(Natural News) The director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slipped up and admitted that the world’s central banks may have printed too much money and did not think of the consequences. “I think we are not paying sufficient attention to the law of unintended consequences,” said Kristalina Georgieva, who has led the IMF as its chair and managing […]

(Natural News) The Biden administration announced on April 15 that it would allow oil and and gas companies to drill on federal lands, albeit in limited areas. At the start of President Joe Biden’s term last year, he suspended the approval of new oil and gas drilling permits on federal land to fulfill one of his […]

(Natural News) President Joe Biden issued an emergency waiver that allows gasoline stations nationwide to sell gasoline with 15 percent ethanol. With the record-high prices and soaring levels not seen since 1981, Biden effectively paused a federal environmental regulation that prohibits this biofuel mixture in the summer to limit smog. Biden’s action, however, could lead to […]

(Natural News) European officials are now drafting plans for an embargo on Russian oil products, the most contested measure yet in punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. After banning Russian coal – a move that sent coal prices around the globe at all-time highs – the European Union (E.U.) is now likely to adopt […]

(Natural News) Germany’s year-over-year wholesale prices for March surged, with the country experiencing its biggest increase since wholesale price indexes were first calculated 60 years ago. This is according to the German Federal Statistics Office, known as Destatis, which recently released a report showing that wholesale prices of food, fuel and minerals increased by 22.6 percent […]

(Natural News) Despite the predictions of the White House that runaway inflation is on its way down, the latest report from President Joe Biden’s own Department of Labor shows that year-over-year inflation has surged to a new forty-year high of 8.5 percent in March. The consumer price index (CPI), which measures how much consumers pay for goods and […]

(Natural News) Sri Lanka currently faces its worst economic crisis since the country gained independence in 1948, and its people are making their voices heard about it. According to reports, violent protests have erupted over skyrocketing prices and shortages of fuel. As citizens wait in long lines for the chance to fill up their cans, […]

(Natural News) German producers reported a record-breaking rise in factory gate costs of 25.9 percent year-on-year for February, pushed upward mainly due to the ongoing energy crisis caused by Germany’s green policies and the war in Ukraine. This data is according to the Federal Statistics Office, a German federal authority responsible for collecting statistical information. The office […]

(Natural News) The Hong Kong Stocks Exchange (HKSE) just suspended trading in shares for Evergrande, China’s largest property developer and one of the world’s most indebted corporations. China Evergrande Group has become quite notorious in recent months due to its financial troubles, which could have debilitating effects on the global economy. (Related: On the brink […]

(Natural News) The price of oil worldwide surged once again on Thursday, March 17, after the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that the world could experience a massive shortage in the global oil supply by next month. According to the IEA, Russian oil production could shrink by nearly three million barrels per day (bpd) while Russian oil exports […]