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It looks like the sales to inventory ratio might have reached its peak. You can expect declining inventory and layoffs because of this throughout the rest of the year. Article Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-08/wholsale-inventories-drop-most-2013-sales-miss-slowdown-accelerates

As I predicted, the Fed did not increase interest rates. Article Link: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/fed-leaves-rates-unchanged.html

The camtion says it all. But yet the Fed still thinks the economy is strong. Article Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/baker-hughes-oil-rig-counts-march-11-2016-3

"Economic crisis often leads to the rise of a dictator." - Mike Maloney This keeps me up at night and is why I am putting myself in a position where it would be easy to leave the country in an emergency situation. Getting your passport and setting aside some emergency money for a plane ticket is a cheap insurance package that will help you sleep at night.

Unemployment will continue to get worse as minimum wage increases. When will the learn that we don't need to raise minimum wage, we need to stop inflation and get deflation. That way we all get a raise every year. Article Link: http://fee.org/articles/the-minimum-wage-and-the-end-of-teen-work/

We are obviously in a recession. The only question is whether it started in the last quarter of 2015 or first quarter of 2016. I believe it is the former. Article Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-03/its-recession-stupid-us-factory-orders-tumble-15th-month-row

As I predicted, job losses continue to get worse. February layoffs were 22% worse than February last year. Article Link: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/03/us-layoffs-ease-in-feb-totaling-61599-challenger.html