Armstrong Economics

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 931,44 points or -1.36% to 67,470.69 • Shanghai decreased 26.193 points or -0.64% to 4,057.781 • Hang Seng decreased 379.81 points or -1.48% to 25,25...

I have repeatedly warned that people need to watch Turkey. Most analysts view Turkey as simply another emerging market struggling with inflation, currency volatility, and political uncertainty. They are missing the larger picture. Turke...

Governments always know exactly where to find soldiers during economic decline. They look for debt, unemployment, hopelessness, and young men with no future. That has always been the pattern throughout history. Rome did it. Napoleon did it. Britain did it. The United States targeted poor communities for Vietnam and Iraq. Now, Russia is openly doing the same thing by f...

I grew up in New Jersey and raised my children there. I watched politicians make promises, raise taxes, expand government, and drive businesses and productive people out of the state. Every year it became more expensive, more corrupt, and more hostile to anyone trying to build something. The state has fallen into absolute ruin to the point where I am hesitant to visit...

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 1,667,89 points or 2.50% to 68,402.13 • Shanghai increased 8.872 points or 0.22% to 4,083.974 • Hang Seng decreased 405.1...