Will Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ Be Different from Biden’s Economic ‘Nuclear Bomb’?
President Trump announced on Wednesday that his administration was preparing the “most crushing economic operation” for Iran, and that…
Author: Andy Corbley
08/26 End of the Empire: America at 40 (Trillion)
Given that data from the US Treasury Dept. on debt is released one day late, Wednesday saw a multitude…
S. Korean President Proposes New Round of Dialogue as Trump Again Reduces Commitments to Peninsula
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung used the occasion of the country’s day to commemorate freedom from Japanese domination to…
Interest Payments on the National Debt up 13% Year-over-year with Still 3 Months to Go
With a trimester left of the 2026 fiscal year, the US Treasury has already borrowed more money than in…
Jobs Report, Hormuz Deal Unlikely to Have Launched Gold as Much as the Yen Bailout
Two notable surges in the price of gold last week were attributed at the open to falling oil prices…
We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley
Americans have a funny way of relegating certain ingredients to specific functions that don’t always serve the overall purpose…
Trump’s War on Iran Now Solely Centered Around Hormuz
Story at a glance… The war on Iran has coalesced almost entirely into a battle for control over the…
‘What Are You Waiting For?’ Is the Collective Market Response to Kevin Warsh, FOMC Decision
Future data releases notwithstanding, the response from Wall Street to the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee’s decision not to…
Yemen’s Blockade Cuts Saudi Oil Export by 40% with Strikes on Refinery and Red Sea Shipping
Oil loads into the East-West pipeline at the Saudi port city of Yanbu have fallen 40% since strikes on…
China Ends Paper Gold Trading Hoping to Leverage Strong Physical Position to Reduce Volatility
A Chinese bank that’s the world’s largest measured by total assets informed its customers that on July 24th, buying…
What the USDA Never Told You About Fiber, and Why it May Be Exactly What You Need
Fiber has been singled out as a “nutrient of concern,” since 2005, but misunderstandings of what fiber actually is,…
With Up to 4 Killed and Dozens Wounded, US Ground Forces Pay the Cost of Renewed Fighting
While news headlines circulated the announcement that 2 US soldiers were killed by an Iranian strike in Jordan, an…
Meet Molybdenum, Yet Another Metal Pricing Up from a Supply Deficit Worldwide
“Critical minerals” are all over the financial and economic news these days. Most commonly they refer to things like…
Trump Takes Huge Gamble in Second Blockade Strategy, as World Oil Reserves Fall Below Half
Following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in the days after President Donald Trump and Israel’s surprise attack…
Yemen Warns $200pb Oil if Attacks by Saudi Continue, Closure of the Red Sea Strait Discussed
Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the faction which has controlled northern Yemen and the capital of Sana’a for over…
Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years
It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…
Canada Successfully Exploring for ‘White’ Hydrogen Gas, a Clean Power Source Beneath Existing Mines
Scientists in Canada have discovered that ancient underground rocks are naturally producing hydrogen gas—and lots of it, and it…
07/26 End of the Empire: Iran’s Strait Shooting and ‘Special Considerations’ for China
End of the Empire is a once-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world of…
Greenland Rejects China-Backed Australian Firm’s Application to Mine Kvanefjeld Rare Earths Project
On the final Friday in June, Greenland’s Ministry of Mineral Resources rejected an application from Australian mining company Energy…
Sleeping on a Problem Is Actually a Remarkable Evolutionary Adaptation
According to sleep scientist Dr. Matthew Walker, Albert Einstein would deliberately take naps in his office chair after reaching…