This Chart Says It All…..Absolute Debt To GDP
thestatedtruth.com | March 10, 2010
SULTANS OF SWAP…..Fearing The Gearing!
thestatedtruth.com | March 9, 2010
SULTANS OF SWAP:  Fearing the Gearing! Ever imagine getting your tie caught in a mechanical set of gears (sorry ladies – but I will spare you). The results are nasty! Now you know what the Sultans of Swap in the $695 Trillion global OTC derivatives market feel like. Every day the slow moving gears of […]
When Ever We See The Government Working Hard On Something, We Like To Drag Out Of The Closet The Good Old Governmental Flow Chart
thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2010
The Middle Class Financial Compact Being Washed Away – Income Dilution and the Saving Disparity- 57 Million Households Live On $52,000 Per Year Or Less.
thestatedtruth.com | March 3, 2010
The middle class is finding itself struggling to keep what was once seen as staples of a burgeoning working class in our country. Part of this battle has come from a system that has rewarded easy finance on the backs of the working class. Take for example residential real estate. For decades, this was probably […]
Despite Low Rates, Homeowners Hesitate To Refinance…..From The Wall Street Journal
thestatedtruth.com | March 2, 2010
Minyanville Gives Us A Course In Historic Market Crashes
thestatedtruth.com | March 1, 2010
A Crash Course in Historic Market Crashes  Ron Coby MAR 01, 2010 9:10 AM        Today’s market peak looks eerily similar to the ones in 1929, 1930, 1987, and 2007.       Talking head after talking head appear on the TV daily telling everyone […]
Freddie Mac Said Friday They Aren’t Going To Buy Any More Securitized Loans. Gee This Is Incredible; ‘Now’ They Finally Figure Out That They Have Simply Dug Their Holes Deeper!
thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
Bad seats, hey buddy….or Freddie as the case may be! Â www.ingerletter.com
It’s All In The Multiplier….Kinda like Rabbits, But When They Don’t Multiply Like They Should, What Happens? The Rabbit Population Goes Down, Not Up. Same For The Feds Supply Of Money And Bank Deposits. They’re Not Being Loaned Out So They Can’t Multiply. Until This Changes, Leverage Will Be A Killer Of Wealth!
thestatedtruth.com | February 27, 2010
“By increasing the volume of their government securities and loans and by lowering Member Bank legal reserve requirements, the Reserve Banks can encourage an increase in the supply of money and bank deposits. They can encourage but, without taking drastic action, they cannot compel. For in the middle of a deep depression just when we […]
The Big Government Divergence
thestatedtruth.com | February 25, 2010
The divergence has accelerated as the recession has deepened! Unfortunately, the employment trends depicted in the nearby chart are not the trends that typically produce national prosperity. If government employment were to continue rising while private sector employment fell, the economy would become less productive…at least that would be our guess. (Picture the post office operating […]
Americas New Frugality….
thestatedtruth.com | February 24, 2010
It is hard to even comprehend that breakfast sales accounted for $57 billion in revenue. However, with more people out of work many are skipping breakfast or eating at home. On my early morning drives I will always see cars pulling up to McDonalds or Starbucks for that early morning purchase. The lines seemed a […]
Gramps Says Relax……I Got Your Backside Covered
thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
Home Morgage Negative Equity……Where Does Your State Stand
thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
Consumer Confidence Takes A Dive
thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
Federal Government Debt Per Person
thestatedtruth.com | February 23, 2010
The Two Income Trap
thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
It’s Just A Matter Of Time Before We Can Say Goodbye to Historically Low Mortgage Interest Rates
thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
Quantitative Easing and the Electronic Money Printing Machine – Saying Goodbye to Historically Low Mortgage Interest Rates. Federal Reserve 95 Percent Complete on Buying $1.25 Trillion in Mortgage Backed Securities. Posted   02-22-2010 People forget that quantitative easing is a form of creating something out of nothing. This extreme form of monetary policy is called upon […]
Uh…..I Think We’re Going To Be Out Numbered By A Godzillion
thestatedtruth.com | February 22, 2010
The Long Term Unemployed
thestatedtruth.com | February 21, 2010
The Developed World Is Driving A Crooked Road
thestatedtruth.com | February 18, 2010
What is astonishing is the fact that America is funding a large portion of its newly issued debt by direct purchases from the Federal Reserve. In other words, as private-sector demand for US Treasuries wanes, Mr. Bernanke is creating new money so that Mr. Obama’s government can bail out insolvent financial institutions. Strangely, the American […]
Commercial Real Estate And The New Normal
thestatedtruth.com | February 16, 2010
Commercial Real Estate Collapse Bigger than Subprime Implosion – Why is the Market Ignoring the $3.5 Trillion Commercial Real Estate Market Implosion? Pricing in Another Bailout. Posted: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:41:28 +0000 Most people that follow real estate even at a cursory level have heard of the problems in commercial real estate. The enormous […]
Get Out Of Debt….That’s The (New) Secret To Success
thestatedtruth.com | February 16, 2010
The Only Certain Bet in this Market is paying Down Debt. Credit Card Rates Rise as Other Interest Rates Drop. $866 Billion in Revolving Debt Still Remains. Tue, 16 Feb 2010 The global economy remains on unstable footing as we see debt problems slam the European markets with Greece in the current spotlight. Yet the […]
The “Baby Boom” Generation, It Came And Now It’s Going
thestatedtruth.com | February 15, 2010
The “Baby Boom” generation consists of people born from 1946-64, which is that big bulge in the birth rate near the center of the chart. When the 1980s arrived, those boomers were in their prime working years, and helped to push up both economic growth and stock prices. They also caused the birth rate to […]
Four Banks Make Up 55% Of FDIC Backed Assets……Now They Really Are To Big To Fail!
thestatedtruth.com | February 11, 2010
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 The FDIC provides deposit insurance at 8,099 institutions. Collectively the FDIC overlooks $13.247 trillion in assets at these institutions. Instead of feeling protected you should feel weary because the FDIC deposit insurance fund is insolvent. Now the assets at these institutions range from softer side financial instruments like CDs and regular […]
CPI Components And How Housing Controls It
thestatedtruth.com | February 8, 2010
In the past few decades Americans have seen more and more of their income being eaten up by the housing sector of the economy:
Household Debt…..A Long Way Down To Go!
thestatedtruth.com | February 7, 2010
So……if the Fed can create money out of thin air through their banking web why is the economy still faltering? In boom and bust cycles we see a love and revulsion towards debt. Banks can be willing to lend out money but you can’t force average Americans to borrow. This past decade we saw the […]
Total Rail Traffic, As In Railroad………
thestatedtruth.com | February 5, 2010
Measures Of Real Output Here we review a number of measures of real economic output that are distinct from FIRE Economy measures. Total rail traffic in the U.S. in 2009 was below 2008 levels, and trended down into the 4th quarter of 2009 as during 2008, curiously in a quarter when GDP numbers were robust. […]
A Great Review Of The American Middle Class Fight For Economic Survival In Todays World
thestatedtruth.com | February 3, 2010
The Devaluation and Fight for Survival of the American Middle Class – How Three Decades has Shifted the Concentration of Financial Wealth to the top 1 Percent.  Posted: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 The American middle class ideal is lionized around the world. It is the core of what has made this country great. The […]
The United States Budget Flow Chart
thestatedtruth.com | February 2, 2010
The U.S. Deficits Chart….Spending vs. Revenue. What Would Our Personal Balance Sheets Look Like If We Did This, You’re Right If You Said We Would Be Bankrupt In Short Order!
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2010
The U.S. is running massive deficits. If we do not get them under control, we will one day, and perhaps quite soon, face our own “Greek moment.” Look at the graph below, and weep. Obama offering to freeze spending by 17% in US discretionary-spending programs, after he ran them up over 20% in just one […]
Sovereign Debt and Default
thestatedtruth.com | January 30, 2010
Greece is running a budget deficit of 12.5%. Under the Maastricht Treaty, they are supposed to keep it at 3%. Their GDP was $374 billion in 2008 (about €240 billion). If they can cut their budget deficit to 10% this year, that means they will need to go into the bond market for another €25 […]
We Are At An Inflexion Point And The Middle Class Is Largely Being Squeezed Out
thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2010
But we are at an inflexion point and the middle class is largely being squeezed out. A recent study from the Commerce Department shed some light on an issue that we already know. Over the past 20 years the middle class has been falling behind: Everything is relative in this world. Incomes have gone up […]
The Real Cost Of Home Ownership
thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2010
So of married couples with two children 76 percent have two earners. The average American is simply working to stay on track or face being thrown off the treadmill. Jobs are so important to keeping a solid middle class. This should be obvious but current policy being driven by the corporatacracy is simply focusing on […]
Over 37 Million Americans Are Now On Food Stamps, It’s The Biggest Percentage Ever
thestatedtruth.com | January 29, 2010
We have many more people simply trying to stay afloat let alone pursuing the middle class ideal. Over 37 million Americans are now part of the food stamp program, not only is this the highest number ever but also the highest percentage of Americans ever to be on food assistance:  More at : http://www.mybudget360.com/
Fannie Mae Charmer……..Delinquency Rates Continue Higher
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2010
Home Sales Data….Not Looking To Good! Is The Government Throwing Good Money After Bad In The Housing Market?
thestatedtruth.com | January 28, 2010
California Default Notices
thestatedtruth.com | January 27, 2010
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