Currency War Begins, The U.S. Dollar Collapse Is Accelerating: Fed’s Balance Sheet Hit Record $3 Trillion, The Stock Market Is Back To December 2007 Levels, $114 Billion Withdrawn From Banks Last Month, The World 2nd And 3rd Largest Economies Are For The First Time In History Trading Their Currencies Directly. The Trend Is Pretty Clear!!

Currency war talk has dominated discussions at the Swiss ski resort of Davos

The Japanese currency is now trading around a 2-1/2 year low against the dollar at around 90 yen, as the market remained focused on Japan’s pursuit of a reflationary economic policy.

Talk about a currency war has dominated discussions at the Swiss ski resort of Davos this week, with many central bankers and business executives questioning the wisdom of [...]

JS Kim: In Today’s Risk-Filled Markets, Can You Afford to Be Misled By Fantasy Financial Reporting?

I’m writing this article today out of anger, yes, anger. Here’s the latest offering of a steaming pile of cow dung that passes for financial journalism that I stumbled across the other day:

“The headlines say the financial crisis is behind us. The Dow is back to pre-financial crisis levels. Layoffs are the slowest since the financial crisis, and car sales the highest since the financial crisis. So why are Americans [...]

Bloomberg Spews A Bunch Of Disingenuous Crap On Consumer Comfort

“Consumer Confidence Rises to 4-Year High,” blared the Bloomberg headline in a font that really was that big. That’s just so wrong. So wrong. I mean, should we really be jumping up and down, shouting, “Hip Hip HOORAY! Hip Hip HOORAY!” Uh… no. Let’s look at the first key point that Bloomberg made. Household confidence improved last week to a four-year high as more Americans said the economy was improving [...]

Markets mustn’t learn about our gold transactions, Bank of England says

5:44p ET Thusrday, November 3, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Denying a recent freedom-of-information request from a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Bank of England has insisted on secrecy for its swapping and leasing of gold from the national reserves.

Replying on October 24 to GATA supporter James Bern, who sought a more precise accounting of the British gold reserves, Bank of England spokeswoman Jackie Keating wrote that the gold [...]