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June 30
Tourism Flat Despite Weak Dollar
California Near Financial Disaster - See Other States Not in Great Shape
How Did California Get in this Budget Mess?
The Levitating Economy
Waste Management to Cut 600 from Payroll
World's Bankers Weigh Deflation Threat

June 27
Not Your Father's Gold Market

June 26
Fiat Cuts 12,300 Jobs in Rescue Plan

June 25
The First Panacea
Malayasia Advocates Switch To Euro

June 23
Gold Action #346 - Snippet (Gold, Silver, NEM + More!)
Venezuelan Move to Replace US$ with the Euro Upsetting Washington More than Saddam's Euro Conversion Last November
The Asian Conspiracy Against America
Distressing Prospects for Dollar, Positive Ones for Euro
Wall Street Warming Back Up to U.S. Satellite Radio Firms

June 20
Home Foreclosures Hit Record High
U-Haul Teeters on Edge of Bankruptcy

2.7 Million Jobs Lost Since Bush Took Office
June 19
Jobless Claims Drop 13,000 in Latest Week, But Still High
Bush Tries to Focus on Ailing Economy

June 18
The Recession’s Last Gasp, But - Will it Heal the Economy? - Excellent overview of the 10 Major Economic Indicators

EDS to Cut 2,700 Jobs, Take Big Charge
Federal Reserve Interventionism
Mortgage Requests Rise, Rates at New Lows
June 17
Uninsured Cost U.S. up to $130 Billion a Year
$1.1B Chrysler Losses Lead to Job Cuts
China May Cut Its Link to Dollar
World Markets Jump on US Lead
Job Seekers Face Worst Market Since Early '90s

June 16
World's Most Expensive Cities
Stocks Surge on Fed Manufacturing Survey
Gold's Resolve May Be Ominous
Iraq War Costs Less than was Expected
Technical Review: Euro-Dollar-Swiss Franc-Gold-Silver

Jobless at 20 Year High; Most Unemployment Claims Since 1983
June 13
Japan Strikes Again - Back to the Future, America?

June 12
Stock Losses Cull 100,000 Millionaires

June 11
Bush Has Offered $345 Billion to Mexican Retirees?
Gold Pops Back As Oil Soars And The Dollar Sinks
Silver Savvy
The Smartest Money
Japan Weighs Radical Deflation Therapy
The Merits of Buying $ilver Now

June 10
Japan Gets It Wrong -- Again
Insiders' Big Stock Sales May be Omen

June 9
The Bankrupting of America

June 6
The Coming Crisis
Is the United States Flat-Out Broke?
Unemployment Hits 9 Year High - 6.1%

Housing Boom - Will it Last?
Taxes: The Bane of the Housing Boom
June 5
Heads Up Gold Community - Outrageous Dollar Weakness Drops to USDX .9252: Gold$368.60

June 4
Dow Closes Up 116, Above 9,000 Mark
Waiting for the Trickle-Down
Bubble Revisited

June 3
Gold Will Rise - and Stay There

June 2
Oceans of Debt : The Future Facing the United States

May 29
US 'Faces Future of Chronic Deficits'
The $44 Trillion Hole?

May 28
Gold Roars Back $7 Off Early Lows
US 'Pays Offshore Firms $1bn
New Tax Refunds to Start Within Weeks
Tax Cut Examples - How Much Will You Get?
Manufacturing Weak - Durable Goods Fall 2.4% in April
The Real War is Alive and Well

May 27
Euro Hits High Vs. Dollar Before Reverse
Consumer Confidence Up Moderately in May
Don't Fear a Depression, Prepare for it

Euro Hits Record High Versus Dollar
May 26
Record Bankruptcy Filings in 1Q
Euro Hits Record High Vs. Yen
Doomsday-Dejavu
Euro Beating Up the U.S. Dollar

May 23
'Strong Dollar' Hides Weak Policy
Euro Hits New Four-Year High Above 1.18 Dollars
An Introduction to the Gold Wars

May 21
BOJ Decides to Pump More Cash into System
Japan Could Face Financial Crisis 'At Any Time': Fukui
Forget Trading Gold - Buy Physical !

May 20
Soros Says He's Selling the Dollar

May 19
Asia, Its Reserves and the Coming Dollar Crisis
Dollar Falls on Snow Comment, Pushing Euro to Four-Year High
Observations on the Current Situation in the Dollar and Gold
State Rescue For Japanese Megabank
Stocks Set to Slip as Dollar Weakens

May 16
Unexpected Numbers Show Europe Slipping Toward Recession

May 15
Scientists Uncover Pattern to Stock Market Crashes
Debt Limit - What It Means To You
Producer Prices Post a Record Drop
UK 'Not Ready' for Euro
May 14
Risk of Stock Market Crash in Europe and US Grows
Worldthink, Disequilibrium, and the Dollar
Retail Sales Drop Unexpectedly in April

May 12
Sayonara, Strong-Dollar Policy
Morning Commentary
US Dollar's Slide is a Calculated Move

May 9
How the Euro will Finish What Osama Couldn't Achieve
Even Greenspan's Getting Queasy Over Morgan's Derivatives Business

May 8
Euro on Fire, Hits 4-Year High vs Dollar

May 7
German Jobless Numbers Worsen

May 6
Dollar Falls on Speculation Fed Will Leave Rates Unchanged

May 5
U.S. Jobs Cuts Jump 71%
Global Economic Forum

May 2
Pot and Porn Outstripping Corn: Marijuana, Pornography and Illegal Labor in US Now Accounts for 10% of the Economy
Unemployment Rate Hits 6% in April
May 1
In The End... Everything Was Debased
Gold Futures Climb Back Above $342
Gold Shares Poor Barometer of Gold Price
Failed Economic Policies, in 86 Words
How's the Economy Looking to Voters?
Australian Investors Pounce on Brothel Shares
April 30
Treasury Says U.S. Could Face Default
Dollar or Dinar?
Coming Soon: The New Color of Money - Safer. Smarter. More Secure.
Japan, Argentina, Weimar, or Muddle?
April 29
Goodbye Europe ... Hello "Eurussia" ... and "Hello Gold!"
SARS 'to Shut China Stock Market'
Ericsson to Cut 7,000 Jobs; Loss Rises
April 28
Abnormally Large Orders for Futures
April 25
Unemployment, Deflation Add to Japan Economic Gloom
Deutsche's Musha Says Nikkei May Fall to 5,000

April 24
Bank Run for 3rd Straight Day
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 8,000 Last Week to 455,000
US Economy Starting to Feel Effect of SARS
NYC Residents Rush Chinatown Bank Again
April 23
Australian and Canadian Dollars Strengthen
April 18
Blossoms in the Hand
The Bubble, Deflation, and Implications for Real Estate
Gold Inches Higher in Asia Ahead of Easter Weekend
Gold: Part of Every Portfolio
April 17
Indonesia May Dump Dollar; Rest of Asia Too?
The Dollar Disagrees
Euro Rallies as Economic Worries Damage Dollar
Fund Manager Predicts Another Depression
April 16
The Road To Extinction
Palladium (NYMEX) Monthly Price Chart
April 15
Mayor: Up to 10,000 More Layoffs Possible
April 14
AOL Time Warner Accused of Insider Trading
SEC Warns Morgan Stanley It May Face Charges
German Electronics Legend Goes Bust
Spiegel: The "Mother 0f All Threats" is a Dollar Crash
April 11
Closing Market Summary
China's Motive Behind SARS

April 8
Gold Will Win "Euro vs Dollar" War
Is the PPT an "Urban Myth?"
Where Are We Versus Where Are We Going
Bank of Japan Desperately Printing Money
Federal Reserve Considers Emergency Plan

April 7
Simple Supply And Demand
Real Rates and Gold 4

DPRK to Scrap US Dollars in Circulation, Settlement
IBM's DB2 Blamed for Danish Banking Crisis
April 4
IMF Warns of Housing Bust
Fears of a Steeper Decline for the Dollar

April 3
Top Financiers Urge Defence of World Economy
Technical Analysis of Why Gold
Jobless Claims at Highest Level in Nearly a Year; Service Sector Contracts
SARS Business Impact Spreading

April 1
Indonesian Gov't May Begin Using Euro Instead of US Dollar
Stocks Tumble on Fears of Long War
Air Canada Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
Home Foreclosures Break Recent Record



2002 Financial News Topics:

Precious Metals
Financial Meltdown
Derivatives