Author: Gerald Celente

President Vladimir Putin, once again, defied conventional geo-political wisdom when he announced without warning March 14 that he was pulling Russian air-combat forces out of Syria. State Department chief spokesperson John Kirby acknowledged March 17 that the US government had been given no notice by Moscow and was taken by surprise by the move. Why...

By Nomi Prins Contributing Editor On 16 December 2015, after seven years of near-zero short-term interest rates, the Federal Reserve bumped up the federal funds rate target range a smidge, from 0-0.25 percent to 0.25 percent-0.5 percent. Chairwoman Janet Yellen affirmed it was the start of a process “likely to proceed gradually” that translates to...

By Gerald CelentePublisher, Trends Journal KINGSTON, NY, 24 February 2016—You operate the largest printing press on the planet. You seek to hire the most highly qualified people to address current economic conditions and design strategies to maximize future market potential. However, when crisis strikes and with global equity markets in turmoil, those hired admit they are...

The Winter 2016 Trends Journal, packed with forecasts and analyses across a broad spectrum of topics, is now available.  In 36 years of trend forecasting, the Trends Research Institute has never witnessed a new year that began with such high levels of equity-market volatility, rising geopolitical unrest and other emerging and extremely volatile socioeconomic signs as this...

As a contestant in the Presidential Reality Show, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton continues to endlessly boast of her “experience” and “judgment’ in foreign policy. But among  her proud triumphs is supporting and masterminding the toppling of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, which has turned the country into another US-foreign-policy-made disaster. While there are facts...

On February 17, US President Barack Obama laid down the law to China’s leaders to stop expanding their military presence in the South China Sea. They didn’t listen. Obama met with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at Sunnylands, California, and then later told reporters, “We discussed the need for tangible steps in...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s policy of supporting ISIS/Islamic State forces waging war against Syria, while cracking down anew against the huge Kurdish minority of 20 million people in the eastern part of his country, will dramatically escalate death and destruction throughout the region. Erdogan’s air force generals also pleased neocon warmongers in the Obama...

Gerald Celente’s “Trends This Week,” a weekly show on the Progressive Radio Network, PRN.fm, airs live each Wednesday at 11 a.m. Trends This Week breaks down essential trends in economics, geopolitics, health and well-being, pop culture and more in classic Celente style. And, if you can’t catch the show live, you can listen 24/7 by accessing Trends This Week...

Fiat Chrysler unveiled its 2017 Chrysler Pacifica at the North American International Auto Show, sparking plenty of chatter about the future of the minivan, that vessel of all-American families that rose in popularity during the 1990s. First, a little history. Though automakers, especially Ford, attempted in the 1970s to market economy vans to families, the...