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Source: Macro Tourist "Remember the Powell of last year? You know, the one that tried to convince us that there 'could be no macroeconomic stability without financial stability?' And this Powell was not concerned about financial stability in terms of making sure the...

Source: Payment Source "Banks, retailers and technology companies [and governments] have spent years relentlessly working to replace cash with plastic, digital or mobile alternatives. And cash has hit back hard. In China, which has the most residents paying via mobile...

Source: Wall Street Journal "Federal Reserve officials are close to deciding they will maintain a larger portfolio of Treasury securities than they'd expected when they began shrinking those holdings two years ago, putting an end to the central bank's portfolio...

Is Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Kinda Looks Like It Source: Wired "Big Brother is an emerging reality in China. Yet in the West, at least, the threat of government surveillance systems being integrated with the existing corporate surveillance capacities of...

Source: Williams/Zero Hedge "Economist John Williams warns the Federal Reserve has painted itself into a very tight no-win corner. No matter what the Fed does with rates it's going to be a disaster. Williams explains, 'You had some very heavy selling towards the end...

Source: Washington Examiner "At its core, the Green New Deal is a measure aimed at eliminating all fossil fuel and nuclear energy and 'meeting 100 percent of national power demand through renewable sources' within just a 10-year time frame, according to a draft...

Source: Editors/Wall Street Journal "'The gig economy is simply the next step in a losing effort to build some economic security in a world where all the benefits are floating to the top 10%.' So declared Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren in 2016 amid an explosion of...

Source: CNBC "Ray Dalio, founder of the world's biggest hedge fund, warned on Tuesday of a 'significant risk' of a U.S. recession in 2020. 'It's going to be globally a slow up. It's not just the United States; it's Europe; and it's China and Japan' the billionaire...

Source: Zero Hedge "The brutal reality is that most Americans are not prepared for the next economic downturn or recession. The government shutdown is highlighting just how much Americans rely on others as opposed to themselves, and how little they have saved for an...

Source: Bloomberg "Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross downplayed expectations for an end to the U.S.-China trade war when both sides meet in Washington next week, saying the world's two largest economies are a long way from resolving their differences. 'We're miles and...