QUESTION: Hi Martin, How long has the central banking era been going and will it come to an end? How many central banks create liquidity for governments by buying their bonds? Cheers SL ANSWER: I understand that central banks have been … →
I have warned that government expansion reduces economic growth and acts like a black hole that sucks in more and more wealth, thereby reducing economic expansion. If the government keeps growing, ultimately we will end up with 100% government consumption or … →
COMMENT: Hi Marty, Found this on Reuters website in an article entitled ‘Desperate in Davos: policymakers struggle for answers’. http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-davos-meeting-mood-idUKKCN0V10OL The most interesting part was this: ‘At a lunch entitled “The End of Political Consensus”, there was broad agreement that … →
On the WEC forum, there are four video updates on forecasting for the following key markets: Currencies: Euro, Pound, Yuan Commodities: Metals DOW, DAX, Nikkei, etc. Crude Oil Update
The French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said at DAVOS: “The European project can fail if we cannot resolve the security and the issue of refugees.” The idea behind the euro was that a single currency would expand the European economy … →
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, You have been nominated for the FX analyst of the year in 2016 again. True, your calls on the Euro and the Swiss peg were amazing. But what has fascinated me even more is you also forecast … →
Police Chief Wolfgang Albers, age 60, was fired after criticism of the police’s lack of involvement and potential cover-up of the sexual attacks on young German girls in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve. The outrage is brewing in Germany and … →
The German government has now admitted it cannot account for 600,000 of the 1.1 million migrants who arrived in the country last year. And people wonder why the borders are closing? Germany has become one giant mess; it is a transit … →
Scientists have discovered that the Venus flytrap does not react merely when an insect touches it; rather it counts the number of times an insect touches it and determines if it is too big to digest. This is something Congress is incapable … →
Hillary Clinton continues to struggle against Bernie Sanders who has rightly pointed to her ties to Wall Street. They should put it out there straight: THE CLINTONS HANDED STUDENTS TO THE BANKERS. In an attempt to stand up to this criticism, … →
