For a few years now, since at least 2014, the phrase “global economic reset” has been circulating in the financial world. This phrase is used primarily by globalist institutions like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to describe an event in which the current system as we know it will either die out or evolve into a new system where “multilateralism” will become the norm. The reset is often described in an ambiguous way. IMF banking elites will usually mention the end results of the shift, but they say little about the process to get there.
What we do know is that the intent of the globalists is to use this reset to create a more centralized monetary system and micro-managed global economy. At the core of this new structure would be the IMF along with perhaps the BIS and World Bank. It is a plan that has been supported openly by both western and eastern governments, including Russia and China.
As noted, the details are few and far between, but the IMF describes the use of open borders and human migrations during the reset as a means to transfer capital from various parts of the world. It is a novel if not utterly insane way to transfer wealth that only makes sense if you understand that the globalist goal is to deliberately conjure a geopolitical catastrophe.
The IMF also asserts that blockchain technology will make capital transfer easier and more efficient in this future environment, which explains the enthusiastic globalist support for developments in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies despite the notion in cryptocurrency circles that blockchain would somehow make the bankers “obsolete”.
The IMF also acknowledges that in the meantime a slowdown in capital flows has occurred, and that this slowdown is ongoing since the crash of 2008. What they do not explicitly admit is that the crash of 2008 never ended, and that the decline we are witnessing today is merely an extension of the recession/depression that started ten years ago.
Certain facts have become obvious to anyone with any sense over the past year. First, as the Federal Reserve began tightening stimulus policies by raising interest rates and cutting assets from their balance sheet, the global economy began to return to steep declines not seen since the credit crisis. I predicted this outcome in my article 'Party While You Can – Central Bank Ready To Pop The Everything Bubble', published in January of 2018. The plunge has started in almost every sector of the economy, from housing, to autos to credit markets to retail. Now, even jobs, numbers which are highly manipulated to the upside, are beginning to falter.
The assertion in the mainstream media is that this recessionary downturn is new. This is not the case. What began in 2008 was an epic implosion of multiple national economies, and what we are seeing in 2019 is the final culmination of that process - The end game.
It is not a coincidence that the downturn started right after the Fed began tightening stimulus measures in 2017. With only a minor increase in interest rates and moderate cuts to their balance sheet, all the conditions the economy suffered in 2008 are suddenly returning. What this tells us is that the US economy and parts of the global economy cannot survive without constant and ever expanding central bank stimulus. The moment the stimulus goes away, the crash returns.
Does this mean that central banks will try to keep QE going forever? No, it does not. So far, the Fed has not capitulated at all from the path of tightening. In fact, the Fed nearly doubled its normal balance sheet cuts from January 30th to the end of February, dumping over $65 billion in a 30 day period. The Fed also has not changed its dot plot projections for two more interest rate hikes this year. This means all the talk the past two months of the Fed going “dovish” was nonsense. Setting aside their rhetoric and looking at their actions, the Fed has been as hawkish as ever.
The only people who might find this to be news are most stock market daytraders, who ignore all other failing indicators and seem content to base their economic projections on equities alone. Set aside the fact that stocks plunged in December into near bear market territory. The bounce in January and February has convinced them that the Fed is stepping in and will not allow the economy to tank. But the "plunge protection team" is about to pull the rug out from under their feet after training them like Pavlovian dogs to salivate at the sound of the word "accommodation".
Their mindset is based on a host of incorrect assumptions.
To be clear, while the Fed paid lip service to “accommodation” in their public statements, it was not the central bank that stepped in monetarily to stall falling stocks. That was actually the Chinese central bank, pumping billions in stimulus into global markets at just the right moment.
Chinese stimulus coupled with pension fund buying at the start of this year saved stocks from losses beyond 20%, but markets have met resistance on the way up. Without renewed stimulus measures from the Fed, equities have topped out multiple times and refuse to move towards their previous highs. This suggests that the two month bounce is over, and that stocks will now fall back down to December lows and beyond. If the projections I made in January are correct, then the Dow will fall into the 17,000 - 18,000 point range from the end of March through April.
The facade is slowly but surely melting away, not just in economics, but everywhere. I predicted both the success of the Brexit vote as well as Trump's win in 2016 based on the theory that the globalists would allow or even help populists to gain a political foothold, only to crash the economic system on their heads and then blame them for the disaster. So far my theory is proving correct.
Trump's trade war continues unabated despite claims by many that it would be over quickly. Currently, there are no plans for a March summit between Trump and Xi, and the possibility of a summit anytime soon has come into question as Trump's negotiations with North Korea fell to shambles last month. The negotiations are a farce and are not meant to succeed. I continue to hold to my position that the trade war is a planned distraction and that Trump is playing a role in a globalist scripted drama.
The facade of Donald Trump as a “populist candidate” is quickly ending. His cabinet is loaded with think-tank ghouls and banking elites, so this should come as little surprise. But there are still some analysts out there that naively believe that Trump is playing “4D chess” and that he is not the pied piper he now appears to be. What I see is a president that claimed during his campaign that he would “drain the swamp” of elites, then stacked his cabinet with some of the worst elites in Washington D.C. What I see is a president who argued against Fed stimulus measures and the fake stock market during his campaign, and who now has attached himself to the stock market so completely that any crash will now be blamed on him no matter the facts. What I see is a willing scapegoat; a president that is going to fail on purpose.
In terms of the Brexit, I still predict that there will be a “no deal” event, and that this is by design. The Brexit deal with the EU is slated to be decided in the next few weeks. A “no deal” outcome would be a perfect excuse for a major financial crisis in Europe, which is why I think it will happen. While sovereignty movements in the US will get the blame for the crash through Trump, sovereignty movements in the UK will get the blame for a crash in Europe through Brexit.
It is important to remind the public that this narrative is entirely false. The economy has been in a state of animated death since 2008. Central bank stimulus acted as a kind of fiscal formaldehyde, keeping the visible signs of the crash at bay for 10 years but also creating a bubble even larger and more destructive than the one before. The “Everything Bubble” has now been primed to explode with maximum damage in mind.
The Fed started the tightening process for a reason; the establishment is ready to start the “global economic reset”, and they have their populist scapegoats in place. The crash in fundamentals returned in mid-2018, and I believe that crash will finally be acknowledged publicly by the media in mid-2019.
The point of it all is described in the very IMF interviews and documents I linked to above – Total centralization of the global economic framework, managed by the IMF. They describe it as “multilateralism” or a “multipolar world order”; this is meant to fool us into believing that the reset is about “decentralization”. It isn't. They intend to move us from one unipolar economic structure to another unipolar economic structure that is even more centralized. That is all.
The crash itself is simply a means to an end. It is a tool to gain fiscal and psychological leverage against the public. The everything bubble was created for a reason. The Fed has tightened into economic weakness over the past year for a reason. The timing of Trump's trade war and summit failures have happened for a reason. The timing of the Brexit chaos is happening now for a reason. The globalists are pulling the plug on economic life support today; the crash is engineered, and sovereignty movements are supposed to take the blame.
The best option at this time is to continuously force the issue of central bank culpability. Liberty activists have to keep the focus on them and their criminal participation in economic sabotage, and we cannot assume that any government or political leader will be friendly to our cause. The globalists have started the crisis, and we must finish it by making sure they are held accountable.
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written by Rodster , March 13, 2019
"and that the decline we are witnessing today is merely an extension of the recession/depression that started ten years ago."
I wish more people in alt-media besides Brandon would call it correctly. We essentially entered a Depression in 2008. When 2008 rolled around it wasn't to difficult to drive around and spot For Sale signs on pretty much every street corner advertising 3/2/1 homes that prior to 2008 were selling for $275K, now had an asking price on average of $38K.
I recently turned 60 and I can remember as far back at all the recessions in my lifetime from Jimmy Carter to G.W. Bush and not once did I read about car companies going out of business that either were in business or started around the time of the Great Depression.
I have always felt we entered a Depression back in 2008-9 and if not for ALL the Government programs and bailouts our current economic environment would look a lot like that in the late 20's, early 30's.
ZIRP and all the money printing masked over the illusion that everything as A-OK.
written by Alohajim , March 13, 2019
Would only add that in the bigger picture, central banks are simply part of the program of human tyranny by the One Bank. They're not culpable because they make no decisions and create no policy on their own- they simply do what they are told to do by their owners, through the BIS. There are no sovereign nations on the earth today - all nations are run, owned, and controlled by the One Bank.
Rather than try and lay the blame on central bankers, essentially low level 'water boys' equivalent to TV newscasters, better to focus on taking every measure to protect yourself and your family from what is coming. People are too dumbed down, dependent, and distracted to understand what a central bank is and what it does. But even if the public did blame the central banks for what is coming, this is what the globalists want, a scapegoat to deflect blame. To blame 'bad' central bankers and throw them under the bus is perfect cover for them.
Now is the time to opt out and exchange as much fiat currency one can muster into the only assets on the planet that are simply ridiculously stupid cheap : gold and silver. Strangely the entire bullion market in the US is a government operation. The US Mint, the Authorized purchasers and the two way market mandated by law is the market. If the Mint halted bullion sales, there is no market. No one will sell you gold and silver for worthless paper chits or 'credit'. It's almost as if they are allowing a way out, if one can see things clearly enough and willing to take what they want you to believe is an insane risk in purchasing gold and silver.
written by dannyjay , March 13, 2019
Hi Brandon,
I've only recently(6+ months)come across your work and find it the most refreshing truth telling anywhere in the alt-media world.
That said, I have seen many people try to call the timing of the crash, and miss. Some seem to do it regularly.
I haven't seen you make a call yet, but was wondering, is this your first specific call for the timing? No prob if it isn't, because we all have had enough of this nonsense, but just wondering.
written by Brandon Smith , March 13, 2019
@Dannyjay
It depends on what you mean by "calling the crash". I predicted at the beginning of 2018 that a crash in fundamentals and stocks would begin in December of 2018. This prediction proved correct.
In terms of stock markets alone, the bounce in January is to be expected in a bear market. There is always a major retest of previous highs in a bear market before a decline to new lows. I predicted in January that stocks would reverse back to the December lows and break through them from the end of March through April. We'll see if that also proves correct. However, make no mistake, every other sector of the economy is now in steep decline. The crash does not need to be predicted any longer. It is already here.
written by Brandon Smith , March 13, 2019
@Alohajim
That's not quite correct. Central bankers are the "economic hitmen" for the cabal. While they do act on orders from globalist institutions and international banks, they must be held accountable for their crimes and made an example of. Also, when I refer to central banks, I am including the IMF and BIS in that group.
written by JohnF , March 13, 2019
After 08/09 Economic Collapse America's Top Banks Fined Hundreds of Millions to Billions of Dollars for Fraud, Corruption & Manipulation of the Markets.
21 trillion in Debt – Trillions Missing & Unaccounted For – Pensions Underfunded
Nobody Went To Jail - FED Refused to be Audited.
America's House of Cards Is Burning Down - While the Politicians,Warmongers & Media Are Pointing Fingers & Trying To Start Wars to Cover Everything Up.!!!!!
written by R. Falcone , March 13, 2019
According to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who frequently used the term, jabroni is a rendition of the wrestling term jobber, meaning one who loses to make other wrestlers look better.
written by Know , March 13, 2019
Brandon - I like your work and of course collapse is a process and it's clearly is picking up stream. That said, those that make predictions usually always turn out wrong for sometimes right or wrong reasons. I think the theme that central banks are tightening is partly true, but as usual it's mostly wrong because of the mental head fake. Let me make a bigger prediction. Potus will be a one term play boy for the intent in setting the stage for crazy to take OVER... Just for clarification crazy is not a person.
written by Alan Heyworth Jr , March 13, 2019
Apparently it was all predicted in 1989 and an audio tape of a guy explaining it all was recorded. It is now on Youtube, hidden on a tribute channel for a guy who died last year.
https://youtu.be/HksqqkAjimI
written by Kathleen Meigs , March 13, 2019
Frankly, I don't think the globalists wanted Trump or Brexit as they wanted more prefect control of the timing and nature of the re-set. They were genuinely surprised and infuriated at the outcome of democratic elections. But they have figured out how to make the most of the situation. They won't even have to blame Russis as they can just blame Trump and "populism." Since the MIC Secucrity State (Deep State) rules all parties and presidents, things will go more or less as planned. I believe the desired re-set date is December 2021 when LIBOR is planned to cease at any rate no later than that.
written by Kathleen Meigs , March 13, 2019
How does your (reasonable) theory jibe with moving to the SDR as international currency, with a different proportion of national currencies than the present dollar hegemony? Dollar goes down relative to yuan, ruble? Gold in there at all?
Do you think Russia, China, Iran, India are totally into the re-set plan?
written by Aware , March 13, 2019
There is still room for overall improvement for the average American person with a "reset." I'm not absolutely convinced that the "east vs west" paradigm is false. The Euro was designed to break dollar hegemony; it is a much better medium of exchange than the dollar since it is not beholden to political governments who tend to print for the debtors, it also marks to market its gold reserves on a quarterly basis. China extended the dollar's life for a bit while they increased gold reserves. All the surplus trade nations are increasing gold reserves. How planned was all of this? I think it has been baked in the cake since 1971.
written by Brandon Smith , March 13, 2019
@Know
Except, the Fed IS tightening and has been for over a year, and most of my predictions have turned out correct, including the return to crash conditions in December 2018. Every area of the economy is now in steep decline. The "head fake" by the Fed was that they were going to capitulate on tightening at the beginning of this year. That never happened.
written by The Realist , March 13, 2019
We are at war... at war with
"... the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." - Ephesians
written by Brandon Smith , March 13, 2019
@Kathleen
I was able to predict both outcomes of the Brexit vote and the 2016 election based on the theory that they HELP, not hurt the globalists.
Trump immediately upon entering office loaded his cabinet with banking elites and members of globalist think tanks. It's not as if this was planned haphazardly. Theresa May immediately began setting the stage for a 'no deal' Brexit by constructing negotiations with too many concessions that parliament would never go for.
Almost every correct prediction I have made since, including the prediction that the Fed would continue to tighten policy and raise interest rates into economic weakness, has been made based on the same theory. I understand that you do not want to believe that Trump is a pied piper, or that Brexit was allowed to happen, but all the evidence suggests that this was the case.
The globalists needed "populists" to take the fall for the economic crash they were about to initiate. Placing Hillary Clinton in office would have been a disadvantage, because then globalists would inevitably be blamed through her. With Trump and Brexit, they might escape without any blame whatsoever.
written by Brandon Smith , March 13, 2019
@Kathleen
The SDR will be a BRIDGE to the one world currency. It will absorb other currencies and the IMF will start dictating exchange rates at will instead of allowing the markets to do it. When all currencies are sufficiently "harmonized" they will present their global currency mechanism. Eventually, they hope to move to a completely cashless society and a single blockchain based cryptocurrency. The IMF openly discusses this outcome in its white papers. Here is an article I wrote recently on the subject.
http://www.alt-market.com/articles/3581-imf-reveals-that-cryptocurrency-is-the-new-world-order-end-game
written by terryp , March 13, 2019
@Kathleen
I know there are many "alternative media" voices out there saying Trump is on our side, etc, but understand that the vast majority of the alternative media complex are fake.
They are actually disinformation agents, an age old CIA strategy to infiltrate their enemies, which truthers most definitely are.
Yes, being a truther makes you a serious threat to the establishment, so expect to be targeted and do not believe someone simply because they can espouse your political or personal beliefs.
Do not be so naive. Understand that people can and do lie, and there are MANY wolves disguised as sheep who are incredibly good at their job or looking like a sheep. You will not know them just by looking at them.
Their art is appearances. They are actors, professionals at what they do.
The game is FAR more serious and complex than you are assuming.
written by smallworld , March 13, 2019
Ethopia say's we MUST send the block-box to UK, as USA not be trusted
Think about this it was SERCO-GROUP (RCA-UK) that developed the Boeing Uninterruptible Auto Pilot (BUAP), when Boeing moved from Seattle to Chicago, CIA/NSA took the pilot out of the loop and put BUAP in the loop.
The 737-max8 is an unstable aircraft because of moving the engine forward, the plane needs 'human pilots' to fly, the software for BUAP is now 10+ years old and it can't fly the 737-max8 on take-off.
Serco also owns (ABC-Media-Ltd UK), funny they own zerohedge.
RCA-UK ( predecessor to Serco ) was the main supplier of high-tech to the rising Nazi's in 1920's, funniest of all is that the Bush family was the major share-holder and assisted the German banks with financing.
Summary? Nothing is what it appears, and all your News has 3+ layers of denial-denial.
Good News is that the AI, e.g. pilot-less plane plan of the elite and pilot-less car's, ... is falling off the tracks.
written by Frank M. , March 13, 2019
Hi Brandon,
Thanks for all your insights, I think I've been reading your articles for at least 2 years. You provide fantastic overview of events, but this article, you hit it out the park.
Cheers,
Frank M.
written by Isaac S , March 14, 2019
Brandon great analysis as always. If you want to understand bear markets and the fact there will be big sustained rallies for periods read:
Anatomy of the Bear: Lessons from Wall Street's four great bottoms by Russell Napier. He doesn't explain the role of the central bank well but the daily machinations of markets in a bear phase how they hallucinate rallies, in my opinion, is spot on.
written by Austrian Peter , March 14, 2019
Great analysis Brandon, thank you. But I am not sure your projectiion on Brexit is correct - it might happen but I have doubts.
I have said from the outset that UK will never be allowed to leave the EU - too many pigs at the trough, vested interest etc - just follow the money, you can never go wrong.
May is a Remainer and is determined to scupper the deal. I forecast an Art 50 delay, a 2nd referendum and we remain in. I post this link as confirmation of my belief that UK will never leave the EU. https://www.libertynation.com/the-brexit-betrayal-democracy-on-the-brink/
Follow the money - there are forces at work that will ensure the Plebs vote the 'right' way the second time. Just as the Irish had to conform on the Lisbon Treaty:
I have written a book about all this and much more. A free pdf is available on request to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
In Chapter 6 I document Heath's criminal connivance in getting UK into the EU in the first place (EEC then) without letting the people know that the ultimate object was a fiscal and political Union; a United States of Europe, no less. This prevails today with Germany at the helm with Soros and Blair willing hands.
written by Brandon Smith , March 14, 2019
@Austrian
People have been saying there will be a second referendum for months because they simply cannot believe that the globalists actually WANTED a Brexit outcome. There will be no second referendum, I can tell you that. However, the question of how the Brexit is completed is another matter. The elites benefit from a Brexit event. George Soros was one of the only people besides me that predicted it would happen (so much so that he bet a large sum of capital on it). The media spent the better part of the ensuing month trying to hide how he made money off Brexit, but the fact is he knew it was coming ahead of time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2016/06/28/how-billionaire-george-soros-profited-from-brexits-black-friday/#349fe47a2754
I still think a 'no deal' event is the best possible outcome for the globalists. In fact, they have been building the public up for an eventual crisis because of it. But, we shall see...
written by Brett O. , March 14, 2019
Funny you should mention the transfer of wealth via migration:
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-03-13/while-everyone-sleeps-courts-are-abolishing-all-immigration-enforcement
Also, what's behind this Ethiopian airline crash that's getting so much mainstream attention? Seems odd.
written by Don1 , March 14, 2019
Brandon, who do you think will unseat Trump? Beto? Sanders? Other? Thanks
written by Austrian Peter , March 14, 2019
Thanks for taking the time to express your views on Brexit Brandon. I hope that I am wrong because the last thing I would want is for the UK to remain in the EU.
The political case is simply one of democratic accountability. In the UK, parliament has always been sovereign that is to say the elected members of the lower house form governments and make the laws.
There has to be a general election at least every five years, to give the electorate a vote on the government’s competence. Furthermore, if during a government’s term it loses the confidence of a simple majority of MPs, it must call a general election. By these means, the British public exercises its democratic rights, or so it is meant to appear.
There is no such accountability in Brussels. Only the unelected executive can propose directives and regulations, and the parliament has an equal say in passing them.
In practice, the EU parliament is packed with establishment MEPs and nothing initiated by the executive is rejected. Democratic accountability is a fig-leaf and never gets in the way of the unelected executive.
https://www.goldmoney.com/research/goldmoney-insights/will-britain-ever-manage-to-leave-hotel-california
https://www.libertynation.com/the-brexit-betrayal-democracy-on-the-brink/
So I am happy either way as long as UK leaves - fingers crossed!
written by plam , March 14, 2019
The British MPs have just rejected No Deal Brexit.
written by Endgame Napoleon , March 14, 2019
Hey Brandon,
What will happen if Pat is right? What will happen if due to demographics and other orchestration—like only six House Democrats voting against giving illegal aliens voting rights—the USA turns into a one-party failed state, like so many in Latin America?
https://buchanan.org/blog/how-middle-america-is-to-be-dispossessed-136645
One Party would make it easier to implement the One Currency and the One Bank. Beyond the cheap, welfare-qualified, subservient labor that increases their profits and feeds their egos, maybe, that’s why elites are so willing to absorb one fourth of Latin America’s disgruntled citizens.
With $21 trillion in national debt that is likely to result in much higher taxes for elites, they’re all in for spending $113 billion per year just on the illegal aliens and billions to house the recent caravan asylum seekers for 20 days, after which all of those who’ve had womb-productive sex are released into the interior due to having children. Around 90% of them never show up for their asylum hearings. What happens when American citizens defy court hearings?
It is not like the immigration pity party is real. If elites were so concerned with the well being of illegal aliens and their children, they would house them in their cathedral-ceiling homes and posh condos. Elites assure us that illegal aliens are not dangerous, and yet, they do not invite them into their homes to spare them from the inhumanity of 20 days in the detention centers that taxpayers are spending billions on.
Elites tell us that diversity is strength, and if they meant it, they would give their own children a chance to benefit from diversity by taking the asylum seekers into their own homes. Elites also tell formerly middle-class Americans that they should accept the stresses of the crowded, extended-family lifestyle, tumbling down to Third World misery without a whimper. It is a virtue, elites say.
Why aren’t elites taking their own advice? Just a few geberations back, before the advent of widespread prosperity in the USA, most siblings did not have their own bedrooms, and Americans lived in crowded quarters. Elites would try it themselves, housing illegal aliens in their homes, if they were motivated by altruism and a true belief that diversity is strength.
Elites know illegal border crossers are non-dangerous enough to inhabit neighborhoods where elites don’t live, whereas government workers usually have no (or little) access to documentation about illegal border crossers when they apply for multiple layers of welfare for their US-born kids. They just have the kids’ SS cards and proof of traceable income from a single breadwinner that falls under the programs’ earned-income limits.
All of the personal actions of elites, including the media elites, contradict their bleeding-heart rhetoric on mass immigration, and maybe, the moralizing is just an attempt to sugarcoat the raw greed of displacing millions of underemployed US citizens with welfare-eligible foreign nationals who can afford to work for beans.
Or maybe, demographic replacement is the way elites plan to implement a sweeping economic transformation. All of the noise over the immigration issue conveniently drowns out any questioning of the highly paid elites’ poor financial stewardship, including the way our elected leaders are just employees of the big corporations that prefer cheap, welfare-aided foreign labor.
That is why our votes already don’t count, even before the One Party / One Bank / One Currency arrangement is made official.
written by Brandon Smith , March 14, 2019
@Plam
They also rejected a second referendum, so a "no deal" will happen anyway unless they come to an agreement with the EU. A deal with the EU is not going to happen. Also, there will be an immediate 'no deal' if the EU rejects another time extension. All the cards are in favor of an eventual no deal.
written by Rodster , March 14, 2019
He addressed the EU Parliament yesterday and told them that both sides need to cut their losses and move on meaning a "No Deal".
written by toktomi , March 14, 2019
When you get your juices flowing you can really belt one out.
I devoured every word.
As an aside:
I get the impression these days that the reset and the new world order of centralized everything is empty chatter. It occurs to me that everything globally is already as centralized as it can ever get except in name only and that any differences among nations, politically, economically, financially, and militarily are fabricated, that all the machinations of the old world order are scripted and choreographed from those new world order central corridors. So, what reset are they talking about? I would offer that it may very well be the reset of the on/off switch from "on" to "off" - the one where the unwashed masses take a bath.
written by Brandon Smith , March 14, 2019
@Toktomi
You haven't seen anything yet when it comes to centralization. The world they describe in 2030 is nightmarish, even by today's standards. The Green New Deal, the "sharing economy", modern monetary theory, a one world currency system based on a cashless society and AI control, AI based surveillance on a global scale, population control, etc...
I am always amazed that people think that the situation now is as bad as it can possibly get. I suggest research into Stalinist Russia and the Cheka; THAT is our future if the elites get their way. Perhaps much worse.
written by JEC , March 15, 2019
You were right, Brandon. Looks like Trump is getting his Seat at the Table in the form of Ivanka becoming a member of the IMF.
I found you a few months ago. I really appreciate you putting clarity on so many issues.
written by Implied Violin , March 15, 2019
The mass shooting in New Zealand today gives credence to your theory that true, liberty minded "populists" will be taking the blame for all the ills this world are suffering. Take a look at this comment by Joe Quinn, editor of SOTT.net, on the "single-shooter" Brenton Tarrant's 'manifesto':
"Notice this in the "manifesto"
“Who am I:
Just a ordinary white man, 28 years old,” the manifesto explains. “Born in Australia to a working class, low income family. My parents are of Scottish, Irish and English stock. I had a regular childhood, without any great issues. I had little interest in education during my schooling, barely achieving a passing grade. I am just a regular white man, from a regular family. Who decided to take a stand to ensure a future for my people.”
This identifies the racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation and 'class' background of those that should (if they are not already) be deemed a threat to the modern, diverse, inclusive society that radical leftists (or someone or something speaking through them) wish to see come into being.
In short, some 'third' grouping in society wishes to separate and divide people into two distinct groups and then set them at each others' throats. Sadly, many will take the bait."
The first salvo has just been fired. Get ready; false-flag events like this may be vising a theater near you very soon.
written by smallworld , March 16, 2019
Probably why TRUMP protects the clintons
Remember that they all went to the same party's
Jared's father is a criminal LIKUD, and so is the Father Chelsea's husband
All this stuff is a marriage made in heaven for those who 'control' behind the scenes.
Lastly, this is why nobody really cares about the 'reset' of the USA, cuz the same elite ppl we have now, are going to be running the future IMF(SDR) show.
written by smallworld , March 16, 2019
ChristChurch seems to be a very special message that WASP's need to be contained ASAP.
Using this same logic, we can say that the continued corporate murder by BOEING, but forcing 3rd world country's to fly the 337-m8 without knowing how to turn off the BUAP ( auto-pilot honeywell/serco ), is also WASP murder on the muslims, ....
let's also remember that behind all this in NZ and the Boeing (SERCO) control is ROTHSCHILD, who owns it all.
A reset is coming very quickly, where the white-west will be blame for 'murder', and the funny thing is that the new rulers will not look much different than the old, just younger, but still owned by Rockefeller/Rothschild just like Clinton/Trump yesterday, or Clinton/Trump tomorrow.
Imagine if Tesla had forced his self-driving cars to be tested in mexico first and murdered 1,000's of children to get it 'right', this is exactly what's happening with self-flying planes.
But I question the actual, because SERCO, is Rothschild owned and they control +90% of the world ATC ( air traffic control ), perhaps when they say 'open borders' what they mean is open for the elite, but near impossible for the poor to fly.
written by ML , March 16, 2019
Can you shed some light on the methodology used to arrive at such a precise range?
written by Robert1980 , March 16, 2019
Brandon,
Thank you again for your great work. Off topic I'm sorry, but there are few financial voices I trust and share my general outlook for the future. Is there a financial planner that shares your general outlook that you know of/trust? I've taken my family to the extent of my financial knowledge despite my years of study and continued self education on the subject and need someone who knows the ins and outs of the system to take the next step. I can't find a red pilled financial adviser, let alone one that comes with any sort of recommendation of knowledge and trust. Thank you sir
written by Aware , March 16, 2019
President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by racist white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president "a symbol of renewed white identity."
Of course, now Trump is being tied into this "white nationalist terror" psyop. Thing are moving quickly now.
written by Kevin. , March 17, 2019
@Brandon,
Although we all appreciate the work you do to educate the masses regarding the elites and their plans for a NWO, I do think you are wasting your time trying to time the exact crash that precedes it and this loss of credibility will only deter people who maybe suspecting sites such as these have some sort of knowledge others do not, and thus detract from your more important message.
I just think sometimes you have to admit you were wrong, last year I told you that I thought the Fed would fold like a cheap suit at the first signs of a stockmarket crash and not only stop raising rates but actually cut them and re-introduce QE. Lo and behold at Christmas Mnuchin got the old PPT fired up and the Fed followed through by doing a complete 180 and going from QE is on "autopilot" to using the word "patience", and now QE is being mentioned as maybe a permanent tool for them to employ, the three rate hikes planned for 2019 have in all probability being cancelled completely. The effect on the stockmarket has been nothing short of a violent vertical rally, taking the SP500 up 20.6% and the NASDAQ100 up 24.3% in 11 weeks.
The Fed put is well and truly back and any nervous investors just got a massive confirmation the Fed will not let this market go down under ANY circumstances, the economy, profits, fundamentals mean nothing now, all that people are playing the market for is the guaranteed "free money" provided by our Commisssars at the Marriner Eccles Building.
written by Brandon Smith , March 17, 2019
@Kevin
If and when I am actually "wrong" I am always happy to say so. The thing is, my predictions have been proven continuously correct. I think my credibility is well established.
Do you admit that most sectors of the economy have been in steep decline since December as I predicted in early 2018? I also predicted there would be intermediate and large bounces in stocks just as there were during the Great Depression. You conveniently forgot that part of my analysis.
I don't recall your "prediction". (Did you happen to write an article on this issue? Because it is rather easy to throw out a prediction in a comment section here and there anonymously. It is another matter to actually write it publicly and put your real name on it.)
If that is the case and you did make such predictions then the problem is rather obvious - you were wrong.
I have ALWAYS said that when I predicted a crash starting in December, it included first and foremost a crash in fundamentals. That crash is happening now, not just in the US but around the globe. In housing, in autos, in credit, in retail, and now it is starting to happen in employment.
It is unfortunate that you have chosen to remain a "ticker tracker" and base your view of the economy on the Dow alone. A "crash" has far more to do with plunging fundamentals than it has to do with equities. Equities are a lagging indicator, not a leading indicator. Don't worry, they will continue to fall starting at the end of this month and into April as I predicted they would in January.
Also, you seem to be taking a rather ignorant or dishonest position on Fed activity. When did the Fed stop tightening? When did the Fed stop its balance sheet cuts? When did the Fed change its dot plot? When has the Fed reversed ANYTHING it has done the past year? IT NEVER HAPPENED. Yet you claim the Fed "folded like a cheap suit"? You should be ashamed for spreading disinformation.
You have bought into the lies on Fed QT, or, you are promoting them because it supports your incorrect assumptions. The Fed has not done a "180". The Fed cut nearly DOUBLE the assets from its balance sheet in February ($65 Billion). Where is this dovish Fed everyone is talking about?
The reason why my predictions continue to prove correct is because I watch what the globalists do, not just what they say.
Beyond that, the "PPT" never stepped in to save markets. That is unfounded nonsense backed by zero evidence. If the PPT was instituting stimulus, then why are all other parts of the economy in freefall? Why are bond markets suffering? Why are interest rates not reversing? Where is the magical PPT to save the day? They are nowhere.
Stocks were saved by pension fund buying at the beginning of the year along with massive Chinese stimulus. That is all. When the Chinese back off of stimulus, as they are beginning to now, watch stocks crumble yet again as they did in December.
I was right about Fed QT, right about the fed raising interest rates to their neutral rate of inflation, right about the crash in fundamentals, right about stocks beginning a crash in December, right about the bear market bounce that happened after. I've never claimed to be able to predict these things with "exact timing", but obviously it is possible, since I DID predict their exact timing. I would think an honest person would give credit where credit is due.
written by PrepperVet , March 17, 2019
@Brandon
I don't really get what makes Kevin think what he's saying is true. The central bankers never stopped their tightening and they never went back to stimulus or lower rates. He's saying you're wrong based on things he predicts will happen, not things that have already happened, which is kind of weird. That's not how logic works, Kevin.
You were right about the timing of the crash in stocks almost on the nose in December. No one else I've been reading did that. They all said there would be a santa claus rally. While stocks did finally rally, this is definitely a dead cat bounce like the bounces that happened in 2008-2009. Blind optimism can only last so long.
You've been right more often than anyone else in the free media I know of. Not sure what else you have to do to impress people. I think what we have here in Kevin is a case of the narcissism you write about so often.
written by calgacus , March 17, 2019
Kevin, the most important message is that the elites will probably use a crash in order to bring about more centralization. To create more centralization, they are most likely willing to sacrifice the stock market. Brandon pointed out in many articles that there is a great chance that they will also sacrifice the FED itself .
I assume that this week the FED may surprise the markets with a rate hike. But if I remember correctly, Brandon pointed out that the balance sheet reduction is more important right now. We will see.
written by smallerworlds , March 18, 2019
@kevin
Well the FED isn't the Treasury(Mnuchin), and much of what is done is "Kick the Can",
If you have ever been around a USA cop or MIL man, or even a politician, you would know all they care about is surviving until collecting the pension, and then collecting the pension.
Brandon can't call the "end" because there isn't going be any such thing, its going to be more of the same,
The closest call you can get in this business is , ...
If your unemployed its a depression, if your neighbor is unemployed its a recession, ... I think most of US that saw this coming 40+ years ago, have enough bullets, butter, beans, cash, and gold to weather any storm coming.
I think Brandon's service is much like a Patriot news network, he keeps the thinker's thinking, .. which is a good cause. But you can't call an 'event' that will never happen.
UK collapsed in the 1950's, USA collapsed in the 1970's, much of what you see today, is just last stage decay all you can do is protect those you care about.
written by Sarah Connor , March 18, 2019
Hi Brandon,
Thank you so much for all of your writings. You seem to be the only competent voice in a room full of idiots.
In your last article you had talked about a possible civil war over the New Green Deal or something like it. I was wondering if you had had a chance to read the Manifesto of the New Zealand Mosque Shooter. In my opinion, it very much reads as a 'call to arms', citing mass immigration as the biggest problem and stressing eco-fascism.
My gut is telling me it's a false flag, as the guy admits that he barely made it through school, yet writes quite intelligently.
Do you think this could be the straw that breaks the camels back, or at the very least, the direction in which the globalists are planning to incite a race war?
written by Sarah Connor , March 18, 2019
This is an excerpt from the manifesto:
"True change and the change we need to enact only arises in the great crucible of crisis. A gradual change is never going to achieve victory.
Stability and comfort are the enemies of revolutionary change. Therefore we must destabilize and discomfort society where ever possible.
A political candidate that keeps the status quo or only seeks to introduce minimal change, even when the minimal change is in support of our cause, is ultimately useless or even damaging. Revolutionary change is needed and above all necessary.
It is far better to encourage radical, violent change regardless of its origins. As only in times of radical change and social discomfort can great and terrific change occur.
These tumultuous times can be brought about through action. For example, actions such as voting for political candidates that radically change or challenge entrenched systems, radicalizing public discourse by both supporting, attacking, vilifying, radicalizing and exaggerating all societal conflicts and attacking or even assassinating weak or less radical leaders/influencers on either side of social conflicts.
A vote for a radical candidate that opposes your values and incites agitation or anxiety in your own people works far more in your favour than a vote for a milquetoast political candidate that has no ability or wish to enact radical change.
Canvas public areas in support of radical positions, even if they are not your own. Incite conflict. Place posters near public parks calling for sharia law, then in the next week place posters over such posters calling for the expulsion of all immigrants, repeat in every area of public life until the crisis arises.
Destabilize, then take control. If we want to radically and fundamentally change society, then we need to radicalize society as much as possible."
written by Brandon Smith , March 18, 2019
@Sarah
Zealots come in all shapes and sizes, but it's interesting how much this guy sounds like a globalist in his ideas...
written by smallerworlds , March 19, 2019
Problem here is the definition of event and/or collapse. The collapse started some 40+ years ago when for the 3rd time USA went bankrupt, 1972 went off gold standard.
People need to realize that if your cop, judge, or soldier and your still getting your check then all is abby-normal.
For people who watch their children Die from starvation, like during the great-depression, then it so; For those who live to see their children raped, and their loved ones murdered it might be a civil-war. For the people in NZ who have had loved one's die, this civil-war has already begun.
Thus the problem here is that the MAJORITY, still doesn't feel the pain. If you bugged out early in the right place, you may never feel the pain,
For the GOV people, once those checks bounce then the entire USA system will go to shit and quick.
...
Nobody can predict what day the US GOV public-employees pension checks bounce, and nobody can predict when their front door will get kicked down.
The problem with the USA is that nobody cares about the other guy, for a lot of people the war started in the 1950's.
written by Brandon Smith , March 19, 2019
@Smallerworlds
As I often try to tell people, a collapse is a process, not an event. It's not a "predictable" issue, it simply exists and progresses. However, there are phases to collapse, and such things ARE event oriented and CAN be predicted, to a point. Right now, we are entering the initial implosion of the everything bubble. It will be followed by the return of the stock market crash, I believe late this month into April.
These phases are only part of a collapse. Making people understand that a collapse often starts long before stock markets fall is extremely difficult at times. People watch too many movies and do not read enough history.
written by Jake Fannin , March 19, 2019
"However, there are phases to collapse, and such things ARE event oriented and CAN be predicted, to a point."
Could you provide any kind of estimation as to when these different phases will come about?
Will it all be completed over the next, say 10 years or so?
written by Brandon Smith , March 19, 2019
@Jake
The globalists consistently refer to 2030 as a completion date for their economic and environmental (carbon control) agendas. Of course, a lot of crisis would have to happen in the next decade in order for them to condition the public to accept such agendas.
written by Blackfeather , March 19, 2019
My daughter has a kind of second sight, she can feel the future to a degree, and she always felt this June there would be panic. Jim Sinclair has mentioned a 2 part reset the first part is a man made one the second is from natural market forces. He also mentioned June at one point.
The Bible talks about a time when there would be no hire (pay) for man or beast. For that to happen there has to be at least a Bank Holiday, possible something even worse. It also talks of a time when putting money in your wallet (bag) is like putting money in a wallet with holes in it. Which seems a prediction of inflation, the money just doesn't seem to spend like it did. What I believe are the two reset steps. A crisis then they fix the crisis (possibly MMT) which then leads to terrible inflation a couple of years later. For various reasons I think those times are soon.
Reasons are here if you are interested.
https://laodicearises.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/the-final-timeline/
written by Boomerman , March 19, 2019
Brandon,
Thank you for your continued focus and determination to put the blame for collapse where it belongs with the Federal Reserve. That said it is obvious that are playing Balance Sheet games to throw Alt-Market Economist off and accept their "dovish" dialog. Since the beginning of January through March 13th shows around 68 billion reduced when it should be 50 billion a month. We should be nearly 125 billion to date had they not slowed the flow. The two interest rate hikes for this year may or may not happen. Maybe they do not need it to happen to create a slow economic trajectory downward. Given this idea, should it be true do you think it is possible to still see a stock market drop to 17-18000 pts for the Dow? With the vital signs of the economy in many areas showing near 2008 levels and some worse is it possible to levitate the markets as they have been doing? Can Chinese, Europe, and Japan stimulus and any other Global tool continue to bear up the market further? Why not? Here in Utah I am experiencing business unlike any year previously experienced (25 Years) and wondering why I am not seeing a 2008 credit crunch like I experienced in 2008-09. It seems obvious to me that there is still quite a normalcy to the economy that I thought would metastasize at the end of December. Even so I am convinced you are right but maybe just off some on timing. You may have reasons for holding onto your prediction like China turning off the spigot (stimulus). If so would you share your thought? Thank you for your knowledge and uncanny ability to see through Globalist sophistry and understand their playbook.
written by Brandon Smith , March 19, 2019
@Boomerman
There is a question people in alternative economics need to ask themselves, and it's a very simple one - Is the Fed still tightening?
When looking at the data including the balance sheet and the sharp plunge in fundamentals the answer is a resounding YES.
Another question - Has the Fed slowed the pace of its balance sheet cuts at all since December? The answer is a resounding NO.
Next question - Has anything changed at all in regards to Fed policy since December? Again, the answer is NO.
Final question - What did change after the December plunge in stocks? Answer - Fed rhetoric changed slightly giving the markets false optimism that they would do something tangible to protect equities. They never did. The market rally was based on an illusion, not a reversal in fed tightening. Another change was the huge stimulus measures by China. That's about it.
So, with Chinese stimulus fading out, is Fed rhetoric alone enough to keep markets from imploding past December lows in the near term? I say no. December was a perfect example of how quickly stocks can reverse without stimulus to prop them up.
If I end up being off by a couple of months in my prediction, then I am off, but I am not wrong about the effects that are taking place in markets.
written by Janet Osborne , March 20, 2019
Brexit is unfolding just as you predicted Brandon. Smoke and mirrors all over the place but dancing towards the choreographed 'no deal'!
written by Justanatha , March 20, 2019
I really was expecting the Fed to raise today...
This unfolding scenario now has me scratching my head since the Fed now IS indicating a capitulation to it's tightening policy.
Even with the sincere and intelligent time-lines Brandon discussed, (which are far more accurate than most of us other knuckle-heads would be able to do), I'm just still trying to understand how this plays into the globalists plans.
It's not unheard of for these elites to change their minds in mid-stream for any number of reasons. Are they delaying this implosion for a little while longer?
Further, my assumptions were that the meeting this month with China, that got delayed to April, now delayed until about June - were all because they were going to tank the market in April, give it a few weeks to settle in - then come back with a ridiculous deal with China to help save the day (dead cat bounce).
With the current dovish tone - I can now only speculate that they may use an even larger false flag here at home; or start a major military event, sometime soon, and use that as the precipice to tank the market (vs the Fed's hawkish announcement of a hike today).
At any rate - the prediction game is always fraught with problems; mainly because the game can change mid stream with these POS's.
written by Brandon Smith , March 21, 2019
@Justantha
The Fed is still tightening and will continue to tighten until at least the end of September. You are forgetting all about their balance sheet cuts. Also, a lot of people were expecting the fed to reverse interest rates; that's not happening. The Fed hasn't capitulated, they merely put a timeline on the crash. Nothing has changed.
written by Anon1234567 , March 21, 2019
If you were wondering how elites will change the government, the article 5 movement is a great example. The U.S. is 6 states short of officially making a new constitution. It wouldn't be too hard to use an economic reset to force 6 more states to sign on for a new constitution. https://www.commoncause.org/resource/u-s-constitution-threatened-as-article-v-convention-movement-nears-success/
written by GeoffP , March 21, 2019
Brandon,
Have you looks at Martin Armstrong's work and discussions on cycles?
Interested because he's claiming similar things (crash is happening and FED will continue to tighten), but he's saying the stock market will shoot to new highs. His reasoning is that as Europe continues it's collapse ahead of the United States that capital will flow into the US stock market. Do you see that as a possibility instead of an all out crash?
Thanks for what you do!
written by Brandon Smith , March 21, 2019
@Geo
I've seen some of his theories and I don't agree. He's been saying for quite some time that the Dow was going to 40,000 due to inflation and/or capital outflows from EU or Asia. I'm just not seeing that as an outcome.
The amount of stimulus required to create that kind of jump in the Dow would have to be immense. No central bank is stimulating at that level. The Fed isn't stimulating at all, and won't be for the rest of this year. The Chinese stimulus along with buybacks have been struggling just to keep markets afloat, let alone send them to new highs.
The EU would have to turn to dust and all capital would have to be transferred directly into US stocks rather than a mixture of global assets.
Regards.
written by guest , March 26, 2019
"George Soros was one of the only people besides me that predicted it would happen (so much so that he bet a large sum of capital on it)."
For what it's worth:
The Euro in One Lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9Cx-i6MhCM
Made and posted on August 27, 2012
Tom Woods (starting at 4 seconds in): "Not too long ago, I read a book called The Tragedy of the Euro, by Philipp Bagus, who's a professor in Madrid ..."
"... he makes the case that the crisis that we're seeing right now with all this unpayable debt in a number of these Eurozone countries is not some aberration, but the logical working out of the Euro system; that it had to end this way. All the incentives pointed to this sort of behavior from the beginning."
written by olde reb , November 02, 2019
The Fed is used by Wall Street bankers to embezzle one trillion dollars from the US government annually [i.e., the deficit, that is >$3 billion daily] as detailed at https://thedailycoin.org/2018/08/16/a-look-at-the-federal-reserve-through-a-different-lens/. That is money in their pockets; it is also credit which the government spends. WS can use the money to boost the DJIA or to fund a coup in Greece.
Each new deficit spending Treasury security creates principal that increases the National Debt. The “obligation” is to pay back the principal PLUS the interest. The interest is never created. The only way to pay the interest is to create more debt and pay the interest from the new principal. That reduces the value that is then available for government, but the bankers receive the total value. It is an inherent exponential increase in debt [if the gov receives the same annual amount] and an obvious Ponzi scheme. Powell is doing everything he can do to postpone the inevitable collapse. National bankruptcy [i.e., $22 trillion] will put all national assets into the ownership of Wall Street bankers just as in Greece and Argentina. Ref. https://thedailycoin.org/2019/07/25/war-mongering-brought-to-you-by-wall-street/ .
CONCLUSION: Each "dollar' of hyper-inflation is a dollar in the pocket of a WS banker. It is also a dollar a congress critter gets to spend (on gov contracts) to get reelected (or to increase their salary). They ain't gonna change it.
written by olde reb , November 02, 2019
You write: “The point of it all is ...Total centralization of the global economic framework, managed by the IMF.” Accepted.
SOLUTION ? First, recognize the IMF is the proxy of Wall Street bankers. Second, recognize that WS bankers are receiving “new cash” from the auctions of Treasury securities. The bankers have put no consideration into the actions. Third, the Charter of the Federal Reserve mandates that all profit of the Fed belongs to the government. Four, does that look like embezzlement ? Ref. Citations on previous post.
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