October 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 385.88 points or 0.87% to 44,936.73 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng increased 431.56 points or 1.61% to 27,287.12 • ASX 200 increased 100.20 points or 1.13% to 8,945.90 • SENSEX closed • Nifty50 closed The major Asian currency markets […]

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Taiwan will lose protection if it fails to move semiconductor chip manufacturing to the United States. The nation must determine which is more valuable—US  protection against Chinese threats or maintaining 95% of the world’s chip production. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) agreed to invest $100 billion in manufacturing plants in the US earlier in

The US government shut down once again as our public servants refused to work in a partisan fashion. Over 2.1 million civilian federal employees will be affected, with 750,000 furloughed without pay. Naturally, Congress will still receive a paycheck and their lobbying checks. The duration of the shutdown is unknown, but estimates state the bickering

Anti-government protests always begin with the younger generations. Morocco is the latest nation to face a massive youth uprising with nearly a week of ongoing protests against reckless government spending. The government allocated $15.8 billion to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup or roughly 16% of GDP. Unemployment is at 13%, with youth unemployment, per

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Canada-Hate-Crime.mp4 In Canadian criminal law, “hate crimes” are not a single stand-alone offence, but rather ordinary criminal offences (like assault, mischief, or threats) that are motivated by bias, prejudice, or hatred. Some are specific indictable offences in the Criminal Code: Advocating genocide – s. 318: It is an indictable offence to advocate or promote genocide

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 381.78 points or -0.85% to 44,550.85 • Shanghai closed • Hang Seng closed • ASX 200 decreased 3.10 points or -0.04% to 8,845.70 • SENSEX increased 715.69 points or 0.89% to 80,983.31 • Nifty50 increased 225.20 points or 0.92% to

In Germany, warmongers are talking about declaring a “military tension case” using the false flags they have created with drones. This is the step before the State of Defense, which carries the most severe restrictions. This is a precursor to the total capital controls I have warned about. This will include the limits on freedom

There has never been a positive outcome when the government sets out to disarm the people. Authoritarian states are the inevitable result. Certain semi-automatic weapons were prohibited in March 2025, with a one-year amnesty period for lawful gun owners to surrender their rifles through a buyback program. The government claims the buyback program is completely