China’s consumers increased their spending by 3.5 percent in this year’s first two months, the country’s statistics agency reported, as China emerged from three years of draconian anti-COVID lockdown mandates.
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
In The Bronx, we used to say, “Bullshit has its own sound.” Let’s look at the facts... just the facts.
SPECIAL REPORT: THE BIG BANKSTER BUST CONTINUES
As the banking crisis continues, each week we will provide Trends Journal subscribers with an overview of the current events forming the future banking crisis trends.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM: AND WE ALL FALL DOWN
Once again! The global financial system finds itself in crisis. Indeed, a new full-on worldwide financial system/banking crisis is upon us. (And it’s just getting started).
CARBON WAR “NET ZERO” WOULD STARVE HALF THE PLANET, EXPERTS SAY
That victory Dutch farmers just won in provincial elections might literally save the world.
THE AMERICAN WAY: FAT, DUMB, AND STUFFED WITH SANDWICHES
Health officials in the U.S. now blame sandwiches as one of the leading reasons waistlines across the country are expanding.
WAR MACHINE RAMPING UP PRODUCTION AS U.S. RAMPS UP WARS
Citing what warmongers in Washington call the ever-growing threat of Russia and China, the Pentagon announced last week that the military-industrial complex is producing weapons of death at maximum capacity, which will be increased in the next few months.
Economy
SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
As forecast, the Merger and Acquisition trend which we have been long reporting would peak when the Federal Reserve would aggressively raise interest rates and cut off the cheap money supply, has indeed peaked. Indeed, they “slowed to a trickle”... and here are the latest “trickles.”
TOP TREND, NEW WORLD DISORDER: ARGENTINA’S INFLATION RATE EXCEEDS 100 PERCENT
Inflation in Argentina kept climbing in February, reaching 102.5 percent, its first time in triple digits since 1991, the country’s National Institute of Statistics and Census reported.
POLISH INFLATION HIGHEST IN 27 YEARS
In February, Poland’s annual rate of inflation reached 18.4 percent, its highest since 1996, after ending January at 16.6 percent, the Russian news service RT reported.
Geopolitics
WAR MACHINE RAMPING UP PRODUCTION AS U.S. RAMPS UP WARS
Citing what warmongers in Washington call the ever-growing threat of Russia and China, the Pentagon announced last week that the military-industrial complex is producing weapons of death at maximum capacity, which will be increased in the next few months.
NETANYAHU BENDS, MAKES AMENDMENTS TO JUDICIAL OVERHAUL
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, announced some amendments to his judicial overhaul plans after facing major protests and both domestic and international criticism for what critics see as an attack on democracy in the country by a hardline government.
MACRON FACES NEW PROTESTS AFTER FORCING THROUGH PENSION REFORMS
Tense protests broke out Friday across France to voice opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force through his pension reform bill without a vote in the country’s Parliament.
Top Trends 2023
TOP TREND 2023: CELENTE’S HOMELESS SOLUTION
Homelessness is still a top concern in cities across the U.S., and with poverty, crime and government corruption accelerating across the planet, waves of immigrants flooding into safe-haven nations has—and will—make the homeless crisis worsen.
TOP TREND 2023: ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT—NEW POLITICAL PARTIES
Get ready for new anti-establishment, anti-war, anti-immigration, anti-tax political parties to spring up across the globe.
TOP TREND 2023: ANTI-IMMIGRATION
Inflationary pressures, declining economies across the globe, lack of basic living standards... topped off by an expanding war in Ukraine will lead to more people fleeing impoverished countries for Europe and the U.S., which will, in turn, result in the continued growth of anti-immigration policies and movements in the West.
Hi-Tech Science
MAKE YOUR OLD CAR BATTERY PART OF THE ELECTRIC GRID
Your old battery might not have enough oomph to start your car but it probably has enough power left to still be of service, this time as part of the electric grid.
“PALMLESS” PALM OIL CAN SAVE ECOSYSTEMS, AVOID HEALTH DAMAGE
Palm oil accounts for 40 percent of the plant-based oils used in the world, from cooking to cosmetics to food processing, according to the World Wildlife Fund, because it’s odorless, tasteless, colorless, unusually smooth, and works well even under high heat.
INJECTABLE BIOMATERIAL HEALS DAMAGED TISSUES FROM THE INSIDE
Heart attacks create scar tissue that can lead to congestive heart failure. High blood pressure thickens arteries and can cause heart attacks and strokes. Strokes leave damaged tissues in the brain.