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lot of people that I talk to these days want to know “when things are
going to start happening”. Well, there are certainly some perilous
times on the horizon, but all you have to do is open up your eyes and
look to see the global economic crisis unfolding. As you will see
below, even central bankers are issuing frightening warnings about
“dangerous new asset bubbles” and even the World Bank is declaring that
“now is the time to prepare” for the next crisis. Most Americans tend
to only care about what is happening in the United States, but the truth
is that serious economic trouble is erupting in South America, all
across Europe and in Asian powerhouses such as China and Japan. And the
endless conflicts in the Middle East could erupt into a major regional
war at just about any time. We live in a world that is becoming
increasingly unstable, and people need to understand that the period of
relative stability that we are enjoying right now is extremely
vulnerable and will not last long. The following are 18 signs that the
global economic crisis is accelerating as we enter the last half of
2014…#1 The Bank for International Settlements has issued a new reportwhich warns that “dangerous new asset bubbles” are forming which could potentially lead to another major financial crisis. Do the central bankers know something that we don’t, or are they just trying to place the blame on someone else for the giant mess that they have created?
#2 Argentina has missed a $539 million debt payment and is on the verge of its second major debt default in 13 years.
#3 Bulgaria is desperately trying to calm down a massive run on the banks that threatens of spiral out of control.
#4 Last month, household loans in the eurozone declined at the fastest rate ever recorded. Why are European banks holding on to their money so tightly right now?
#5 The number of unemployed jobseekers in France has just soared to another brand new record high.
#6 Economies all over Europe are either showing no growth or are shrinking. Just check out what a recent Forbes article had to say about the matter…
Italy’s economy shrank by 0.1% in the first three months of 2014, matching the average of the three previous quarters. After expanding 0.6% in Q2 2013, France recorded zero growth. Portugal shrank 0.7%, following positive numbers in the preceding nine months. While figures weren’t available for Greece and Ireland in Q1, neither country is showing progress. Greek GDP dropped 2.5% in the final three months of last year, and Ireland limped ahead at 0.2%.#7 A few days ago it was reported that consumer prices in Japan are rising at the fastest pace in 32 years.
#8 Household expenditures in Japan are down 8 percent compared to one year ago.
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