LEBANON: “THE WEEK OF WRATH”

IRAQ: MORE PROTESTS. U.S HERE TO STAY

TARGET IRAN: U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP

LIBYA: ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

FRANCE: OLD STRIKES END, NEW STRIKES START

VENEZUELA: GUAIDÓ DOWN, POMPEO PUMPS HIM UP

NEW WAY TO CLEAN UP OCEAN PLASTIC

WATER-RELATED VIOLENCE INCREASING

VACCINE AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S

U.S. MEDIA CENSORSHIP

21 Jan. Trends Journal: “New World Disorder”

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

LEBANON: “THE WEEK OF WRATH”

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

As the top of the economic ladder meet in Davos this week, the bottom rungs, sunk in poverty, deep in…

IRAQ: MORE PROTESTS. U.S HERE TO STAY

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Over the past four days, the street protests that began in October, but were halted following America’s assassination of General…

TARGET IRAN: U.S. MILITARY BUILDUP

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

There were already over 50,000 U.S. troops in the Middle East before the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, a…

LIBYA: ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

On Sunday, the two leaders of warring Libyan factions met in Berlin along with leaders and officials from Turkey, Russia,…

FRANCE: OLD STRIKES END, NEW STRIKES START

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Last week, over 500,000 strikers continued the massive protest against proposed changes to the pension system, which is now over…

FED: CYBER ATTACK COULD DEVASTATE FINANCIAL SYSTEM

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Concerns about U.S. vulnerability to cyber attacks is rising since the assassination of Iran’s general Qasem Soleimani and with good…

CHILE: ECONOMY IN TURMOIL

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Since October, Chile has been rocked by public protests against conditions ranging from economic inequality and rising prices to plans…

ARGENTINA: INFLATION SKYROCKETS, ECONOMY TAILSPINS

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Argentina’s inflation rate ended 2019 at 53.8 percent, down from a peak of 84 percent during the year. It’s among…

INTEREST RATE CUTS TO JUICE ECONOMIES

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Turkey Inflation crept up above 11 percent in December, but Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has forced the country’s central…

CHINA: TAKING ADVANTAGE

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

China has renewed construction projects under its Belt and Road Initiative, which is building ports, rail lines, and other infrastructure…

GERMANY: ECONOMY HITS THE BRAKES

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Germany’s GDP grew by a feeble 0.6 percent in 2019, its lowest rate since 2013. Global trade battles weakened exports,…

VENEZUELA: GUAIDÓ DOWN, POMPEO PUMPS HIM UP

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

As reported in last week’s Trends Journal, Juan Guaidó, who had declared himself president of Venezuela last January with the…

CENTRAL BANKS LOSE THEIR GRIP

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

After decades of wielding power over national economies, nations’ central banks have spent much of their power. Their power comes…

IMF FOLLOWS CELENTE: GREAT DEPRESSION 2.0

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

The world is drifting toward another Great Depression, says Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. She points…

WORLD ECONOMY: FLIRTING WITH DANGER

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Record Bond Issues Heighten Fears of Debt Collapse In 2019, corporations globally took advantage of low interest rates and issued…

GOLD: $2,000 IN SIGHT?

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

According to an executive at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, gold could soar above $2,000 an ounce in…

APARTMENT BUILDING BOOM TARGETS AFFLUENT TENANTS

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

U.S. builders are expected to add 371,000 apartments to the nation’s housing stock this year, a 50-percent increase over last…

RICH INVESTORS MORE BULLISH THAN EVER

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

With U.S. stocks hitting six new-record highs in 2020’s first 12 trading days, investors holding $1 million or more in…

DOLLAR POISED TO WEAKEN?

Many banks expect the dollar to weaken against other currencies this year. A weaker dollar would make U.S. goods cheaper…

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FED PROPS UP THE REPO MARKET – AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN…

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

Last Tuesday, the Fed opened another $82 billion in short-term liquidity to the repo markets. This followed $60.7 billion in…

U.S.-CHINA TRADE TREATY TAKES SMALL STEPS

by Trends Journal January 21, 2020

The new pact gives each side some, but not a lot, of what it wants. China has agreed to buy…

U.S. MEDIA CENSORSHIP

by Trends Journal January 22, 2020

The following quote is from “Censorship 2019,” one of our Top Trends from last year: “Freedom of speech? Freedom of…

NEW WAY TO CLEAN UP OCEAN PLASTIC

by Ben Daviss January 21, 2020

About 16 billion pounds of plastic flows into the world’s oceans each year. In 2021, the Finnish research center VTT…

WATER-RELATED VIOLENCE INCREASING

by Ben Daviss January 21, 2020

Physical confrontations over water have more than doubled over the past ten years, according to the nonprofit Pacific Institute, who…

VACCINE AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S

by Ben Daviss January 21, 2020

In a test, a vaccine has cleared the brain protein tangles and build-ups that characterize Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the…