Gulf Oil Disaster Now A Waiting Game To See If Procedure Works

| May 28, 2010

WASHINGTON – BP’s chief executive cautioned Friday that it will be two more days before anyone knows if the latest fix attempt will stop the oil spewing into the sea, and President Barack Obama arrived on the Gulf Coast to tell residents they are not alone in dealing with it. The New York Times reported […]

Update On Gulf Of Mexico Oil Well Leak

| May 28, 2010

  Rick’s Picks  Friday, May 28, 2010 “Phenomenally accurate forecasts”   We may all be breathing a sigh of relief by the time you read this, but it remained uncertain at press time whether British Petroleum’s efforts to plug a massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico would succeed. Earlier in the day, the company […]

Consumer Personal Consumption For April Posts Weak Showing, Ratio Above 85%,

| May 28, 2010

The personal consumption to income ratio remains above 85%. A society based on excessive consumption with little investment is not sustainable. When wealth created from previous productive endeavors is consumed or transferred, society is left with obligations that it cannot pay. Personal consumption to income ratio: Consumer spending was stagnant in April while incomes posted […]

The Steep Fall In The Money Supply Matches The Average Decline From 1929 To 1933

| May 27, 2010

This is not good any way you cook it……..The pundits are buzzing about the rapid decline in the money supply of late. The latest catalyst for the chatter is a story yesterday in the Telegraph, which ran this provocative headline: U.S. money supply plunges at 1930s pace as Obama eyes fresh stimulus.The story goes on […]

Oil Slickonomics – Part 5

| May 27, 2010

Oil Slickonomics – Part 5 – Chutzpah May 27, 2010 “Any and all injury, loss, destruction and damage arising out of or related to the above described casualty event was not caused or contributed to by any fault, negligence or lack of due care on the part of Petitioners…”       This was excerpted from the […]

U.S. Money Supply Plunges At 1930’s Pace As Fresh Stiulus Is Needed

| May 27, 2010

The M3 money supply in the United States is contracting at an accelerating rate that now matches the average decline seen from 1929 to 1933, despite near zero interest rates and the biggest fiscal blitz in history.  (This is what John Williams of Shadow Statistics has been warning about over the past number of months). […]

Let’s Look At Our Check List Of How The Economy Is Doing…….

| May 27, 2010

#1) In what universe is an economy with 39.68 million Americans on food stamps considered to be a healthy, recovering economy?  In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that enrollment in the food stamp program will exceed 43 million Americans in 2011.  Is a rapidly increasing number of Americans on food stamps a good sign or […]

Why Housing Has Another Leg Down

| May 26, 2010

   by Bmoreland     05/26/2010 Every day we hear “housing has bottomed” or “experts predict housing will rebound in late 2010”. A review of the quarterly bank data reveals some somewhat contradictory numbers: The data is 1-4 Family First Liens. Nonperforming loans are defined as loans 90+ Days Past Due and loans on Nonaccrual (no longer recognizing interest income). We […]

Thinking Of Buying A Home Today…..Does It Make Sense?

| May 25, 2010

Why buying a home today makes little financial sense. 3 reasons why taking on a mortgage in today’s market is deep in speculation. Are homes still over valued? Tax benefit not as big as you would expect.     Tue, 25 May 2010 It is hard for many to believe that home prices in many […]

Proposed Next Bailout: $165 Billion For Unions

| May 24, 2010

Updated May 24, 2010 The Next Bailout: $165B For Unions By Erik Berte  – FOXBusiness      Taxpayers could be on the hook for another $165 billion if a bill to bail out private union pension funds makes it through Congress. A Democratic senator is introducing legislation for a bailout of troubled union pension funds.  If passed, the […]

63% Favor Repeal Of National Health Care Plan

| May 24, 2010

Health Care Law   63% Favor Repeal of National Health Care Plan   May 24, 2010 Support for repeal of the new national health care plan has jumped to its highest level ever. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of U.S. voters now favor repeal of the plan passed by congressional […]

Looks Like A King Sized Tooth Ace For California’s Unfunded Pension Liabilities

| May 24, 2010

Unfortunately, our woeful tale of unfunded liabilities does not end in Washington. Several state governments are also racking up large annual deficits and even larger unfunded pension liabilities. Right here at home, in the Golden State, government finances have rapidly slipped from “okay” to “abysmal.” And once again, the official debt numbers tell only a […]

Europe Says It’s Fixed…..Then Again, Maybe Not!

| May 24, 2010

One False Move In Europe Could Set Off Global Chain Reaction By Howard Schneider and Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 24, 2010 If the trouble starts — and it remains an “if” — the trigger may well be obscure to the concerns of most Americans: a missed budget projection by the Spanish […]

Fresh Concerns About Spain’s Economy

| May 24, 2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised fresh concerns about Spain’s economy, saying “far-reaching” reforms are needed to ensure its recovery. It said the country faced “severe” challenges, including the need to urgently reform a “dysfunctional” labour market, and its banking sector. The IMF’s comments came after Spanish authorities had to rescue regional lender Cajasur […]

Oil Slickonomics Part 4

| May 24, 2010

May 24, 2010 “The most recent satellite imagery indicates that the portion of the oil previously observed moving to the SE towards the Loop Current (LC) has largely been entrained into a counter-clockwise rotating eddy to the north of the LC.  Over flight observations report this oil is in the form of very scattered light […]

France Poised To Raise Retirement Age From 60!

| May 23, 2010

Geez,   No wonder Europe has debt problems,  this may well cause rioting across France ….. Expectations are growing that France is set to remove the right to retire at 60, as it embarks on a contentious reform of its debt-laden pension system and brings public finances back into line.     By Peggy Hollinger in Paris Published: […]

Interesting Facts About Wireless Subscribers

| May 23, 2010

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Thoughts For The New Week From Gene Inger

| May 23, 2010

You have North Korea threatening ‘all-out war’ now; which is precisely a situation they calculate the United States cannot afford nor permit amidst this chaos. I fear there’s a risk of miscalculation on their part, which could actually start a hot war. Then I consider their conspiratorial allies in Iran and the terrorists in Lebanon, […]

Looks Like The X-37B Unmaned Successor To The Space Shuttle Is Shrouded In Operational Secrecy

| May 23, 2010

The X-37B has a wingspan of just over 14 feet and is 29 feet long. It looks something like a space shuttle, although about a quarter of the length.  We  discused  the X-37B in an April 4, 2010 article here at The Stated Truth….To review that article, go to the categories section to the left and […]

“I am more worried about the world, more broadly, than I ever have been in my career.” Says Seth Klarman, Legendary Baupost Investor

| May 22, 2010

Mr. Klarman is president of the Baupost Group, an investment firm in Boston that manages $22 billion. His three private partnerships have returned an annual average of around 19% since inception in 1983—and nearly 17% annually over the past decade, as stocks went nowhere.   Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/22/2010  From Zero Hedge…………. A […]

British Petroleum: U.S. Gulf of Mexico Oil Disaster To Try New Procedure Called “Top Kill” To Cap Deep Sea Well……

| May 22, 2010

LONDON        BP PLC’s chief executive told staff he was frustrated by the company’s failure to stop an oil leak in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and warned an attempt to do so starting next week could fail. In an email to staff late Friday, Tony Hayward said, “Like all of you, and the outside world, […]

Why 1,000 Bank Failures Will Occur Before The Great Recession Is Over!

| May 22, 2010

This is interesting and very telling, the 4 largest banks in the U.S. are larger then all of the 8,095 other banks in the FDIC system!    Uh…..is that right, Yep, that’s right.    FDIC next government trillion dollar bailout? Since January of 2000 to October of 2007 we had 27 bank failures. From January 2008 to May […]

32 States Have Borrowed From The Federal Government To Make Unemployment Payments; California Has Borrowed $7 Billion

| May 21, 2010

Friday, May 21, 2010 EconomicPolicyJournal.com has learned that 32 states have run out funds to make unemployment benefit payments and that the federal governmant has been supplying these states with funds so that they can make their  payments to the unemployed. In some cases, states have borrowed billions. As of May 20, the total balance […]

U.S. Begins Massive Military Build Up Around Iran, Sending Up To 4 New Carrier Groups In Region

| May 20, 2010

  Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/20/2010 As if uncontrollable economic contagion was not enough for the administration, Obama is now willing to add geopolitical risk to the current extremely precarious economic and financial situation. Over at Debkafile we read that the president has decided to “boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian […]

More On The Gulf Of Mexico Oil Disaster…..A Professor Of Engineering Told Congress That The Reality Is 95,000 Barrels Of Oil Are Gushing Out Of The Oil Leak Daily!

| May 20, 2010

Is British Petroleum lying?      95,000 Barrels Are Leaking Daily, Says Engineer….A professor of engineering told Congress that the reality is 95,000 barrels of oil are gushing out of the oil leak daily.That’s 4 million gallons a day.   Not the 5,000 barrels reported.                                                                                                                         ~~~~~~~~~~   Gregory White | May 20, 2010   While BP may […]

FDIC: ‘Problem’ Banks at 775

| May 20, 2010

Ten percent of all banks are in trouble according to the FDIC, and I’m sure they aren’t telling us everything…………A total of 775 banks, or one-tenth of all U.S. banks, were on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s list of “problem” institutions in the first quarter, as bad loans in the commercial real-estate market weighed on […]

Pimco’s El-Erian Says We Are In Unchartered Waters Here!

| May 20, 2010

By Rita Nazareth May 20 (Bloomberg) — The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s 12 percent decline from April’s high may worsen amid concern that Europe’s debt crisis will derail global growth, said Mohamed A. El-Erian, chief executive officer of Pacific Investment Management Co. “This is not a typical retracement,” El-Erian, 51, whose firm runs the […]

Arizona Votes For A Tax Hike

| May 19, 2010

Here is the scoop,  or should we say the poop!       In case you missed it, Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 100 on Tuesday, which raises the state sales tax by one percentage point for three years. A whopping two-thirds majority voted for the move.  Arizona’s budget crisis is one of the worst in the country, […]

Oil News…Specifically, the Miami Herald points out that – according to the Coast Guard – The Spill Is Getting Worse In Spite Of The Insertion Tube:

| May 19, 2010

New BP Insertion Tube Isn’t Working   Submitted by George Washington on 05/19/2010    Tube inside the leaking oil pipe – unfortunately – isn’t doing very much. Specifically, the Miami Herald points out that – according to the Coast Guard – the spill is getting worse in spite of the insertion tube:  The massive Gulf […]

U.S. Economy One In Ten Mortgages Delinquent (New Record), One In Twenty In Foreclosure

| May 19, 2010

  by Tyler Durden on 05/19/2010   From Goldman’s Jan Hatzius. Delinquencies and Foreclosures Rise Again Data just released by the Mortgage Bankers’ Assn show that more than one-tenth of all US mortgages are delinquent, a new record high. Homes in foreclosure edge up slightly as well. One caveat: the increases are driven by seasonal […]

Whopping $9 Billion In Equity Fund Outflows Following Flash Crash ….Looks Like A “Hot Potato Market”

| May 19, 2010

05/19/2010 14:01 -0500 ICI has reported the most recent fund flow data, and it’s a doozy. In the week following the flash crash, domestic equity funds saw a whopping $8.6 billion in outflows. As a result, the YTD outflow is over $9 billion, so in essence after almost going back to breakeven before May 6, […]

U.S. State Pensions Becoming Federal Issue

| May 19, 2010

By Nicole Bullock in New York and Hal Weitzman in Chicago Published: May 19 2010 20:44 | Last updated: May 19,2010 Illinois used to have a plan to pay off the gaping shortfall in the pension funds that pay retired teachers, university employees, state workers, judges and politicians, Dan Long recalls. Mr Long, director of […]

Mortgage Delinquencies And Foreclosures Break Records

| May 19, 2010

Alan Zibel, AP Real Estate Writer,     Wednesday May 19, 2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — The mortgage crisis is dragging on the economic recovery as more homeowners fall behind on their payments. Analysts expect improvement soon, but the number of homeowners in default or at risk of foreclosure will have a lingering effect on the broader economy. […]

Gene Inger…..We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet!

| May 19, 2010

We ain’t seen nothing yet.  There’s an old story of a guy who, when asked how he went broke during the Great Depression, responded: ‘slowly; then all at once’. We’re in a new era; which while there will be snapbacks and melancholy attempts to restore the past excesses (whether consumerism or governmental spending levels); they […]

Conspiracy Of Banks Rigging State Municipal Bond Deals

| May 18, 2010

By Martin Z. Braun and William Selway May 18, 2010  (Blomberg) — A telephone call between a financial adviser in Beverly Hills and a trader in New York was all it took to fleece taxpayers on a water-and-sewer financing deal in West Virginia. The secret conversation was part of a conspiracy stretching across the U.S. […]

Newt Gingrich Forecasts Obama Loss

| May 18, 2010

Heads up …………..Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich gives President Barack Obama only a 20 percent chance of being reelected  and says he might be the one to give Obama the boot.  Giving predictions for November’s midterms, Gingrich said House Republicans will pick up somewhere between 40 and 65 or 70 seats enough to gain control […]

Katla Volcano Rumbling

| May 17, 2010

Katla Volcano Just Rumbled Permalink Is the sleeping Katla waking up? On May 17, 2010 08:32 UTC, The Iceland Met office indicates that a small earthquake has occurred at the Katla location. In what could be an early indication of the event that is expected to occur (an eruption of Katla), a small earthquake is […]

All About Oil

| May 17, 2010

With only so much oil to go around, every new off-take agreement signed by the Chinese with the Saudis or Venezuelans, for example, is a net loss in supply to other bidders, notably the world’s largest energy consumer, the United States. That the Chinese, and other countries, are aggressively securing long- term energy arrangements, coincidental […]

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill……..Scientists Find Giant Plumes Of Oil Forming Under The Gulf

| May 15, 2010

  Jim Wilson/The New York Times By JUSTIN GILLIS Published: May 15, 2010 Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea […]

U.S. Bankruptcies Resume Upward Path In 1st Quarter

| May 14, 2010

Fri May 14, 2010 3:01pm EDT  * Nevada has most filings per capita, Arizona filings soar  By Jonathan Stempel  NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) – U.S. bankruptcy filings resumed their upward climb in the first quarter, nearly equaling their highest level since 2005, as high unemployment and a still-strained housing market squeezed consumers. There were […]

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