Peter Schiff vs Rabobank’s Michael Every, with Dave Collum..

The biggest risk for inflation will not be the impact of energy prices only, but the response from governments if they decide to spend and print their way out of the war’s impact...

Truck-makers report steep declines in output, as domestic demand weakens and U.S. exports slow...

...the index for motor vehicles and parts posted the largest gain, and the index for machinery posted the largest loss.

A wave of layoffs across U.S. supply chains - from EV battery plants and auto parts factories to warehouses and rail terminals - has affected nearly 4,000 workers in recent weeks...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it would be a “big year” for China-U.S. relations. While he did not confirm the state visit, Wang said that “the agenda of high-level exchange is already on the table.”

Let’s consider for a moment WHY the mainstream has decided to adopt a crisis posture after so many years of ignoring the obvious...

Honda said it was forced to reexamine its automobile electrification strategy...

The ongoing decline of the German economy seems no longer relevant to a majority of Germans. In the late FRG, ideological escapism thrives above all—and, very Prussian, the civil service. Yet the bubble of decadent degrowth has already burst.

Even if the government hits the tax revenue jackpot, it’s naïve to assume lawmakers would pay down the debt...

"The negative outlook reflects the emergence of sizable and persistent projected budget gaps that signal underlying structural imbalance and reduced financial flexibility, despite New York City’s still favorable economic conditions."

Blaming it on the weather may make compelling click-bait copy, but it does not withstand economic scrutiny...

Europe’s economic “center of gravity” has shifted steadily east since 1950, moving from Cologne toward Munich...

Given the precarious economic situation and the ever-rising national debts, the European Commission is pushing for a consolidation of debt issuance under Brussels’ control. The European Taxpayers’ Association is now warning against this increasing centralization of fiscal power.

Trade flows show China is becoming less reliant on the US market... builds 120-day oil 'shock shield'

Technological revolutions often coincide with speculative manias...

Double-digit increases in employee health insurance costs hold down wage increases...

Jersey Democrats were exposed for hiding data that showed a budgetary crisis going back to 2023. Now they admit the crisis exists and they say it's Trump's fault...

Despite the hoopla about data centers, spending on factory construction was five times larger.

Look beneath the hood...