August 2025

COMMENT: Thank you for the private blog on the sovereign debt crisis. With both the UK and France in trouble and the possibility of the IMF bailing out these two major countries, everything you have been warning about is coming to a head. I was impressed. There was over $20 trillion in the room at

ASIA:   The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 308.52 points or 0.73% to 42,828.79 • Shanghai increased 43.248 points or 1.14% to 3,843.597 • Hang Seng decreased 202.94 points or -0.81% to 24,998.82 • ASX 200 increased 19.50 points or 0.22% to 8,980.00 • SENSEX decreased 705.97

Twenty-five nations have declared a temporary suspension on all postal shipments to the United States amid tariff uncertainty. As of August 29, 2025, the United Stated will remove the de minimis exemption from law that allowed goods under $800 to enter tax-free. Tariffs range between 10% to 50% on the declared value, or $80 to

The United Kingdom’s Labour Party is experiencing the lowest approval rating since the last general election, with only 20% approving of Keir Starmer’s administration. What we are seeing in Britain is part of a broader global cycle of political discontent. Politicians are losing credibility because they are offering nothing but recycled policies that fail to

QUESTION: Marty, you have mentioned that at some point in history, when Italy could not pay off its 30-day short-term paper because it could not sell the new debt to pay off the old, as they do today, they converted 30-day paper to long-term. I cannot find the details on that. Could you please explain

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 125.87 points or 0.30% to 42,520.27 • Shanghai decreased 68.032 points or -1.76% to 3,800.35 • Hang Seng decreased 323.16 points or -1.27% to 25,201.76 • ASX 200 increased 24.90 points or 0.28% to 8,960.50 • SENSEX closed • Nifty50

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QUESTION: I believe you said that the purpose behind the lockdown that the World Economic Forum was pushing had the objective of addressing climate change. Can you elaborate? DV https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Lockdowns.mp4   ANSWER: Here is a Video that the WEF produced and then pulled. Locking everyone down, I believe they thought, would kill businesses and stop

The National Guard’s deployment to Washington, D.C., was a successful endeavor. For the first time, the city went twelve days without a homicide. Carjacking decreased by 83%, robberies fell 46%, and overall violent crime fell 22%. The same program may be implemented in Chicago, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New York, but Democratic leaders insist it