Historical US Dollar purchasing power compared to Gold
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Financial System
US power waning amidst constant crisis
The US has experienced a systemic crisis recently including most aspects of the US system; political, financial, and social. Being that the USD is the world reserve currency, and the US is basically the only real superpower, this has implications for the entire world. Most notably, the US experienced severe systemic crisis: Spy Scandal, revelations […]
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EU votes to suspend Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP)
European politicians have voted for a suspension of an ongoing Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP), in light of recent revelations that the NSA has been spying on EU politicians, businesses, and individual citizens. The EU should suspend its Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) agreement with the US in response to the US National Security Agency’s […]
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Saudi Arabia begins end of Petro Dollar – shift away from US to China
One of the components keeping the US Dollar as a global reserve currency was the agreement between the United States and Saudi Arabia to price oil in US Dollars. As the regions largest producer, this caused other oil producers to follow suit, and forced customers to use USD if they wanted oil. Of course this […]
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US Citizens face complex problems overseas due to FATCA
While FATCA was signed into law in 2010, many of the rules didn’t come into effect until 2013. Now many US Citizens living abroad are feeling the effects of FATCA. Also a ‘blowback’ effect has occurred, many foreign institutions not willing to deal with the complexities of the new rules have simply chosen to ban […]
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IMF considers imposing ‘one off’ wealth tax
Many in the US may be surprised how governments and institutions react in the long term to solve the global economic crisis. Those in Asia and Europe may not be. Simply, the economy is not producing enough to cover the losses. If the US continue down this path, at some point in the future tax […]
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Congress eliminates debt ceiling with HR2775
Intentionally or not, HR2775 passed late last night provides the US Treasury with the authority to ‘suspend’ the debt ceiling to avoid a default if the situation should arise. This has been picked up by a small amount of journalists and market participants. The NY Times notes: Did Congress just accidentally kill the debt ceiling? […]
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SAC Capital Insider Trading record fines
Steven A. Cohen was once regarded as one of Wall Street’s leading fund managers, managing SAC Capital, until… On November 20, 2012, according to The Wall Street Journal, Cohen was implicated in an alleged insider trading scandal involving an ex-SAC manager, Mathew Martoma. Cohen was not directly named in an indictment released in New York, […]
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Chase Capital Controls
Yesterday we saw reports from Info Wars about a letter received from a Chase business banking customer limiting cash use per cycle to $50,000 and forbidding international wire payments. On the surface the letter looked legit (after having received hundreds of such letters over the years) but was this customer in particular having some specific […]
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Chase Bank Limits Cash Withdrawals, Bans International Wire Transfers
Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com October 16, 2013 Chase Bank has moved to limit cash withdrawals while banning business customers from sending international wire transfers from November 17 onwards, prompting speculation that the bank is preparing for a looming financial crisis in the United States. Numerous business customers with Chase BusinessSelect Checking and Chase BusinessClassic accounts […]
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