By Charles Hugh Smith
OfTwoMinds.com 

June 5, 2026

Those seeking housing as shelter cannot compete with wealthy households and entities seeking places to park credit-generated capital for income and/or appreciation.

This will get massive pushback because it's true: either Housing Is Shelter, or Housing Is Just Another Asset in a Bubble Economy-it can't be both. This reality gets pushback because the conversion of housing from shelter into just another asset bubbling higher in a bubble-dependent economy has been so profitable for those inflating the bubble.

By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics  

June 4, 2026

There was a time when the American Dream meant buying a home, raising a family, and building a future. Today, an increasing number of Americans are discovering that simply keeping health insurance can cost more than the roof over their heads.

The latest data shows that Affordable Care Act marketplace premiums are soaring into 2026. Insurers are raising premiums by an average of roughly 20% to 26%, depending on the market, marking the largest increases in years.

SchiffGold.com  

June 4, 2026

Peter recently joined Kai on Soar Financially to lay out why gold and silver are sitting on the verge of a real move and what could finally trigger a breakout. He walks through the mispricing he sees in precious metals and related stocks, explains why collapsing real rates will be the tailwind markets are missing, and warns that neither the Fed nor the political class have a clean way out.

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La Bourse de Tokyo. [Photo d'illustration]

3 juin 2026, 19:41

Le marché japonais a atteint un niveau historique, avec l'indice Nikkei franchissant de nouveaux sommets, porté par l'enthousiasme autour de l'intelligence artificielle. Les fabricants japonais de semi-conducteurs, au cœur de la chaîne mondiale de l'IA, figurent p

publié le 04/06/2026 , série initiée le 01/12/2021 Par Olivier Berruyer

Crise du pouvoir d'achat, faillites bancaires en Occident, guerre aux portes de l'Union européenne, démondialisation, dédollarisation... et pourtant le CAC 40 caracole sur ses sommets, comme si de rien n'était. Comment un marché peut-il battre record sur record au beau milieu d'un tel naufrage ? La rationalité n'y est pour rien.

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Le président ghanéen reçu le 2 juin 2026 par le Premier ministre britannique Keir Starmer

3 juin 2026, 18:01

Le président ghanéen a appelé, le 3 juin à Londres, pour des mécanismes de restructuration de la dette "plus rapides, plus justes et plus inclusifs". Il a également plaidé pour une relation entre l'Afriqu

By Michael Snyder
End Of The American Dream  

June 3, 2026

This is a moment in history that we will remember for a long time to come. Even though we were told over and over again that a deal with Iran was almost "finalized", the truth is that there never was going to be a deal with Iran. It was all smoke and mirrors. The U.S. couldn't give Iran what it was demanding, and Iran simply refused to give the U.S.

By Martin Armstrong
Armstrong Economics  

June 3, 2026

Jerome Powell is now warning that the Federal Reserve is undergoing a "stress test" and that political interference threatens public confidence in the institution. He stated that "the public would lose faith" if administrations could remove Fed officials over policy disagreements and argued that democratic institutions can be "torn down all too quickly."

By Milan Adams
Preppgroup  

June 3, 2026

There is a strange disconnect developing between financial markets and the average person.

Most people still see the situation with Iran as another distant geopolitical story. It appears on television for a few minutes, disappears behind domestic political news, and then returns a few days later when another headline emerges. Investors, however, are beginning to treat it very differently.

By Ron Unz
The Unz Review 

June 2, 2026

Our Financial Markets and Their Many Irrationalities

I launched my American Pravda series a decade ago next month. My conscious strategy was quite unusual, being almost exactly the opposite of that followed by nearly everyone else covering those same controversial topics.

As some of them explicitly told me, they had always deliberately avoided exploring too many different and unrelated historical controversies.

By Veronika Kyrylenko
The New American  

June 2, 2026

Last Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed a proposed $250 bill bearing President Donald Trump's face, presenting it as a possible tribute to America's semiquincentennial.

The main obstacle is the law. For now, it bars living people from appearing on U.S. currency. Existing law also does not authorize a $250 Federal Reserve note.

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François Villeroy de Galhau, gouverneur de la Banque de France, le 15 avril 2026 lors du sommet Semafor World Economy 2026 à Washington, DC.

1 juin 2026, 18:59

Après le recul inattendu de 0,1 % du PIB au premier trimestre, la Banque de France va abaisser mi-juin ses prévisions de croissance pour 2026, initialement fixées à 0,9 %.

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05.29.2026

Glenn Diesen: Welcome back to the program. We are joined today by Professor Michael Hudson to discuss how the Iran war is affecting the global economy. I heard from some people that while the energy prices are high, that the U.S. could actually benefit from this because then they would have to pay more money for American energy. This would also mean that they would have to pay in dollars, so it would strengthen the petrodollar.

By Eric Zuesse
Eric's Substack  

June 1, 2026

At first, Europe was doing this by replacing its lowest-cost source of energy, Russia, by America, which is over twice as expensive. (Instead of relying mainly on natural gas pipelined-in from Russia, they now are relying mainly on liquefied natural gas - LNG - that's compressed, canned, and cross-Atlantic-shipped, and then sent by rail or truck, all from America's Gulf Coast ports, 3,000+ miles away.) But, now, Europe's leaders are determined to replace also their cheapest sources of manufactured goods, China, by, instead, America, which is economically uncompetitive with China.

Par Thomas Neuburger, le 30 mai 2026

Qu'est-ce qui pousse Donald Trump à nous noyer sous les combustibles fossiles ?

Notre sujet : le pétrole et l'engouement de nos dirigeants pour son usage. Examinons ce tweet du professeur iranien Seyed Mohammad Marandi :

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"Trump est en train d'épuiser rapidement les réserves stratégiques de pétrole des États-Unis et, en manipulant les prix du marché, il prévient l'effondrement de la demande, accélérant ainsi la crise économique américaine.

par Patrick Reymond

Certains me font marrer. Ils parlent d'effondrement en disant que ça ne change rien, qu'on a des effondrements tous les 7 ans, et que ça repart. En fait, non.

Ce dont il est question, c'est l'effondrement de certains segments financiers, industriels ou commerciaux, chose qu'il est possible de replâtrer en utilisant des choses connues comme l'impression monétaire.

En France, l'inflation progresse encore au mois de mai, à 2,4 %, tandis que la croissance a finalement été négative au premier trimestre, selon l'Insee. Le gouvernement a acté le gel ou l'annulation de 4 milliards d'euros de crédits.

L'inflation continue sa progression. Au mois de mai, l'indice des prix à la consommation a progressé de 2,4 % sur douze mois glissants, contre 2,2 % en avril, selon les chiffres publiés par l'Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques de la France (Insee) ce vendredi 29 mai.

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La guerre en Iran provoque une chute record des réserves de pétrole et menace de déstabiliser durablement l'économie mondiale. [Photo d'illustration]

30 mai 2026, 12:11

Dans une déclaration commune publiée le 29 mai, les quatre grandes institutions internationales tirent la sonnette d'alarme. Selon elles, la guerre déclenchée par les États-Unis et Israël contre l'Iran provoque une chute record des réserves de pétrole et menace de déstabiliser durablement l'économie mondiale à l'approche de l'été.

SchiffGold.com  

May 30, 2026

On Tuesday, Peter appeared on Kiko News to warn that markets and the public are underestimating how costly the United States' borrowing binge will become. He walks through bond market complacency, rising consumer inflation expectations, the danger that foreign creditors may stop funding the deficit, and how politics has dulled fiscal accountability. He also points to a technical breakout in sound money assets, and he cautions that price controls will only make a bad problem worse.