The flow of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. has been impacted by the economic crisis and the anti-immigrant laws that began with the passing of a law in Arizona. But Mexican immigrants are vital to the U.S....

Chinese power output was flat in June for the first time since May 2009. And this has added to concerns about slowdown in the Chinese economy.  While some discredit Chinese GDP data, some watch Chinese electricity output...

Last year it was the debt ceiling negotiations. This year its the fiscal cliff, political pressure on the Federal Reserve, and the complete inability of Congress to pass anything resembling a jobs bill.  Partisan gridlock is the...

This latest micro-documentary from Future Money Trends, narrated by founder and chief strategist Daniel Ameduri, highlights the inevitably of a collapse in the global financial and economic systems. Taking into consideration key data points like demographics, consumer...

Data out this week was modestly robust, until Thursday, when a string of indicators disappointed. Here’s what you need to know. SEE ALSO: This Is What The World’s Largest Companies Are Telling Us About The State Of...

An interesting paper showed up on Reddit EconPapers today.  Its title: Male Organ and Economic Growth: Does Size Matter? And the answer to that question seems to be yes. Click here to see the raw data >...

From Cullen Roche at Pragmatic Capitalist, the YOY change in rail traffic is starting to re-accelerate again. Rail is a hugely useful economic indicator, so this is significant. Pay attention, in particular, to the black 10-week moving...

In January of this year, I wrote an analytic financial piece entitled ‘Baltic Dry Index Signals Renewed Market Collapse’: http://www.alt-market.com/articles/540-baltic-dry-index-signals-renewed-market-collapse In that article I discussed the record breaking low hit by the BDI and its implications for...

Joe LaVorgna, Deutsche Bank’s Chief U.S. Economist, recently lowered his GDP growth forecast due to deteriorating economic data. Looking at the week ahead, he notes that two key pieces of economic data will be of utmost importance,...

In our recent interview with Paul Krugman, we asked the Nobel Laureate and New York Times blogger about the phrase “very serious people” which he frequently uses to describe the folks in Washington like former Senator Alan...