Sales Decline For 13th Straight Month, Down -34.3% YoY As Fed Tightens (UMich Housing Sentiment At 44, Well Below 100)

by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market continues to struggle as The Federal Reserve continues to fight inflation. Today’s pending home sales are another nail in housing casket. Pending home sales declined -34.4% year-over-year (YoY) as M2 Money growth went negative (-1.3% …

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