The U.S. Federal Reserve will keep interest rates near zero until labor markets tighten and inflation reaches 2 percent and “is on track to moderately exceed 2 percent for some time,” the central bank said in a statement on 16 September. The Fed officials said they expect the benchmark interest rate to stay near zero...
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U.S. MARKETS FRONT
Yesterday, the Dow closed down 510 points, gold prices fell $38 closing at its lowest level since late July, and oil tanked 2.6 percent. The S&P fell 1.2 percent, and the tech-heavy NASDAQ fell 14.48 points. The fear there won’t be another money pumping stimulus from Washington before the election and fears of a second...
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POLICE & PROTESTERS CLASH IN LONDON
Over the weeks, we have been reporting in the Trends Journal on the growing number of protests against COVID-19 rules and breach of freedoms as people took to the streets from Berlin to Dublin, London to Paris, Melbourne to Montreal. Anti-government anger is growing across four continents as political leaders, reacting to higher infection rates...
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IRELAND’S PM ENFORCES “DRACONIAN” MEASURES TO SLOW VIRUS SPREAD
The County Dublin, Ireland, announced this week it would add on additional restrictions due to recent virus cases within the country, after the country’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the “threat is growing” and needs to be slowed, according to a report. Irish Central reported that Martin said the new restrictions will include allowing home...
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MADRID’S PARTIAL LOCKDOWN MET WITH CITIZEN FRUSTRATION
A recent surge in coronavirus cases in some areas in the Spanish capital of Madrid has prompted the government to order a partial lockdown that has been the source of anger from those who say the mandate is extreme and will crush the economy. Reuters reported the lockdown would target poorer areas in the city...
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HIGH PERCENT OF COVID PATIENT FATALITIES HAD PRIOR HEALTH ISSUES
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study in April that said of those hospitalized due to coronavirus symptoms, a large percentage had health issues prior to contracting the disease. The peer-reviewed journal said 34 percent of the patients had diabetes, 42 percent were obese, and 57 percent had high blood pressure. A...
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TEMP CHECKS GOOD THEATER, BUT OFFER MINIMAL VIRUS PREVENTION BENEFIT
Some health officials see little use in employing temperature checks in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, saying these screenings do nothing more than offer a bit of pandemic theater for the public. The New York Times reported last week that some governors have incorporated temperature checks into their coronavirus mandates. Running a...
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COVID TRUTH & CONSEQUENCES
The Trends Journal has long been reporting protocols whereby doctors list COVID-19 as the cause of death even in those cases where the patient had not been tested, and it was just “assumed” the patient had been infected. On 14 April, we reported, “Dr. Scott Jenson, a Minnesota state senator who is also a medical...
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VIRUS NOT MAIN CAUSE OF DEATH FOR ALMOST 1/3 OF COVID VICTIMS
It was reported in the U.K newspaper The Telegraph last week that the coronavirus “was not the leading cause of death for nearly a third of registered Covid-19 victims in July and August.” The Oxford University study they cited stated, “This means that someone who has had a heart attack or even died in a...
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VICTORIA GOV’T EYES DETAINMENT OF COVID “CONSPIRACY THEORISTS”
The government in Victoria, Australia, is preparing to discuss an emergency measure that would allow authorities to detain any citizen they suspect could be at “high risk” for becoming a coronavirus “conspiracy theorist,” according to a report. The Caldron Pool, a conservative website, reported that under the law, anyone who refuses to follow instructions or...