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Ron Paul On The Fed's "No Win" Situation

Submitted by Ron Paul via The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity,

This week, President Obama and Vice President Biden held a hastily arranged secret meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen. According to the one paragraph statement released by the White House following the meeting, Yellen, Obama, and Biden simply “exchanged notes” about the economy and the progress of financial reform. Because the meeting was held behind closed doors, the American people have no way of knowing what else the three might have discussed.

Debt Grows 3.5x Faster Than GDP - "Big Hole Likely To Cave In Before We Claw Our Way Out"

Debt Grows 3.5x Faster Than GDP - "Big Hole Likely To Cave In Before We Claw Our Way Out"

Via MauldinEconomics.com,

You often hear me harping on the dangers of too much debt, and I keep my eyes peeled for significant work that backs up my concerns.

In my recent Outside the Box, good friend Dr. Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management gave us more ammunition to take on those who just don’t seem to get that the endless piling up of debt is not a sustainable way to run an economy.

Here Is Deutsche Bank's Massive Historical Atlas Of Every Market Move Since 1900

Here Is Deutsche Bank's Massive Historical Atlas Of Every Market Move Since 1900

Over the weekend, Deutsche Bank's cheerful house bull, equity strategist David Bianco (not to be confused with DB's brand new bear, chief economist Joe Lavorgna), released a note explaining why one should ignore everything that does not fit a bullish narrative, and explained that he expects the S&P to hit 2,500 by 2018 (with one warning: "We think the S&P 500 can reach 2500 before suffering a 20%+ bear market decline. However, the next bear market could erase all further gains from this cycle. This is a significant risk when EPS growth is slow and yet the PE is above average.")

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