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Descent of the Global Monetary System

Tom Spencer

Around 90% of foreign exchange trading involves the US dollar and, by the end of March 2019, US dollar denominated loans to non-bank borrowers outside America exceeded $11 trillion. In the early 1970s, Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries agreed to set oil prices in US dollars. As a result, America’s increased money supply is here to stay.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Among other things, she handles the structuring and sale of bonds for schools across the state. The judgment won’t be paid off until 2019 at the earliest; by then, the total cost will have grown to $53 million. It is not a balance sheet test, but a cash flow test. First let''s go over Culpepper''s background.