Economics - The New American

Banks, Analysts Warn of Massive Money Printing Ahead

As credit and economic activity continue to contract, analysts are warning of big problems and unprecedented fiat-money creation by the Federal Reserve System...

Alex Newman July 1, 2010

NYT’s Krugman Claims Europeans Balancing Budgets Means Worldwide Depression

Thomas R. Eddlem June 30, 2010

Several European nations recently announced spending cuts to bring their budgets closer to balance in the wake of the current global economic recession,...

Double Dip Evidence Piling Up

Bob Adelmann June 23, 2010

When John Hussman, in his Weekly Market Comment, noted that the Economic Cycle Research Institute’s (ECRI) Index “has slumped to the lowest level...

World Leaders Attack U.S. Dollar

Alex Newman June 22, 2010

The attack on the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency intensified over the weekend as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Russian President...

Alternative Currencies

Alex Newman June 10, 2010

The Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money and credit has caused so many problems for average Americans and the nation that addressing this issue...

Inflation, Deflation, and a Potential Second Stimulus

Alex Newman June 1, 2010

The Obama administration is pushing for a second “stimulus” package as the amount of money flowing in the U.S. economy contracts at a...

Private Wages Shrink — Government Programs Swell

Michael Tennant May 27, 2010

“Paychecks from private business shrank to their smallest share of personal income in U.S. history during the first quarter of this year,” according...

13 Trillion and Counting

Bob Adelmann May 26, 2010

When former Comptroller General Bill Walker, who headed the U.S. Government Accountability Office, said two years ago that the “official” debt of the...

Freezing the Economy with Global Warming Taxes & Regulation

William F. Jasper May 21, 2010

Will the politicians in Washington succeed in freezing our economy to death under the pretext of saving us from a non-existent global warming...

Senate Caves to Fed Pressure, Waters Down Audit

William F. Jasper May 11, 2010

Just before noon on Tuesday, May 11, the U.S. Senate agreed to a one-time audit of the Federal Reserve's emergency actions taken in...

$Trillion Bailout of Euro, Greece Shows Need to Audit the Fed

William F. Jasper May 10, 2010

The timing of the sellout by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last Thursday, May 6, on legislation to audit the Federal Reserve could not...

The New Frugality

Bruce Walker May 4, 2010

Long term caution is affecting the economic decisions of millions of baby boomers. The continued growth of investment values led millions of Americans...

Fed Facing Lawsuits, Criminal Complaints Over Market Manipulation

Alex Newman April 27, 2010

In addition to valiant congressional efforts for increased transparency, the Federal Reserve System and its cohorts are being targeted with criminal complaints and...