TheEconomicCollapse Did you know that the percentage of the U.S. labor force that is employed has continually been falling since 2006 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?  Did you know that the increase in the number...

Australia’s economy continues to struggle to find its legs. The mining-driven economy got slammed as soon as its emerging market export partners like China slowed down. And despite a pick up in China, Australia has yet to...

The trucking industry may be the best economic indicator out there. Earlier today, we learned that the American Trucking Association believes Q1 is likely to be a bit weak as new taxes bite.  But we just got...

What a year 2012 has been!  The mainstream media continues to tell us what a “great job” the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are doing of managing the economy, but meanwhile things just continue to get...

TheEconomicCollapse What a year 2012 has been!  The mainstream media continues to tell us what a “great job” the Obama administration and the Federal Reserve are doing of managing the economy, but meanwhile things just continue to...

The two most important economic indicators of the night were China’s two manufacturing PMI numbers. China is the second largest economy in the world, and it is also the most important growth engine for the global economy....

So much ugly data coming out of the UK these days. Last week, UK Q2 GDP came out at -0.7%, far worse than the -0.2% that was expected. Now a slew of numbers out from the BoE...

TheEconomicCollapse Why is the economy going to collapse?  Have you ever been asked that question?  If so, what did you say?  Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial concepts in a package...